Isaac has been teaching violin and viola since 2018, working with students of all ages and skill levels. He specializes in preparing students for auditions, competitions, and recitals, and finds one-on-one instruction to be the most rewarding part of his musical career.

In addition to his private teaching, Isaac serves as a violin Teaching Artist with Harmony Project, where he works with LAUSD students in after-school programs. He teaches group violin classes ranging from beginner to advanced levels and coaches multiple orchestras within the program.

His previous teaching experience includes roles as a Teaching Assistant at UCLA, a String Instructional Assistant with Manhattan Beach Unified School District, and an annual teaching assistant at California State University, Fullerton Violin Camp, where he works with talented students from across Southern California.

Bachelors of Music, CSUF School of Music

Master’s of Music, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Isaac received his bachelor’s degree from CSU Fullerton and his master’s degree from UCLA. At CSUF, Isaac was the recipient of the Yamaha Strings Award and a prize winner in the School of Music Concerto Competition. During this time he participated in masterclasses for renowned concertmasters such as Jorja Fleezanis and acclaimed soloists Haik Kazazyan, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and many more.During his master’s degree at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music he studied violin with Varty Manouelian and Movses Pogossian. He was also fortunate to receive tutelage from Ji-Young An, David Kaplan, Che-Yen Chen, and Wendy Richman.

For the 2025-2026 season Isaac is a violin fellow for the Stockton Symphony led by conductor, Peter Jaffe. With the Stockton Symphony, Isaac will perform as a member of the violin sections on a regular basis. In 2024, Isaac won the principal second violin position for the California Young Artist Symphony and will serve as principal second violin from 2024-2026. Aside from these positions, Isaac performs regularly with regional orchestras like Pacific Opera Project, Dream Orchestra (LA), Mozart Classical Orchestra, and more. In the summer of 2023, Isaac was a violin fellow at the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado, where they played over eighteen symphonic concerts in just eight weeks. Over the last eight years, Isaac has been fortunate to play under the batons of conductors such as Carl St. Clair, Michael Stern, Joann Falleta, David Chan, Rob Kapilow, and Tania Miller to name a few. He was also a section violinist for the American Youth Symphony from 2022-2024.

Isaac is a passionate chamber musician and has studied and performed a wide range of chamber music repertoire from violin duos to string octets, piano trios, quartets, and quintets. His most influential collaborative mentor’s include Jan Talich of the Talich Quartet, Domenic Salerni of the Attacca Quartet, and Che-Yen Chen (a founding member of the Formosa Quartet and current member of the Ehnes Quartet).

He is in the process of forming a string quartet with dear friends and wonderful musicians based in southern California.