Bryony Walden awarded 2008 MPA Richard Toeman Scholarship
The MPA Richard Toeman Scholarship was awarded to Bryony Walden of peermusic at the MPA AGM, held on 24 June 2008.
The annual scholarship, now in its third year, provides funding of £3,000 towards personal professional development, and is designed to support the progress of outstanding individuals within the music publishing industry.
On receiving the award, Bryony Walden said, “I am really honoured to be recognised as a worthy recipient of the MPA Richard Toeman Scholarship and naturally I am excited about the prospect of commencing the MA in Music and Entertainment Management at Bucks New University. My thanks go to Nigel Elderton, my managing director, for his encouragement and support and of course, to the MPA for providing me with this fantastic opportunity”.
The scholarship is named in memory of Richard Toeman who died suddenly in March 2005 following a very successful 40-year career at Josef Weinberger Ltd. Throughout his career Richard gave generously of his time and expertise to the MPA and to the music publishing business as a whole.
Stephen Navin, chief executive of the MPA, commented, “Richard Toeman was admired and respected throughout our industry. What better way to pay tribute to him than through this award. The MPA is committed to education and training within the music publishing community. We congratulate Bryony, and wish her well in her future career”.
Nigel Elderton, managing director of peermusic (UK) Ltd, commented, “I am delighted that Bryony Walden has been awarded the very prestigious MPA Richard Toeman scholarship. Bryony joined peermusic 18 months ago and quickly demonstrated an appetite to learn all aspects of music publishing. I have no doubt that the ‘on the job’ knowledge that Bryony has gained at peer coupled with that which she will acquire during the course of this scholarship, will be invaluable to her future career in this industry.
“I am especially pleased that this award keeps alive the name of Richard Toeman who was extremely generous with his advice to me and a true gentleman”.