Benjamin Crouch, Saxophone

Benjamin Crouch is an educator, saxophonist, and arranger living in Stokesdale, NC. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States. Benjamin serves as Department Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Music at Rockingham Community College, and teaches courses in music appreciation, jazz, and rock and roll. In the 2018-2019 academic year, Benjamin was awarded RCC's prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award. He is also past faculty  of Queens University of Charlotte, where he taught saxophone, clarinet,  music theory lab, and jazz and rock history. He received his Doctor and Master of Music degrees from UNCG and his Bachelor of Music in from UNC Chapel Hill.

Benjamin's arrangements and compositions have been performed throughout the Eastern US by ensembles as diverse as the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet and the East Mecklenburg and Monroe High School Marching Bands.

The Classical Voice of North Carolina praises Benjamin's “zesty and insightful” performing as well as his compositions for their “well-shaped and convincing narratives.”