Dr. Victor Shen has extensive teaching and performing experience with vocal groups in Taiwan and in the United States. He has taught in school, church and university settings, working with youth, children and adults for many years. He was on the music faculty at Tung Hai University and Kaoshiung Normal University, Music Director of the National Taiwan University Chorus, Chorus Master for Bel Canto Opera Company in New York as well as National Taiwan Symphonic Chorus in Taipei, and host of a weekly radio program in Taichung that showcased choral music. He is the founding director and conductor of several community choirs in Taiwan including the New Era Choral Society, winner of a government grant for Excellence in Arts and Performance three years in a row.

Since his return to the US from Taiwan in 2004, Dr. Shen has been the Artistic Director of Trenton Children’s Chorus, Xiao Fong Arts, Chinese American Choral Ensemble, Rutgers University Queens Chorale, Vox Nova, and the Chin-Yun Chorus. Dr. Shen holds advanced degrees from Westminster Choir College and the University of Maryland. He has served as guest conductor and lecturer for professional conferences in Asia as well as the United States.