Dr. Amy Selkirk is the Assistant Professor of Double Reeds at the University of South Alabama, where she teaches applied oboe and bassoon, woodwind methods, Introduction to Music, and coaches woodwind chamber ensembles. She also serves as the oboe coach for the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra. Selkirk has previously held adjunct faculty appointments at the University of South Alabama, William Carey University, and Ocean County College, and has served as an instructor for the Florida State University Summer Music Camps.
Selkirk also maintains a private studio, teaching middle and high school oboe students throughout Alabama and Mississippi. Her students have earned placements in All-State and District Honor Bands, and have been selected as finalists and winners in prestigious solo competitions, including the Alabama Bandmasters Association All-State Solo Festival and the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition. Many of her students have also been successfully admitted to collegiate music programs as both majors and minors.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Selkirk maintains an active and prolific performance career along the Gulf Coast. She currently serves as principal oboist with the Meridian Symphony Orchestra. She also regularly performs with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Opera, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Symphony. Deeply committed to solo and chamber music, Selkirk has recently appeared as a performer at conferences of the International Double Reed Society and the North American Saxophone Alliance, and has presented multiple faculty recitals at the University of South Alabama.
Selkirk was awarded the Doctor of Music degree in Woodwind Performance from Florida State University in 2019. She holds a Master of Music degree in Oboe Performance from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the State University of New York at Fredonia, where she was also awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate. Her primary oboe instructors have included Eric Ohlsson, Danna Sundet, Sarah Hamilton, Mark Dubois, and Karen Hosmer.
