Joan and Irwin Robinson Scholarship

Kevin Dalias, pictured (center), with Joan and Irwin Z. Robinson, received the inaugural ASCAP Foundation Joan and Irwin Robinson Scholarship.

A student at New York University, Dalias began his studies at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts as a guitarist in the jazz band and a trumpeter in the concert band. During his senior year he marked his first foray into songwriting, performance and recording with the release of a six-track EP entitled Blue Morning. Since being accepted to NYU's Music Business Program, Dalias has immersed himself in all areas of the music business.

Irwin Z. Robinson, Chairman of Paramount Allegra Music and Vice President of The ASCAP Foundation, along with his wife Joan, established this scholarship to support a music business student demonstrating leadership, knowledge, dedication, skill and career potential. The scholarship rotates between New York University, Belmont University in Nashville and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.