Directors
Billy Akers
Bio coming.
David Getz
David Getz has been the director of Orchestras at Morton High School, his alma mater, since 2012. In addition to his conducting at MHS, Getz also conducts the Central Illinois Concert Orchestra in Peoria. He has guest conducted the ILMEA District 2 Middle School Orchestra Festival and the Peoria District 150 Middle School Festival Orchestra. He also served as an adjudicator at both the All-District and All-State level. Getz received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Illinois Wesleyan, where he also studied composition with Dr. Mario Pelusi and Dr. David Vayo. Getz often performs his original works with his ensembles. He presented at the 2017 IMEC Convention on The Composers’ Guild, a student composition group he founded in 2012 that has premiered over 60 original student compositions since its inception. In 2018, he composed and produced his first full-length musical, Ruth, that premiered to a crowd of 1,200 people in Morton. In addition to conducting and composing, Getz also coaches Cross Country at MHS. He lives in Morton with his wife, Lauren, their son, Skye, and their two foster-daughters.