She has appeared as a guest soloist with ensembles including The University of Akron Symphony Orchestra, The University of Akron Symphonic and Concert Bands, and the Perry High School Symphonic Winds at the Ohio Music Educators Association Conference in 2019, In 2015, Dr. Shafer won Honorable Mention in the International Trombone Association Alto Trombone Competition. Dr. Shafer has given numerous solo recitals throughout the East Coast, Midwest, and Southern portions of the United States. She has worked with esteemed conductors Bramwell Tovey, Ken-David Masur, Valery Gergiev, and Peter Oundjian. As a chamber musician, Dr. Shafer was a member of the Faculty Brass Quintet at The University of Akron, and is a founding member of the Boston Trombone Project, a Boston-based trombone chamber ensemble. Her trombone quartet, Hendrie's Heroes, was named First Alternate in the 2014 International Trombone Association Quartet Competition. Dr. Shafer is an avid early music and sackbut player, having collaborated in numerous ensembles including historical performance department recitals at Boston University, the Yale Schola Cantorum Orchestra, Yale Collegium Players, and Temple University Mozart Players. Dr. Shafer serves as the trombone professor at The University of Akron. Prior to joining the faculty at The University of Akron, she was a Teaching Assistant at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Trombone Workshop, and a Teaching Artist in the Music in Schools Initiative in New Haven, CT.