Bonnie Lander is a vocalist and violinist specializing in improvisation, experimental music. With a “signature ability to embody a seemingly endless supply of vocal timbres and personalties" she uses the full palette of the voice for extreme sonic and emotional expression.

Bonnie is an organizer and performer with the High Zero Foundation in Baltimore, MD. She has performed across the US and abroad at the High Zero Festival for Experimental Improvised Music, the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville (Spring 2025), Now Now Festival (Sydney, AUS), NMASS Festival (Austin), Omaha Under the Radar, SEAMUS, ICMC, and the Darmstadt International New Music Festival. She was cofounder and performer with Rhymes With Opera for 14 years, commissioning and premiering more than 25 new works for chamber opera.

Lander holds a DMA in Contemporary Vocal Performance from UC San Diego where she studied improvisational performance and composition with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Anthony Davis, with whom she premiered several operas.

She is a frequent collaborator with artists Ruby Fulton, Sam Pluta, Shelly Purdy, John Dierker, Paul Pinto, and Kayleigh Butcher.