Our Conductor 

Mr. Will Selle

Will Selle is the conductor and orchestra director at Watauga High School, and teaches band and orchestra at Hardin Park Middle School in Boone NC.  His work as director of the WHS Orchestras has strengthened the program in numbers and depth, and his ensembles have received numerous superior ratings at state performance adjudication. Selle is an adjunct music education professor at Appalachian State University, and is also active as a guest conductor and clinician with school and community groups in North Carolina.  Selle served as the interim conductor of the Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra in the spring of 2016, and also led the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra during their 2015-2016 season.  In addition to conducting, Selle is a violinist and horn player, and frequently performs with the Western Piedmont Symphony, the Kingsport Symphony of the Mountains, and the Appalachian Philharmonia.  Selle is a graduate of UNC-Greensboro, where he received his BM in Instrumental Music Education.  Selle also holds a Master’s Degree in Instrumental Conducting.  He has studied violin with Nancy Bargerstock, John Fadial, Margery Bagley, Paul Statsky, and Dorothy Bennett.  Selle has studied conducting with Chung Park, Robert Gutter, Rebecca Macleod, and James Allen Anderson. When not active in music and conducting, Mr. Selle enjoys whitewater kayaking, sailing, and cycling with his wife Erin.