Friends and Sponsors

Ed Ballenger

Ed Ballenger, Jeffersonville, Indiana, has had an illustrious career as a music educator, touching the lives of many students with his energy and passion for band music. He is an outstanding performer on euphonium and as an enthusiast for circus band music, is a long time member of Windjammers Unlimited.

Ballenger's world class collection of band sheet music especially centers on circus music, including galops, marches, waltzes, trombone smears, rags and many more pieces suitable for circus performance. The musical focus goes beyond one- dimension and includes patriotic and military marches, overtures, solos and a full range of music by some of the best composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Vernon Cooley and James Selland

Vernon Cooley and James Selland were long time friends, musicians and collectors of music.

Vern, a carpenter and cabinet maker, played tuba at every opportunity in everything from concert to big band, dixie and polka groups. His son Floyd was for many years principal tuba with the San Francisco Symphony.

Jim was a music educator working with junior and senior high bands. He also directed municipal bands, fronted big bands and played for several years with a traveling circus in the summer. He was "first call" when groups needed a trumpet player.

These "public domain" concert band works are but a small part of their life-long collections.