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, and studied composition with Frank Brickle. His recent recordings include music by

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, Meyer Kupferman, and Robert Martin, as well as his own works. Anderson's compositions include ''Guitar Variations'' (1993) for solo guitar, ''Ear Conception'' for chamber ensemble (1995), ''A Giddy Thing'' for mandolin (2001) and a number of shorter works. Anderson is co-director of the Cygnus Ensemble (founded 1985), which released its first CD, ''Broken Consort'', in 2001. He teaches the guitar at

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. He is also currently the director of the guitar ensemble at

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, part of the

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References

New York Times review by Allan Kozinn (April 2, 1991), accessed 3 February 2010

External links

Anderson's own website, accessed 3 February 2010
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