Meet the Directors

Michael Berg Raunick has been the Director of Choirs at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana since 2013.  Mr. Raunick is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and holds a master’s degree from Butler University.  He is responsible for 5 choirs at North Central including the nationally recognized concert/show choir, the Counterpoints.  Under Mr. Raunick’s direction the Counterpoints have been named show choir state champions four times.  North Central’s advanced women’s choir, the Descants, have been named show choir state champions four times, as well as concert choir state champions twice.

His arrangements and compositions for show choir and concert choir have been performed by choirs throughout the Midwest. He also composed an original musical titled “Welcome to College” that is performed every summer as part of orientation programming at Indiana University – Bloomington.

Previous to North Central Mr. Raunick was the director of choirs at Waynedale High School in Apple Creek, Ohio.  During his time at Waynedale choral enrollment grew by over 200%, boasting 119 choir members in a school with a total enrollment of approximately 350.  He founded two different ensembles which competed at the state level for the first time in school history and received the highest rating of a “1” at OMEA State Adjudicated Events.

His arrangements and compositions for show choir and concert choir have been performed by choirs throughout the Midwest.  He also composed an original musical titled “Welcome to College” that is performed every summer as part of orientation programming at Indiana University – Bloomington.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Raunick co-founded Riverbend Production Company, a virtual performance company.  During the 2020-2021 school year the company created over 200 virtual performance videos for choirs, orchestras, and bands across the United States and Canada.

Mr. Raunick is a member of NAfME, ACDA and ISME, and presented a clinic on developing a struggling choir program at the 2011 Ohio Music Educators Professional Development Conference.  Originally from New Jersey, he was also the recipient of the New Jersey Governor’s Award in Choral Music.  Mr. Raunick lives with his wife Cara and daughter Ruth in Indianapolis.

Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison is so excited to be joining the choral team at North Central High School. She is a graduate of Michigan State University where she earned her degrees in both Music Education and Vocal Performance. While a student at Michigan State, she performed various opera/musical theater roles in the MSU Opera Theater productions and local professional theaters, as well as interned as a student director with the MSU Children’s Choir. After college, she moved back to Indianapolis and began teaching at Center Grove Middle School North. While at CGMSN, she co-directed 7 choral ensembles as well as directed the Drama Club. For the last four years, she has been the head director at Whiteland Community High School. During that time, she had the pleasure of leading their varsity mixed show/concert choir, Rhythm Masters, assisting with their vocal jazz ensemble, Shades of Blue, and also a variety of their beginning and intermediate ensembles. Outside of school, you can find her hiking, cooking, or catching up on shows. She resides in Washington Township with her husband Scott, their son JJ, and their dog, Dixie!