Joseph Dobos has been a church organist since he was a student in middle school. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, he was a high school band director for 40 years. Currently, he is an adjunct professor of music education at Wayne State University and Bowling Green State University as well as a member of the conducting faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. His wife, Marjorie, is a retired teacher at Bishop Kelley Catholic School in Lapeer.