Anthony Brandt is Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and serves as Artistic Director of the music ensemble Musiqa, which presents inter-disciplinary public concerts and free educational programming for public school students. Professor Brandt and neuroscientist David Eagleman have co-authored The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World (Catapult, 2017), which has been published in fourteen countries. He is currently a co-investigator in several studies involving music, health, and creativity and has also pioneered a collaboration with the University of Houston BRAIN Center.
(Fall 2025)