Robert Conney graduated from Miami Univeristy, Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Music education.  He spent four years, 1999-2002, as a member of the front ensemble of the Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps.  Cooney has worked with ensembles at New Miami High School, Carroll High School, Centerville High School and William Mason High School.  Currently he serves as the director of percussion at Bellbrook High School and also maintains a private lesson studio in Mason, OH.