As a young adult, he studied music at St Chad's College, Durham University, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts in 1995.

Getty participated in a summer master class under Irish flautist Sir James Galway.

[2] These include orchestrations for Michael W. Smith's 2004 Healing Rain album, McDonald's television commercials, and Silvascreen label movie soundtrack recordings Music from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy[4] and Once upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone.

[7] They released it on the Kingsway album New Irish Hymns, featuring vocalists Máire Brennan, Margaret Becker, and Joanne Hogg.

[10] Getty has received honorary doctorates from Lancaster Bible College, a Bible college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Dallas Baptist University, a private Christian university in Dallas, Texas with three campuses, with an average SAT score of enrolled students of 1085.

[12] •           2002: Tapestry Keith Getty and Kristyn Lennox (Getty) •           2003: New Irish Hymns 2 (with Margaret Becker and Joanne Hogg) •           2004: New Irish Hymns 3: Incarnation (with Margaret Becker and Joanne Hogg) •           2005: New Irish Hymns 4 (with Margaret Becker and Joanne Hogg) •           2005: Songs That Jesus Said; a collection of songs for children •           2007: In Christ Alone