About David Getz

David Getz is the Orchestra Director at Morton High School in Central Illinois where he has been teaching since 2012. In addition to directing the MHS Orchestra, Getz conducts the Central Illinois Concert Orchestra as part of Youth Music Illinois. Also, at MHS, he leads the Composers’ Guild, an afterschool composition club he founded in 2012, and he coached Cross Country from 2012-2021. Getz received his BME from Illinois Wesleyan University (‘12) where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and won the Concert & Aria Competition in 2010. He received his MME from Illinois St. University in 2021. Outside of his teaching duties, Getz is an active composer. He composed, directed, and produced his first original musical, Ruth, that received three performances in Central Illinois in 2018. He actively composes original works for his student orchestras, and he is passionate about instilling creativity into every aspect of his student’s lives. Apart from teaching and composing, Getz loves sports of any kind, running road races, participating in any form of outdoor activities, and making spreadsheets to automate every aspect of his teaching duties. Getz resides in Morton, IL with his wife and son, Lauren and Skye, where they are active foster-parents.