July 28. The Charlotte Symphony has hired Shayne Doty as vice president of development beginning Aug.1.

Shayne Doty

Doty will lead the Charlotte Symphony’s Development team in fundraising and development activities and will cultivate new communities of supporters, especially those in the financial sector, with which he has worked throughout much of his career.

Most recently, Doty served as chief strategy officer for the New York Historical Society.

As an organist, Doty has played recitals throughout the United States, France, and Canada, made a recording, and performed with ensembles such as The National Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, Les Arts Florissants, the Theatre of Voices, and others. 

Doty holds degrees from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Duke University, Southern Methodist University, and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. He is a senior advisor to the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts and a former member of the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.