Orchestra Director
Dr. Christopher Selby has been the Director of High School Orchestras at the Charleston School of the Arts since 2012. At SOA his orchestras have twice performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic (2019 & 2024), and they also won the ASTA National Orchestra Festival’s top award of Grand Champion in the competitive public school division in 2016 and again in 2016.
Dr. Selby is also the author of Habits of a Successful Orchestra Director, Music Theory for the Successful String Musician, and co-author of the Habits of a Successful String Musician series, a complete collection of string method books for beginner through advanced orchestras published by GIA. Dr. Selby regularly guest conducts Regional and All-State Orchestras across America. He is also an active clinician and has presented sessions at numerous state and national conferences around the United States.
A recipient of ASTA’s Elizabeth A. H. Green Award, Dr. Selby has received awards and commendations from Gov. Henry McMaster, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg, and from the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was the President of the South Carolina Music Educator’s Association, and twice President of the state’s Orchestra Division. He is a National Board Certified teacher who earned a music education degree from the Hartt School of Music, and a Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Orchestral Conducting from the University of South Carolina.
