Robert Tiedemann graduated from Mendham High School and went on to study at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Tiedemann completed his Masters in Education at the Peabody School of Education at Vanderbilt before returning to New Jersey. Mr. Tiedemann currently is the band director at White Rock Elementary School in Jefferson Township, and previously taught in Bloomfield, NJ as the Middle School Band Director and High School Assistant Marching Band Director. Mr. Tiedemann is the manager and principal trombone of Imperial Brass, a 30-piece brass band based in Westfield, and principal trombone of the New Jersey Wind Symphony (formerly the Ridgewood Concert Band).