05/02/19 – Shawn graduates from James Madison University with his Master’s Degree in Music and Toby Oft releases a recording of him performing Shawn’s arrangement of Pure Imagination.
04/25/19 – Shawn conducts the JMU Wind Symphony on the world premiere of his wind ensemble piece An Elegant Sufficiency.
04/24/19 – Shawn conducts the JMU Jazz Band on the premiere of a new jazz band arrangement of Steely Dan’s Bad Sneakers.
04/14/19 – Shawn’s Little Brother Andrew Parker is initiated as a Brother into the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Gamma Alpha Chapter.
04/08/19 – Shawn begins to rehearse the JMU Wind Symphony on his new work for wind ensemble entitled An Elegant Sufficiency.
04/05/19 – Bloo Lagoon headlines JMU Relay for Life.
04/03/19 – Shawn performs with the JMU Wind Symphony on the premiere of Mason Moy’s Synthetic Speech and on Jim Stephenson’s massive Symphony No. 2: Voices.
03/16/19 – Shawn performs with Bloo Lagoon for the first time opening for Charlottesville based rock band Lord Nelson at Clementine.
03/14/19 – Shawn releases a new recording of an excerpt of a jazz chart entitled El Canto de Byrd with dear friend and trumpeter Charlie Frise.
02/27/19 – Shawn joins the Harrisonburg based funk band Bloo Lagoon as their trombonist.
02/24/19 – Shawn’s tuba euphonium quartet entitled The Natural Lands is performed on the Senior Recital of Brian Juntilla by Mitchell Evans, Evan Amoroso, Nick Warmuth and Brian Juntilla.
02/06/19 – Shawn takes upon Andrew Parker as his Little Brother in the music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
12/19/18 – Shawn flies to Chicago with the JMU Band Staff for the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic
12/09/18 – Shawn performs his first concert with the Massanutten Brass Band.
12/03/18 – Shawn performs his last concert with JMU Jazz Ensemble.
11/22/18 – The JMU Marching Royal Dukes perform Shawn’s arrangement of On Broadway & I Got Rhythmat the 92nd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
11/16/18 – JMUArts releases an article on the JMU Marching Royal Dukes imminent participation in the 92nd Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and Shawn’s arrangement of On Broadway & I Got Rhythm.
11/02/18 – Shawn performs Steven Verhelst’s Devils Waltz with dear friend and tubist Kai Smith on his Senior Recital.
10/29-10/30/18 – Shawn goes on tour with the JMU Wind Symphony around Northern Virginia.
10/28/18 – Shawn re-releases a recording of his arrangement of Snarky Puppy’s Lingus, recorded by the Ashford Quartet with new cover art by Ian Potash.
10/26/18 – Shawn conducts the JMU Jazz Band on his arrangement of Donald Fagen’s Walk Between the Raindrops.
10/24/18 – Shawn conducts Libby Larsen’s An Introduction to the Moon with the JMU Symphonic Band in the presence of the composer.
08/22/18 – The JMU Marching Royal Dukes begin to rehearse Shawn’s arrangement of On Broadway & I Got Rhythm for the 92nd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
07/11/18 – Shawn releases a new trombone choir piece, an adaptation of Jacob Collier’s arrangement of You and I, composed by Stevie Wonder.
06/14/18 – Toby Oft professionally records two of Shawn’s arrangements for trombone and piano in Symphony Hall in Boston.
05/24/18 – Shawn performs on the premiere of Daniel Bukvich’s Rhythm and the New World in the Age of Machines in honor of Mr. Stephen Massey’s retirement.
04/04/18 – Shawn conducts the premiere of his arrangement of Anthony Alvaro’s One Bright Star with the James Madison University Symphonic Band.
04/03/18 – Shawn and his band arrangement One Bright Starare catalogued on the Wind Repertory Project, a comprehensive database of wind literature, expanded by contributions of band directors/conductors, students, and wind band enthusiasts worldwide.
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