Benjamin Dobbs, baritone

Benjamin is Coordinator of Music Theory and Composition at Furman University. He holds a Ph.D. in music theory with a related field in music history from the University of North Texas. His primary area of research explores the development of music and musical thought in early modern Germany. In that realm, Benjamin recently published an article on numerology and Neoplatonism in an early 17th-century music treatise in the volume Explorations in Music and Esotericism (2023). He also studies the efficacy of teaching practices in music theory curricula, for which he collaborates with his wife, Shana Southard-Dobbs, Ph.D., a psychological scientist at Lander University. Benjamin joined the Chorale in 2017. This year marks the fourth season for Benjamin singing with the Herring Ensemble.

Benjamin is Coordinator of Music Theory and Composition at Furman University. He holds a Ph.D. in music theory with a related field in music history from the University of North Texas. His primary area of research explores the development of music and musical thought in early modern Germany. In that realm, Benjamin recently published an article on numerology and Neoplatonism in an early 17th-century music treatise in the volume Explorations in Music and Esotericism (2023). He also studies the efficacy of teaching practices in music theory curricula, for which he collaborates with his wife, Shana Southard-Dobbs, Ph.D., a psychological scientist at Lander University. Benjamin joined the Chorale in 2017. This year marks the fourth season for Benjamin singing with the Herring Ensemble.