The album SYMPHONIC STRADIVARIUS (recorded by the London Symphony and David Alogna, Navona Records) which contains Joseph T. Spaniola’s composition, A SOLITARY TREE (Violin and Orchestra) received a Gold Medal from the Global Music Awards. This is the eleventh Global Music medal for Spaniola. Global Music Awards are “known as ‘music’s golden seal of approval,’ the Global Music Awards honors artists on an international scale who have contributed substantial works to our musical world.”