Michael Shane began his professional career as an interim player with the Cleveland Orchestra shortly before graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2007. Since then he has collaborated with some of the world's finest musicians and conductors in concert halls across the United States and abroad at venues including Severance Hall, the Blossom Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Musikverein in Vienna. He also joined the Cleveland Orchestra for residencies in Miami and at the Salzburg and Lucerne Festivals.

Michael has also performed with the New World Symphony and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and is second clarinet of the Erie (PA) Philharmonic. His performances have been heard on National Public Radio, WCLV (Cleveland), and the Interlochen Center for the Arts 75th Anniversary CD.

He has performed with notable conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph von Dohnányi, James Gaffigan, Giancarlo Guerrero, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Paavo Järvi, Sir Neville Marriner, Bobby McFerrin, David Robertson, Julius Rudel, Michael Stern, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst, and David Zinman.

Michael has performed at the Brevard, Blossom, Sarasota, and Aspen Music Festivals and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2003 where he was one of three clarinetists in the United States honored in the National ARTS Competition. His teachers include Steve Cohen, Nathan Williams, Joaquin Valdepeñas, Franklin Cohen, and Alan R. Kay.