Sharon Isbin
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About
Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist who founded the guitar department at the prestigious Juilliard School in 1989.
Before Fame
She received both her Bachelor's degree and her Master's in music from Yale.
Trivia
She became the first classical guitarist to win a Grammy in 28 years after she won Best Instrumental Soloist in 2001 for her album "Dreams of a World: Folk-Inspired Music for Guitar."
Family Life
Her father, Herbert, was a nuclear scientist.
Associated With
Joan Baez was featured on her Grammy winning 2009 album, Journey to the New World.