About me
Benjamin Brody serves as Chair of the Music Department, Professor of Music and Director of Church Music Studies at Whitworth University. He studied music education and church music as an undergraduate at Whitworth and went on to complete graduate degrees in choral conducting from the University of Washington. At Whitworth, he teaches courses in church music and music appreciation, and serves as Director of Campus Worship. A life member of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, Ben served as President (2020-22), and convened the working group that produced Singing Welcome: Songs and Hymns for Refugees and Immigrants (2017). A hymn tune composer, Ben has authored two collections of hymn tunes, Come, O Holy House, And Worship (GIA, 2017) and At the Weaving of Creation (GIA, 2024). His hymn tunes have appeared in over a dozen hymnals and published hymn collections.