David Getz Creative

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Morton, Illinois, United States

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-Creative Director at Youth Music Illinois (2025-present) -Conductor of the Central Illinois Youth Symphony (2024-present) -Orchestra Director at Morton High School (2012-present) -Founder and Director of the Composers' Guild (2012-present) -Composer of "Ruth: The Musical" (www.theruthmusical.com)

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String Fingering Chart (Dynamic Google Sheet)

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David Getz Creative

In this highly interactive, dynamic Google Sheet, you can show your beginning string players how to place their fingers in any key in any position. This Sheet is a tremendous resource for warm-ups and breakout sectionals or practice sessions.

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Instrumental Music, Music

The Tonal Solar System - A Dynamic Google Sheet

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David Getz Creative

Did you know that, in music, harmony functions a lot like the planets in our solar system? Believe it or not, music has gravity, and certain sounds and chords tend to pull your expectations in different ways. In this dynamic Google Sheet, you can see choose the Tonic Pitch and then see how the triads will function in every diatonic key, both major and minor! With images of the planets serving as your guide, you will soon learn all the patterns that exist in our Tonal Solar System. This is a

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Music, Music Composition, Other (Performing Arts)

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Experience

Teaching style

My personality is highly creative, so I strive to let my creativity flow into my classroom, and I try to use that to my advantage when it comes to inspiring students. I begin every semester with a performance of something I created/composed/wrote over the break, and I constantly try to push my students to be the most creative individuals they can possibly be. Dostoevsky wrote in his classic novel, The Idiot, that "beauty can save the world," and I believe that the beauty of music, combined with education, can accomplish that goal.

My own education history

High School - Graduated from Morton High School in 2008 College- Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2012 with a degree in Music Education Graduate - Masters in Music Education (2021) - Illinois State University

Additional biographical information

I am an avid composer. I have premiered five of my pieces with the various orchestras I conduct since 2012, and in 2018 I premiered my first large-scale composition, "Ruth: The Musical," in Morton, IL. In 2023, I began my personal consulting business where I began helping teachers improve their classroom efficiency with advanced-level Google Slides, Forms, and Sheets methods. Please check out my website at www.davidgetzcreative.com