Michael Isaac Ripple is the Artistic Director of The Horizon Series, a nonprofit chamber music series and summer festival. He is the Director of Chamber Music for the Memphis Youth Symphony Program. Isaac is an in-demand educator, chamber musician, and performer throughout the Mid South region, currently based in Memphis, Tennessee. Isaac serves as the Chair of the Business Committee for the International Double Reed Society.

He serves as the oboe instructor for Bartlett City School and Collierville School District, and is the owner/operator of Grind City Reeds. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he pursued his undergraduate degree in oboe performance as a student of Frank Rosenwein. He is also a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he was a student of Daniel Stolper. He was the founding oboist of Catharsis Winds, an international and national award winning wind quintet based in Cleveland, Ohio. He holds a Master of Music in oboe performance from the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and he is currently pursuing his doctoral degree oboe performance with an additional focus in composition as the student of Dr. Michelle Vigneau and Dr. Kamran Ince. Isaac performs on Yamaha oboes and exclusively uses Lomax Classic Humidipro cases and case covers for his instruments. He is also a regular contributing author to Band World Magazine.