Collection: Chris Prather

Chris Prather (b. 1995) was drawn to music at an early age. Music’s healing power offered a place of belonging through his, at times, turbulent adolescence. The obsessive, inseparable nature of his relationship with music has led to a variety of successes as a composer. One of these being the 2022 Opera on Tap-OKC premiere of his opera No Justice, No Peace (2022). Critics have described this work as “complex, swirling, at times nearly inscrutable, but peppering moments of familiarity and cultural reference points throughout.” Recently, Prather’s piece Hope on the Horizon (2024) was given its world premiere by the University of Central Oklahoma Wind Symphony under the baton of Dr. Brian Lamb. Prather worked as an arranger, orchestrator, and assistant engineer on GRAMMY nominated projects Impossible Dream by Aaron Lazar and Warriors of Light by Radhika Vekaria. Prather was also a copyist on the GRAMMY winning album Alkebulan II by Matt B. Prather serves as a voting member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs).