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Isaac Terceros is the Founder and Music Director of the Santa Cruz Philharmonic in Bolivia and also serves as Assistant Conductor of the Conway Symphony Orchestra. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate in orchestral conducting at the prestigious Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the mentorship of Maestros Arthur Fagen and Thomas Wilkins.
Isaac Terceros completed his Master Degree in Instrumental Conducting at the University of Central Arkansas under the mentorship of Maestro Israel Getzov, where he was awarded with a Graduate Assistantship and the Music Certificate Scholarship. Previously, he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Orchestra and Choir Conducting at the University of Sao Paulo through the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G), sponsored by the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) of Brazil, under the instruction of Maestro Aylton Escobar and other prestigious professors. Mr. Terceros received numerous awards during his academic studies, including a research grant from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and ten Academic Excellence Awards from the Division of Educational Matters (DCE) of Brazil. He was also a member of various research teams on musical analysis, music technology, and choir conducting publishing his findings in scientific journals and conferences.
Mr. Terceros has enriched his career by performing as a guest conductor in Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. In Bolivia, he is founder and music director of several ensembles, including the Santa Cruz Symphonic Band and the vocal ensemble Entrecantos (a two-time winner of the Santa Cruz Choir Competition). He also served as a faculty member and choir conductor for the Music Department of Universidad Evangélica Boliviana (UEB). He was elected to the Council of Arts of Santa Cruz in 2014, won the Youth Peace Prize in the Arts Category in 2017 and received the Outstanding Young Person of Bolivia award from the Junior Chamber International in 2019. He currently serves as the elected Secretary of Culture of Partners of America in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Inspired by President Kennedy and founded in 1964 under the Alliance for Progress, Partners of the Americas is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with international offices in Washington, D.C.
