Strings I, Strings II, District Orchestra

Christopher Selby is the Orchestra Coordinator of Richland Two, and came to Spring Valley High School in 2005.  Dr. Selby has earned National Board Certification in the area of Early Adolescent and Young Adult Music.  He holds a Masters of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the University of South Carolina, and a Music Education degree from the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut. He is a product of the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has studied violin and viola with members of the San Francisco, Hartford, and National Symphony Orchestras. 

Before joining Richland School District Two in 2001, Dr. Selby taught in Lexington Richland District Five and Richland School District One.  He conducted the Cadet Orchestra for the South Carolina Youth Orchestra Program for two years, and taught for five years in Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia. Dr. Selby also taught for eight summers in the chamber music program at the San Francisco Conservatory, and has guest conducted at the Greenville and Low country Region Orchestras, in the Atlanta area, and at the Cazadero Performing Arts Camp in Northern California. 

Dr. Selby is the President-Elect of the Orchestra Division of the South Carolina Music Educators Association; his most recent accomplishment includes the restructuring of the state’s Region and All-State Orchestra program.  In addition to teaching, his other passions include cooking, sailing, reading, and playing the fiddle.  Dr. Selby currently lives in Columbia with his wife, Margaret, and their son, Alex. 

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