Brian Penkrot (b. 1978) is an American composer of concert, stage, and film music. Originally from Chicago, Brian studied violin, guitar, drums, theater, and dance before beginning his studies in composition.

Brian's music has been performed at institutions and festivals in the US and Europe. His Song of Liberty was selected for performance at the Nevada Encounters of New Music Festival in 2009, and Chaparral Bridge premiered at the soundSCAPE Festival in Pavia, Italy later that same year. His Rites of the Little Hours for fixed audio and percussion trio was selected for performance at the Society of Composers Inc 2010 National Conference in South Carolina.

In addition to the concert hall, Brian has composed for theater and film. Most recently, he composed incidental music for the Artistic Home's production of The Fox. Brian composed the score and was the musical director for the Annoyance Theater production of the rock musical SpaceFuture in 2008. His most recent film credit is for Zoo Milk Production's MonsterLieben.

Brian has his Master's for the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he has also served as part time faculty as a Composition, Theory, and Aural Skills instructor. He holds his Bachelor's of Music from Columbia College Chicago. Brian has had the pleasure to study under David Gompper, Lawrence Fritts, Virko Baley, Jorge Grossmann, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Gustavo Leone, Ilya Levinson, and Philip Seward. He has also received private lessons with Augusta Read Thomas, Lei Liang, Shih-Hui Chen, Brian Hulse, and Koray Sazli. He is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Iowa.