Brant Murray

MFA LIGHTING DESIGN, 2003

A 2003 graduate of CMU’s MFA Lighting Design program, Brant Murray has had a long career as a lighting designer, educator, production manager, and consultant. 

Brant’s projects range from the award-winning Macy’s Herald Square Holiday Windows to New York Fashion Week, and Off-Broadway musicals. For almost ten years, Brant held senior level management positions at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as a Technical Supervisor and Designer for Lincoln Center Education, and then as the Production Manager for one of the newest venues at Lincoln Center: the David Rubinstein Atrium. He worked with an international array of artists including the Tokyo String Quartet, Meredith Monk, Kelli O’Hara, Emmanuel Ax, and many others. At the David Rubenstein Atrium, Brant oversaw the installation of “Barbie’s Dream House” for New York Fashion Week and Christian Marclay’s 24-hour video art installation “The Clock.”

Brant is the Resident Designer for Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (New York City) under the direction of Igal Perry, the Resident Designer for Bodiography Contemporary Ballet Company (Pittsburgh) under the direction of Maria Caruso, and a  Senior Designer for C & C Lighting (Pittsburgh). Brant is also a Teaching Assistant Professor and Chair of the Lighting Design and Technology Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.