Thomas Shorthouse is a London-based composer and producer from West Yorkshire whose music has been heard across the UK, Europe, and North America. In his music, Thomas balances process-based harmony with influences from non-classical genres, often moving between the hyperreal and surreal, the feverish and sombre, and the playful and obscure.

Thomas’ collaborators have included Luca Imperiale, Ozgur Kaya, İlayda Deniz Oğuz, Larli Davies, Amiel Ang, Felix Collins, the Jasmine Quartet, the Deleuze New Music Collective, Follia 4, serpentine.iii, the Fidelio Trio, Alkyona Quartet, Ex Corde, RCM Symphony Orchestra, Horsham Symphony Orchestra, Colin Alexander, and Héloïse Werner.

Recent projects include charms, trinkets, and offerings, a string quartet commissioned by the Jasmine Quartet, wyrm & the pylon commissioned by Amiel Ang for vibraphone, string quartet, and electronics, and solarpunk is just another mercy for the hopeful few written for Colin Alexander and Héloïse Werner.

Outside of the concert hall, Thomas is a keen collaborator across genres and disciplines. Since 2024 he has been the lead producer on SOLANI's three-EP run from LOOK AT HER NOW to PATHOGEN.

In November 2024, he worked with the RCM electronica society and visual artists Charles Ryan Becker and Julia Mazur to create a large-scale multimedia work. He also worked with artist Niko Raic, creating Lipiec: SEQUENCE 09812 for the release of his audiovidual calendar Chromatic Code which was distributed by the City Museum Czestochowa.

In 2024, Thomas was shortlisted for the National Centre for Early Music's Young Composer Award for his piece Mirabile mysterium, which was then workshopped and premiered by vocal ensemble Ex Corde. In 2022, Thomas’ work Lullaby for the Things That Don’t Sleep, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth International Composition Award, where a new work was then premiered at The Royal Overseas League, London.

In addition to his music-making practices, Thomas also enjoys concert curation which has resulted in a series of concerts hosted alongside Molly Frances Arnuk. This series has included a programme exploring internet culture at the RCM Museum in November 2025, a concert highlighting their collaboratively composed string music in January 2026 at St Mary Aldermary, with their upcoming concert at Avalon Cafe in June 2026 reflecting the modern concept of a sample library onto music old and new.

Thomas is currently in the final year of his undergraduate studies at the Royal College of Music, supported by an Ian Evans Lombe scholarship. He is grateful to have had support from many professors and teachers, including Dr Deirdre Gribbin, Prof. Simon Holt, Dr Nicholas Moroz, Prof. Kate Simko, Dr Catherine Kontz, Ed Bell, and his teachers at Wakefield Music Services.