received his Masters degree in Composition and Music Theory from the Academy of Music in Graz, Austria, where he taught Music Theory and served as Research Fellow and Director of the Klezmer Music Research Project for eight years. He is the founder and director of the ensemble Budowitz and co-founder of Veretski Pass and has performed and recorded with Theodore Bikel, The Vienna Chamber Orchestra,Rubin and Horowitz,Brave Old World, Adrienne Cooper and Frank London. Joshua taught Advanced Jazz Theory at Stanford University with the late saxophonist Stan Getz and is a regular teacher at KlezKamp, The Albuquerque Academy and Klez Kanada. His musicological work is featured in four books, including The Sephardic Songbook with Aron Saltiel and The Ultimate Klezmer, and he has written numerous articles on the counterpoint of J.S. Bach. His recordings have achieved international recognition and he is the recipient of more than 40 awards, including the Prize of Honor for his orchestral composition, Tenebrae, presented by the Austrian government. Beside his work as a musician, he led the first post-WWII music therapy group at the pioneering Beratungszentrum in Graz, Austria. His music was recently featured in the British film, Some of my best friends are... Jewish / Muslim which was awarded the Sandford St. Martin Trust Religious Broadcasting Awards and The Holocaust Tourist and has provided the soundtrack to the popular German TV series, Berlin, Berlin. He is currently working on a book of his essays for Scarecrow Press.