Muriel Peterson Robinson-Edgar

Muriel Peterson Robinson-Edgar (March 12, 1919 - March 2, 2006) was an American organist and conductor noted for her expressive and dynamic choral conducting style. She was the first woman to play in the chancel of .
Biography
Born in Boston on March 12, 1919, daughter of Alfred and Ruth (Lee) Peterson. Educated at New England Conservatory and Boston University, studying organ for eight years with Dr. Albert W. Snow and Dr. Carl McKinley and giving her debut in Jordan Hall in 1945. She held long-time positions as Minister of Music, organist and choral conductor at United Methodist Church Hyde Park (NY), The First Congregational Church of Braintree, MA, The Glen Ridge Congregational Church (NJ), the Stuart Congregational Church and the Church of the Good Shepherd (FL). She sang with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians in the late 1930s and was the first woman to play in the chancel of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boston. She Directed the Braintree Choral Society in the 1950s and taught at Bloomfield College in NJ. Robinson-Edgar was a life-long member of the American Guild of Organists and Dean of the Metropolitan New Jersey Chapter. St. Dunstan Choir Conference at Brown University and then at Salve Regina University.
Recordings
* , Artist(s): Muriel Peterson Robinson, Conductor, Glen Ridge Congregational Church Choirs, Format: LP record, Label: Century Custom Records, ASIN: B004UCOCZS.
Publications
1. ^ Robinson, Muriel Peterson: A Critical Analysis of the Cantata “Rejoice beloved Christians” by Dietrich Buxtehude and the Mass in G Major by Franz Schubert. Phil., Diss., Boston University (1958). .
Professional Associations
American Guild of Organists, Metropolitan New Jersey Chapter, Dean.

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