Bryan Doherty
Biography Bryan Doherty
Carrie Shaw
Praised in the New York Times “as graceful vocally as she was in her movements”, “consistently stylish” (Boston Globe), and as a “cool, precise soprano” (Chicago Tribune), Carrie Henneman Shaw is a two-time McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians winner (2010, 2017). She has premiered major works by such Minnesota composers as Jocelyn Hagen and Abbie Betinis, whose annual Christmas carols she records for Minnesota Public Radio, and sung American premieres by such composers as Georg Friedrich Haas, Hans Thomalla, and Augusta Read Thomas. In addition to her work as an interpreter of contemporary works, Carrie specializes in music of the 17th century and has performed operatic roles with one of America’s leading Baroque opera companies, Boston Early Music Festival. Carrie is a member of Chicago’s Ensemble Dal Niente, Quince Ensemble, and uluuul. She holds degrees in English and voice performance from Lawrence University and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. She teaches at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Bryan Doherty
is a Chicago-based composer, songwriter, bassist, and producer who contributes his efforts to a multitude of varied projects.
His music has been featured in an array of spheres from American Songwriter to the popular video game Watch Dogs. Doherty has composed three operas, a ballet, a string quartet, various vocal and symphonic music, and a piano suite. His Chamber Symphony in D Minor received its world premiere in Chicago in 2024. In 2025 he was commissioned to write a solo cantata for the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra, setting text by Marianne Moore.
As a bassist, Bryan has performed all over the world while also being an in-demand studio musician appearing on albums by Marquis Hill, Stu Mindeman, and Matt Gold, to name a few. He is also the founder of Hood Smoke which the Chicago Sun-Times called a "must-see act!”, a group that released numerous albums of Doherty’s original music and toured America.
Doherty attended Milwaukee High School of the Arts and Chicago College of Performing Arts.
