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Anthony Brandt

Anthony K. Brandt (born 1961) is an American composer, academic, and writer. He is Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and the co-author with

Anthony K. Brandt (born 1961) is an American composer, academic, and writer. He is Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and the co-author with neuroscientist David Eagleman of the 2017 book The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World. As a composer, his works include three chamber operas, an oratorio, and orchestral, chamber, and vocal music. External links * *Brandt, Anthony and Eagleman, David (October 2017). “How Your Brain Takes Good Ideas and Makes Them Better”. Psychology Today (article explaining the main tenets of their book The Runaway Species) *Video: Maternity on the official YouTube channel of Musiqa Houston. (Brandt discussing the compositional process of his oratorio Maternity with excerpts of the music)

Era
21st Century
Lived
1961–present
From
United States
Born in
New York City
Known as
writer, composer, opera composer, classical composer