Brian Schrag

Dr. Brian Schrag is SIL International's Ethnomusicology and Arts Coordinator, and founder of the Center for Excellence in World Arts (Dallas), a graduate program in applied ethnoarts. He has engaged in sustained arts research and development with ethnolinguistic minorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon, and holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology (UCLA), an M.A. in Intercultural Studies (Wheaton, IL), and a B.S. in Cognitive Sciences (Brown University). Brian is the co-author of Make Arts for a Better Life: A Guide for Working with Communities, and Creating Local Arts Together. Brian actively promotes artistic creativity for healing and education in communities affected by Huntington's Disease.