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Joshua Walden Receives 2015 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award

waldenMusicology faculty member Joshua Walden received a 2015 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award for his 2014 article, “The ‘Yidishe Paganini: Sholem Aleichem’s Stempenyu, the Music of Yiddish Theatre, and the Character of the Shtetl Fiddler,” published in the Journal of the Royal Musical Association. The award recognizes outstanding print, broadcast, and new media coverage of music. Read more about the award and its recipients on the ASCAP announcement page.

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