Chris Opperman

Opperman is known mostly for his work orchestrating the music of guitarists Steve Vai and Mike Keneally for their respective performances with Holland's Metropole Orkest.

Opperman has also worked with AWR Music Productions since 2011, a company organized by composer Arnie Roth.

His style is described as a cross between 1990s alternative rock and his favorite 20th-century composers (Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Webern, and Zappa).

Opperman lived in Los Angeles, California, from 2000 to 2008, when he moved back to New Jersey, where he earned a master's degree in music theory/composition from Montclair State University in May 2010.

In 2019, Opperman ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for his sixth album Chamber Music from Hell.