Shane is a participating member of the National Association for Music Education (www.menc.org), the International Association for Jazz Education (www.iaje.org), and the Alabama Music Educators Association (www.alabamamea.org). As a professional saxophonist since 1992, Shane has devoted his talent and experience as a performer, instructor, band leader, and arranger throughout the United States and in several countries. He has recorded numerous projects for Integrity Media, Inc. and has performed and/or recorded with Louis Bellson, Big Daddy Weave, The Coasters, Travis Cottrell, Darrell Evans, Ken Folberg Big Band, 4Him, Group 1 Crew, King Pelican, Mandisa, the Moscow Sax Quintet, Aaja Nachle, New Song, Sharmane Adams, Bob Shultz Big Band, The Temptations, TRUTH, Veggie Tales, Ayiesha Woods and various local artists and ensembles. He has also performed on cruise lines, in theater productions, and has been featured on two GRAMMY nominated projects, one of which hit number one on the Billboard in two categories during the first month of its release.
Currently, Shane is a music educator in the Mobile County Public School System as an assistant band director. He continues to be active in the recording industry as a soloist, arranger, and producer with Live Horns (www.livehorns.com), plays lead tenor in the Mobile Carnival Association Big Band, the First Baptist Tillman's Corner "Celebration" Big Band, and he performs with his own groups (trio, quartet, and septet). His passion for music and arts ministry has inspired him to develop the GULF COAST FINE ARTS ACADEMY, a subsidiary of First Baptist Tillman's Corner in Mobile, AL, where he resides with his adoring wife Tabitha and their two precious children.
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