“Setting the tone” (Pittsburgh Music Alliance) with “affecting line” (Boston Classical Review), tenor and countertenor Matthew Dean is a sought-after soloist, collaborator, and storyteller in ensembles and oratorios around the country. As artist in residence at Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel since 2005, the Tribune’s John von Rhein praised his “firm vocalism and beautiful timbre.” As Evangelist in the Bach Passions and Christmas Oratorio, he has been called “stirring, always attuned to the narrative content” (Chicago Classical Review) in concerts featuring the Haymarket Opera Orchestra.

A medievalist and folklorist with “ringing sound, cantorial fluency, and elegance” (Chicago On the Aisle), he has collected songs in Spain and Siberia, and appears and records with The Newberry Consort, The Rose Ensemble, Bella Voce, His Majesty's Men, Third Coast Baroque, and Schola Antiqua. A “stellar” new music collaborator (Alan Artner), Matt has originated roles in works by James Kallembach and Sven-David Sandström, and collaborated with eighth blackbird, Andrea Bocelli, Video Games Live, Giordano Dance, and Patrice Michaels' Notorious RBG in Song project. As a concert and visual arts curator, he has designed vocal programs for the Art Institute of Chicago and The Met Cloisters, welcomed Native American and interreligious art exhibitions at Rockefeller Chapel, and led the Sounds of Faith initiative for Harran Productions Foundation.