Zachary H. Geller
Zachary Geller has been the Director of Bands at Grayslake Central High School in Grayslake, Illinois (School District D127) since 2021. At GCHS, Mr. Geller is the director of the MARCHING Rams, teaches three levels of concert bands (Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble), Guitar 1 and 2, and AP Music Theory. Mr. Geller also directs the pep band during basketball season, the annual pit orchestra for our school musical, and teaches all extra curricular Jazz Bands. Prior to teaching at GCHS, Mr. Geller was the Director of Bands at Streamwood High School (School District U-46) for 8 years. At SHS, Mr. Geller taught the SABRE Marching Band, concert band, pep band, jazz band, music theory, and is the director of the pit orchestra for the annual school musical. Mr. Geller is proud to have been a member of the music staff at School District U-46, who helped the district be recognized as one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation in 2019.
Prior to teaching at Streamwood, Mr. Geller taught for three years as the Instrumental Music Teacher at Riverview Middle School in Plymouth, Wisconsin. At Riverview, Mr. Geller taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Band, Jazz Band, Music Technology, and Jazz Appreciation.
Zach received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010, and his Master of Music Education degree in 2018 from U of I as well. As an undergrad at the University of Illinois, Zach was a member of the Marching Illini for four years, during which he arranged the music of Ben Folds, which was performed by the Marching Illini in 2009. He was also assistant director, and later, director of the Orange and Blues Band. While at the University of Illinois, Zach studied trumpet privately with Professors Ronald Romm, Tito Carrillo, and the late Dr. Michael Ewald, conducting with Dr. Joseph Manfredo and Dr. Louis Bergonzi, and music technology with Professor Scott Wyatt.
Zach is an active composer and arranger and has written music for The Marching Illini, The University of Illinois Basketball Band, The University of Illinois Trumpet Choir, Buffalo Grove High School (IL), and many other school bands throughout Illinois. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by many high schools throughout Illinois, and have been featured at the Illinois Marching Band Championships, Eastern Illinois Panther Marching Band Festival, and the 2014 Alamo Bowl Halftime Show. Zach spends his summers writing music and woking as a clinician teaching performance techniques with various high school marching bands.
Prior to teaching at Streamwood, Mr. Geller taught for three years as the Instrumental Music Teacher at Riverview Middle School in Plymouth, Wisconsin. At Riverview, Mr. Geller taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Band, Jazz Band, Music Technology, and Jazz Appreciation.
Zach received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010, and his Master of Music Education degree in 2018 from U of I as well. As an undergrad at the University of Illinois, Zach was a member of the Marching Illini for four years, during which he arranged the music of Ben Folds, which was performed by the Marching Illini in 2009. He was also assistant director, and later, director of the Orange and Blues Band. While at the University of Illinois, Zach studied trumpet privately with Professors Ronald Romm, Tito Carrillo, and the late Dr. Michael Ewald, conducting with Dr. Joseph Manfredo and Dr. Louis Bergonzi, and music technology with Professor Scott Wyatt.
Zach is an active composer and arranger and has written music for The Marching Illini, The University of Illinois Basketball Band, The University of Illinois Trumpet Choir, Buffalo Grove High School (IL), and many other school bands throughout Illinois. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by many high schools throughout Illinois, and have been featured at the Illinois Marching Band Championships, Eastern Illinois Panther Marching Band Festival, and the 2014 Alamo Bowl Halftime Show. Zach spends his summers writing music and woking as a clinician teaching performance techniques with various high school marching bands.