Ensemble is more than playing together. It is tuning together, articulating, blending, and breathing together. Come learn how to teach students to listen, move, breathe and phrase together; how to teach younger students to control their tempo (not rush), and also how to keep the back and front of the string or symphony orchestra together. Attendees will also learn how to teach students to blend and tune notes, chords, and concert music the way professionals do—all by putting the ensemble first.
Christopher Selby
- Biographical Information
Dr. Christopher Selby is a high school orchestra director, and the
lead string author of the Habits of a
Successful String Musician series published by GIA. He is an
active clinician and conductor, and has presented sessions at numerous Midwest
Clinics, American String Teacher Association (ASTA) National Conferences, and
many state conferences across America. Dr. Selby taught traditional public
school orchestra programs from 1992 until 2012, when he took over as the
director of high school orchestras at the School of the Arts in Charleston, SC.
His orchestras have performed at the 2019 Midwest Clinic, and they won ASTA's
National Orchestra Festival top award of Grand Champion in the competitive
public school division in 2016 and 2023.