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MURIEL ANDERSON - Widely
respected as one of the country's foremost guitarists, Muriel Anderson is the
first woman to have won the National Finger picking Guitar Championship. She is
host and originator of the renowned "Muriel Anderson's ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT®"
and founder of the Music for Life Alliance, to support music education in
schools and grassroots programs nationwide. Muriel fell in love with the guitar
at an early age and learned every style available to her, culminating in
classical guitar study at DePaul University. She went on to study with classical
virtuoso Christopher Parkening and with Nashville legend Chet Atkins. She has
composed music since about age six, and has written music for guitar and strings
as well as songs, solo compositions, choral and orchestral works. A composer and
award winning guitarist. Anderson studied classical music in college at DePaul
University with Leon Borkowski. She later took master courses with classical
virtuoso Christopher Parkening. In 1989 she became the first woman to win the
National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. Her recordings have traveled as far
as outer space, accompanying the astronauts on a space shuttle mission. Anderson
is founder & director of the Music for Life Alliance. She is also the founder
and host of the All Star Guitar Night which donates its proceeds to the Music
for Life Alliance. Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night benefits the Music For Life Alliance
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