Bonnie Lander

Bonnie Lander is a coloratura soprano based out of Philadelphia, PA. Classically trained, Bonnie performs a wide range of contemporary music in a wide variety of spaces. Most recently, she performed with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society under the baton of Leon Fleisher and as a participant in the Yellow Barn Kurtág Residency studying with soprano Susan Narucki, who affectionately termed her “the Janis Joplin of modern music.” Bonnie is currently an Artist In Resident at thefidget space, a founding member of chamber opera company “Rhymes With Opera,” and a featured artist with the “Embody” vocal arts series in Baltimore. She has performed experimental improvisation with amazing musicians Mike Formanek, David Smooke, Shodekeh, Kate Porter, and Peter Price. Bonnie holds a BM in Voice Performance from the University of Miami Frost School of Music in the studio of Esther-Jane Hardenbergh; MM in Voice Performance at the Peabody Institute in the studio of Phyllis Bryn-Julson; two GPDs in Voice and Computer Music studying with Dr. McGregor Boyle. She is the only person to have twice received the Phyllis Bryn-Julson Award for the Commitment to and Performance of 20th/21st Century Music.