Matthew Shorten is an Australian-born musician and scholar, leading a multidimensional career as an internationally recognized tenor and composer, and as an emerging art historian and curator.As a tenor, Matthew has performed with distinguished ensembles globally, having worked throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States. As a Henry Luce Scholar in 2021-2022, Matthew was a Visiting Researcher at the Tokyo University of the Arts, a Visiting Artist and Guest Conductor at Voices of Singapore, and a Visiting Teacher at the Phuket School of Music. He also spent the 2022-23 concert season with the Minneapolis-based ensemble Cantus, as a Tenor and Artistic Co-Director. Recent and upcoming engagements include Matthew's solo and ensemble debuts with the Bach Society of Minnesota, Ensemble Altera, Harmonia Stellarum, and Servire, among others.Matthew is pursuing his M.A. at the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, and is a Curatorial Intern at the Clark Art Institute. Matthew conducts interdisciplinary research on premodern Japanese art and culture, and the confluences of the musical and visual art forms across time and place.Matthew received his B.Mus. summa cum laude in Composition, Voice, and Violin from the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, where he was named the Founder's Medalist.www.matthewshorten.com