Christopher Selby (B.M. Music
Education--Instrumental, 1992) studied violin/viola and music education at
Hartt from 1988-1992. He is currently living in Charleston, SC.
What have you been up
to since you graduated from Hartt?
After leaving Hartt, I taught for five years in Fairfax
County Public Schools in Northern Virginia. Then I moved to Columbia, SC to
study Orchestral Conducting at the University of South Carolina. I earned my MM
(1999) and a D.M.A. (2000) in Orchestral Conducting. After getting my
doctorate, I became the District Orchestra Coordinator for Richland School
District Two in Columbia, SC where I worked for eleven years. While
teaching orchestra classes and supervising string instruction across the
district, I also lead our state MEA as President of the orchestra teachers from
2007-2009, and then President of the SCMEA Executive Board from 2011-2013. I’ve
conducted regional and all-state orchestras, and co-authored the SC state
standards for Instrumental Music. In the Spring of 2012, I took the Spring
Valley HS Chamber Orchestra to the ASTA National Orchestra Festival and we won
1st Place in the competitive string orchestra division.
What are you involved
with right now?
