Marcus Neiman has been the conductor of Medina Community Band since the fall of 1972. Retired (December, 2000) fine arts consultant for the Medina County Educational Service Center (since 1980), formerly as director of bands at Medina High School (1972 through 1980), he attended the Akron Public Schools, received his bachelor of science in music education degree from The University of Akron, master of music in music education degree from The University of Michigan, postgraduate hours at The Kent State University, and The University of Akron.

Active in the Medina community, Neiman was a founding trustee and a past-president of the Medina County Performing Arts Foundation. He continues to consult Medina County Educational Service Center to coordinate county arts festivals and honors programs, as director of fine arts tours and festivals (beginning March 5, 2001). He is also responsible for creating and implementing the Medina County Schools' Fine Arts Tours, an annual series of professional arts tours that reach out into all of Medina's seven school systems. Since its conception in 1980, over 800,000 students have experienced "first-time" live arts performances. He is the primary grant writer for the fine arts tours and highly regarded for his fundraising abilities for these arts programs.

Neiman has served The Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) in a wide variety of elected and appointed posts culminating with his service as state president of the organization from July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2000 and continues to serve the association as state historian. His first book, edited for MENC, entitled Life in the Music Classroom, was published by MENC in April 1992. Neiman is listed in Marquis "Who’s Who in America" (58th Edition).

Neiman has appeared with junior high/middle and high school, college and university, community bands, and American Federation of Musicians union professional bands as a guest conductor and in his characterization of famed bandmaster John Philip Sousa in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, (state of) Washington, and Wisconsin. In addition to conducting the Medina Community Band, he formed his own professional touring band -- The Sounds of Sousa Band -- (in 1992) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the formation of Sousa's first non-military band. To this date he has performed for over 250,000 people in the role of Sousa. Neiman is a member of Local 24 (Akron), American Federation of Musicians. Neiman appeared with the Volga Concert Band, Saratov, Russia in October of 2004. During his ten day trip to Russia, he lectured at The University of Cultural Arts in Moscow.

The 2008-2009 season will be his 37th summer season as conductor for Medina Community Band. The band continues to perform on the Square in Medina’s Uptown Park Square and made their second Cleveland Severance Music Hall performance on Sunday, October 21st, 2007. Neiman is also on the adjunct music education faculty at Case Western Reserve University where he teaches their "Foundations in Music Education," and during the Spring 2009 term taught their “Instrumental Methods and Materials” course and supervises music education student teachers. He is also an assistant lecture for The University of Akron where he supervises visual arts education student teachers.

He and his wife Mary Ann and cats Sasha and Dmitri reside in Medina.