Lauren Pratt

Interview conducted virtually by Rachel Helm on April 6, 2023

Lauren Pratt is an arts administrator and educator based in Canada. Pratt was the Associate Producer for Music at REDCAT and an in-house producer for many CalArts music events, including the Wild Beast Concert Series beginning in 2010. She worked as an archivist and project manager to Schneemann from 1984 to 1989. Through Schneemann Pratt met experimental composer James Tenney; Pratt and Tenney were married in 1987, and the couple maintained a close friendship with Schneemann. Following Tenney’s death in 2006, Pratt assisted with a variety of publishing projects as executor of his estate.

In this excerpt, Pratt talks about meeting Tenney at a party thrown for him by Schneemann.