Originally from Hanoi, Vietnam, Jennifer has been immersed in music from a young age and has always found herself playing, writing, and producing music. She majored in Classical Piano Performance for nine years at the Vietnam National Academy of Music’s pre-college program, laying a strong foundation for her exploration of both classical and contemporary composition. She went on to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Media Scoring and Music Production with a minor in Composition at the prestigious Frost School of Music, University of Miami, and is graduating in 2026.

About Jennifer Phan

A lifelong movie enthusiast, Jennifer has always been captivated by the power of film music to shape narrative and emotion. She began rescoring her favorite scenes and quickly developed a passion for combining classical writing techniques with modern production. Her music blends romantic melodic lines with contemporary orchestral textures and electronic elements, resulting in a distinctive and hybrid sound. Her inspirations range from concert giants like Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Copland, Adams, to modern film composers such as Hans Zimmer, John Powell, and Christophe Beck.

Jennifer has collaborated with student directors at the University of Miami on numerous short films. She has been a regular contributor to the annual Scores for the Silver Screen film festival, where her original scores are performed live by a chamber orchestra during screenings at the Cosford Cinema. In the summer of 2025, she attended the Chigiana Film Scoring Intensive Program in Siena, Italy, where she recorded her music with a 40-piece orchestra in Florence and a 20-piece choir. At the Frost School of Music, she also serves as assistant director and lead arranger for the Rock Symphonic concert series, where she creates arrangements that fuse orchestra and contemporary bands in dynamic cross-genre performances—bringing styles like rock, metal, funk, indie, and pop into orchestral and big band settings.

Outside of composing, Jennifer is a producer, engineer, and songwriter. She produces and plays keyboards for her hard rock band, Skyrise, which released their debut EP All The Love She Has in November 2025. She also collaborated with singer-songwriter Alexys Dowling, writing and producing her folk-rock EP For the Better. Additionally, Jennifer worked as the recording, mixing, and mastering engineer for the video game Ready Steady Ship, now released across all major gaming platforms.