Isaac's Biography

Isaac’s formal music education began at the age of 8 under the direction of Mrs. Ricki Pederson. His primary instrument is the Cello which he studied for a total of 2 years while attending Kellogg Visual & Performing Arts School.

Besides his love of the Cello, Isaac now performs percussion instruments in which he has demonstrated great interest. Isaac is provided with percussion and guitar instruction by Francisco Astudillo.

As a 5th grader, Isaac appeared in his first public performance as a percussionist with the musical group TINKU. To date, he has participated in numerous performances with TINKU and has quickly perfected the various Andean, Latin and other rhythms. Isaac performs up to 10 percussion instruments during most shows. Like Francisco Astudillo (TINKU's Founder & Director), Isaac is also a multi-instrumentalist and alternates with a minimum of 4-7 instruments during a single song theme...A must see and hear! In January 2011, Isaac impressed us with new thru the use of the Guitar!