The Department of Music congratulates Joshua Navon on the successful defense, on May 21, 2019, of his PhD dissertation, "The Making of Modern Musical Expertise: German Conservatories and Music Education, 1843-1933."  Pictured are the defense committee: Prof. Ben Steege, Prof. Gil Eyal (Sociology), Joshua Navon, Prof. Ana Maria Ochoa, Prof. Emily Dolan (Harvard), and Prof. Walter Frisch (sponsor).