JAMD congratulates Boaz Dorot, a composer, arranger, choir conductor, pianist and music educator for the winning of the 2018 Ben Steinberg Young Composer’s Award.

Boaz won for his composition "Mei-ayin Yavo Ezri?" a trio for Violin Cello and Piano inspired by Psalm 121.

The Ben Steinberg Young Composer’s Award is a project to encourage young Jewish composers to write appropriate, serious works for synagogue and concert, and to build an increasing body of new Jewish works for presentation.