Stephanie Pan

Stephanie Pan is a singer, maker and performance artist currently based in The Hague, the Netherlands. She performs in experimental music, new music, experimental theater, and early music, specializing in extended vocal techniques and live improvisation.  At the root of her work is the notion of pure communication; finding a form of contact with the audience which is stripped of social expectations and distractions, that speaks beyond the conventional and social limitations and constructs of language. Her work is visceral, passionate and intense, and often explores the limits of the voice. Recent projects have centered around performances which reflect the experience of creation as a whole and the notion of 'constructed reality'. This includes her solo show You Are Here: a multi-media performance for performer, self-constructed 10m-diameter dress with 117 modular seats for the audience, self-constructed taiko drum, homemade chocolate cake, and live video. She has created and performed work with groups such as De Veenfabriek, Rosa Ensemble, and acclaimed rebel theater group Belarus Free Theatre.

As a soloist and performer she has performed throughout the US and in Europe, premiering works by composers such as John Thow, Eitan Steinberg, Trevor Weston, Barbara Ellison and Jasna Velickovic, as well as with groups such as Computer Aided Breathing, a trio for voice, organ and live electronics devoted to live improvisation, which she co-founded in 2006. The group released its first CD, Fukuoka Method, in 2007 on SevenInchRecordings. As a Medievalist, she has recorded with Sequentia, and was a founding member of Scivias Chor and Ars Choralis Coeln.  

Ms. Pan received her Masters in Theatre from DasArts: Advanced Studies in the Performing Arts (AHK), and holds a BA from UC Berkeley in Music and Applied Mathematics, and a First Phase Diploma, with distinction, in Classical Singing from The Royal Conservatory, The Hague.

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