Anthony Brandt is an American composer, academic, and writer. Among his compositions are two chamber operas, an oratorio, and orchestral, chamber, and vocal music. He is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Houston-based contemporary music ensemble Musiqa. Musiqa has performed the music of over 200 living composers including over 70 world premieres, and collaborated on inter-disciplinary concerts with the Houston Ballet II, Dance of Asia America, Aurora Picture Show, and numerous authors and visual artists. Musiqa’s free educational programs have served over 60,000 students and teachers at over 230 Houston public schools in the past fifteen years and earned nine awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Honors and Grants:
Koussevitzky Commission from the Library of Congress
National Endowment for the Arts
Meet-the-Composer
The Houston Arts Alliance
The New England Foundation for the Arts
Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program
Fellowships:
Wellesley Composers Conference
The Tanglewood Institute
The MacDowell Colony
The Djerassi Resident Artists Colony
Visiting Composer:
The Bowdoin International Festival
The FICA Festival at the University of Veracruz
The Bremen Musikfest
Baltimore's New Chamber Arts Festival
Southwestern University
SUNY - Buffalo
Composer-in-Residence:
Houston's OrchestraX
International Festival of Music, Morelia, Mexico