Chicago-based composer and musician Ephraim Champion's music has been lauded as "strongly individual," "compelling," and "distinctive" (Chicago Classical Review). His work spans stage and screen, with highlights including "Scenes from South Shore, Chicago" (premiered by Gaudete Brass at the 2021 Ear Taxi Music Festival) and "Humanhood" (premiered by Constellation Men’s Ensemble, 2022). As the 2023 Hearing in Color/La Caccina Young Composer-in-Residence, he composed "All Things Sublime and Colossal" for the virtuosic women’s vocal ensemble, La Caccina, and "A Stone of Hope (Martin’s Song)" for the Music Institute of Chicago, featuring the talents of multi-Grammy nominated pianist, Marta Aznavoorian. Also in 2023, he became the resident film composer for Slightly American Productions, scoring two short films "Girls in the Back of the Club" and "Rejection is God’s Protection."

Champion's international presence is growing. His "Suite for the F Horn & Tenor Saxophone" premiered at the 2023 World Saxophone Congress (Spain), followed by "The Spectacle" (commissioned by The Yamaha Tuba Duo) in Fukuoka, Japan (2024). His piece, "Vicariously Through You" will appear on the 2025 "Project Encore, Vol. 2" album, commissioned by critically acclaimed and Grammy-winning classical saxophonist, Timothy McAllister. In April 2025, the Chicago Composers Orchestra premiered Ephraim’s first symphonic sketch, “Sonder & Ozurie”. Beyond music, Ephraim enjoys writing, film, and time with his wife, Kianti, and their two yorkies.