Artists:Muriel Anderson
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Muriel Anderson was raised in a musical family in Downers Grove, Illinois. Her mother taught piano and her grandfather had played saxophone in John Philip Sousa's band. Her mother often played a piano ragtime standard called “Nola,” so Muriel learned it on her guitar. Years later, she took that song to the National Guitar Picking Championships and became the first nylon-string guitarist and first female guitarist to win. She is still the only woman to hold the title.
Muriel fell in love with the guitar at an early age and learned every style available to her, culminating in classical guitar study with Leon Borkowski 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 6, and has written music for guitar and strings as well as songs, solo compositions, and even choral and orchestral works.
As one of the country’s foremost fingerstyle guitarists, her facility across the genres of folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass and international music is revered by guitarists worldwide. She is often hailed as ambassador for her country on her international tours, as she always reaches out in each country she visits, sharing her love of the music and of people, and taking interest in their language and customs.
Recordings and Publications
Muriel Anderson has released seven CD's, three videos/DVDs, and guitar books published by Hal Leonard, Mel Bay, and Zen-On Japan. Her compositions include commissioned classical works for the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and Vox Caelestis Women's Choir, as well as songs which have appeared as title tracks for three albums by various artists. Muriel's Heartstrings recording traveled as far as outer space, accompanying the astronauts on a space shuttle mission.
External links
| Muriel Anderson on MySpace |
| Muriel Anderson on Wikipedia |
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| Song | Album | Length | Played | Overall | You | Tags | Single Request |
| Arioso | Hometown Live | 2:52 | 20 |  9 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Instrumental / Acoustic / Acoustic guitar / Live / Pretty / Mellow / Slow | Parisian Waltz | Arioso From Paris | 2:44 | 19 | 10 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Acoustic guitar / Mellow / Pretty / Instrumental / Acoustic | The Minstrel's Courtyard | Arioso From Paris | 2:27 | 23 |  10 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Acoustic guitar / Mellow / Pretty / Instrumental / Acoustic / Cello |
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Artist name is|Muriel Anderson Last played| more than 1 month ago ---------------------------------------- Show name| Songs by Muriel Anderson Length| 15 minutes Order by| random Limit| 3 songs ----------------------------------------
Stats
- Spotlighted: Saturday, February 7th 2004
- Songs on WWR: 51
- Total plays: 1340
- Total requests: 423
- Total listens: 27871
- CDBaby referrals: 4
- CDBaby sales: Heartstrings (Sold 2 copies)
HOMETOWN LIVE! Remastered (Sold 1 copies)
Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night 2000 - Dvd (Sold 1 copies)
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