Conference, and Uludağ University, Conservatory of Music, in Bursa, Turkey. During the summers of 2008 and 2013, he visited Asunción, Paraguay for master classes and performances as soloist and conductor. Giray performed at the 34th International Istanbul Music Festival as a member of Istanbul Chamber Orchestra. Also, he played as Acting Concertmaster of Istanbul Chamber Orchestra in Islamabad, Pakistan, where he performed in front of an elite audience of foreign dignitaries. During that trip, Giray gave lectures and master classes at Istanbul Technical University, Bilkent University, and Yıldız University in Turkey, and Edison Academy in Germany. As a doctoral candidate at the Florida State University, Giray studied with Eliot Chapo, former Concertmaster of such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony. Prior to that, in 1992 he was awarded a joint fellowship from the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and East Carolina University, where he studied with Fritz Gearhart. A native of Istanbul, Giray graduated from Istanbul State Conservatory and Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory, where he studied with Saim Akçıl. During his tenure at Pittsburg State University, Giray has recruited international students, including Paraguay, Romania, China, South Korea, and Turkey. Within the years his students won numerous competitions, including various Concerto-Aria and Chamber Music Competitions, and the coveted American String Teachers Association Solo Competition—Winner of 2006 Kansas Chapter. Giray’s students have been accepted in graduate programs at Yale University, Rice University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Missouri - Kansas City and The Florida State University with assistantships. Some are members of orchestras including the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Kansas City Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, and the Chicago Symphony. CD recordings "Dream City & The Magic Knight." Ohio Light Opera Selim Giray, Concertmaster (Albany: Albany Records, 2014 [TROY1541-42]). "H.M.S. Pinafore." Ohio Light Opera Selim Giray, Concertmaster (Albany: Albany Records, 2013 [TROY1459-60]). "The Pirates of Penzance." Ohio Light Opera Selim Giray, Concertmaster (Albany: Albany Records, 2011 [TROY1331-32]). "The Fortune Teller." Ohio Light Opera Selim Giray, Concertmaster (Albany: Albany Records, 2011 [TROY1326-27]). "Turkish Music for Violin and Piano." Selim Giray, violin; June Chun-Young, piano (Norfolk: ERMMedia, 2010 [ERM7101]). "Patience." Ohio Light Opera Selim Giray, Concertmaster (Albany: Albany Records, 2010 [TROY1241-42]). "El Capitan." Ohio Light Opera Selim Giray, Concertmaster (Albany: Albany Records, 2010 [TROY1236-37]). "Mlle. Modiste." Ohio Light Opera Selim Giray, Concertmaster (Albany: Albany Records, 2009 [TROY1146-47]). "Ruddigore." Ohio