Bands under Dr. Tobias' direction have performed nationally and internationally at events such as the National Adjudicators Invitational, the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival, the London New Year's Day Parade, the University of Georgia January Festival, the Western International Band Clinic, and the University of South Carolina Band Clinic. Dr. Tobias has been awarded the "Citation of Excellence" from the National Band Association on two occasions and has been named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers on six separate occasions. In 2003, 2006 and again in 2007, Dr. Tobias was awarded the Appalachian State University Student Government Association's Outstanding Faculty Member Award.

In addition to his duties at Appalachian State University, Dr. Tobias remains active as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the United States. His professional affiliations include the Music Educators National Conference, North Carolina Music Educators Association, National Band Association, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, College Band Directors National Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa Psi and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.