Whilst in University he conducted the Trinity College Chapel Choir and recorded their first compact disc, Bow Down Thine Ear, to critical acclaim.  He sang as a Bass Lay Vicar in St. Patrick's Cathedral for four years and performed in Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral. In 1997 he founded the Mornington Singers, one of Ireland's premier chamber choirs.  He has attended conducting master classes with Colin Mawby, Dr. Robert Hasty and Dr. Victor Yampolsky. Shane has recorded with Michael Flatley, Bonnie Tyler, Phil Coulter and James Galway. 

Recently he founded the International Schools Choral Music Society (ISCMS) and hosted their first festival, a performance of Faure's Requiem in 2008 by over 100 students from 9 International Schools.  In 2010 he will conduct the Mozart Requiem with ISCMS with over 200 voices and an orchestra of 100 from 12 countries with the performance taking place in the Forbidden City Concert Hall.  He has recently established the Beijing Youth Orchestra, an orchestra comprising of 35 of the best musicians from the two main Conservatoires in Beijing, and 35 musicians from International Schools. This orchestra is unique, and plans to make a CD are well under way. He has worked with the Federation of British International Schools of South East Asia (FOBISSEA) and is the co-chair of Artistic Direction for the Association of Chinese And Mongolian International Schools (ACAMIS). He hopes some day to organize a joint music Festival between ISCMS, ACAMIS and FOBISSEA. Shane is currently completing his Masters in Music Education at Northwestern University in Chicago, specializing in conducting.