Burke Shaw became a member of the Houston Symphony double bass section in 2000 under Christoph Eschenbach. His teachers included Homer Mensch at the Juilliard School and Roger Scott at the Curtis Institute of Music.
He previously played with the Oregon Symphony under James Depriest, and was Co-Principal of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Spain. He has performed with festival orchestras in Japan, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States.