Murl Allen Sanders

Adjunct Instructor, Accordion

Murl Allen Sanders, accordionist, has collaborated with such diverse artists as Chuck Berry, Etta James, Merrilee Rush, Theodore Bikel, Peter Duchin, Leslie Gore, The Von Trapp Children, Lee Oskar, OhNo, Underground Resistance, Leroy Bell, Clare Fischer, Todd Simon, and David Matthews. As a composer, Sanders has worked to expand the repertoire for accordion by composing two concertos for accordion and orchestra. His Accordion Concerto No. 1 premiered in 2003 and his Accordion Concerto No. 2, supported by a grant from the City of Seattle’s Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, debuted in 2007, both under the baton of conductor George Shangrow. Sanders received his Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of Washington.