Shenae also enjoys participating in orchestra and has served as Second Violin Principal under Maestro Jeffrey Milarsky and Associate Concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra under Maestro Itzhak Perlman. Most recently, she held the Second Violin Principal position of Yale Philharmonia. A winner of the MAX Keston Fellowship, Shenae participated in a residency with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2021.

Shenae has attended Aspen Music Festival, Verbier Festival and Music Academy of the West all on full scholarship where she was privileged to work under the direction of world-renowned conductors Valery Gergiev, Sir Simon Rattle, Larry Rachleff, Gianandrea Noseda, among others.

Shenae prioritizes her responsibility as a classical musician in the twenty-first century to bring music to those around her. For two years, she served as a Gluck Fellow of the Juilliard School where she collaborated with musicians, dancers and actors to bring interactive performances to those in hospitals, psychiatric institutions, rehabilitation centers and other care facilities in New York City. While pursuing her Master’s degree, she participated in Yale’s Music In Schools Initiative as a teaching artist where she helped provide quality music education for local title one schools in the New Haven, Connecticut area. 

Shenae loves spending time with family, eating delicious food and watching movies. She currently lives in Draper, Utah with her husband.