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""Named after Shakespeare's mother and the
artisan town of Arden*, Delaware in which she was born,
Mary Arden began writing
songs soon after graduating from St. Joseph's University with a BA in
Fine
and
Performing Arts and English. Her performing skills were honed on the
theatrical
stages of
and
to music full-time. As
she said in her commencement speech to the first graduating class at
Mary Arden's love of music took her from
the small town to the big city. Now residing in
been busy writing and
recording
songs for movies and television. Mary's music has been heard in
the TV
series "Joan of Arcadia" and the film "The Thing About My
Folks" and most recently for the PBS program
"Carrier". Mary Arden combines
the honesty of
John Mayer, the style of
Sheryl Crow and the passion of
Ani DiFranco!""
Mary Arden Collins is a fourth generation
decendent of Martin Munroe and Bridgett McCabe both who were
born and married in
Ireland before emigrating from there to
Wilmington Delaware around 1879.