1. Muriel Anderson is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship.
10 Facts About Muriel Anderson
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Muriel Anderson was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, and is of Finnish descent: her great-grandparents emigrated to the United States from Finland.
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Muriel Anderson's grandfather played saxophone in the John Philip Sousa band.
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Muriel Anderson attended DePaul University in Chicago on an academic scholarship.
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Muriel Anderson recorded an album with the flamenco duo Tierra Negra.
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Muriel Anderson usually plays a nylon string guitar and a Doolin custom 21-string harp guitar which has both nylon and steel strings.
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Muriel Anderson has released more than a dozen solo albums, instructional CDs, and DVDs through TrueFire and Homespun, and songbooks published by Hal Leonard, Mel Bay, and Zen-On Japan.
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Muriel Anderson's compositions include commissioned classical works for the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and Vox Caelestis Women's Choir.
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Muriel Anderson is a member of the advisory board for Mel Bay.
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Muriel Anderson started All Star Guitar Night, which donates its money to the Music for Life Alliance, a charity she founded.