William Ballenger

William L. Ballenger is the Director of the School of Music at Texas Tech. Prior to his appointment at Texas Tech, he served for twelve years as Department Head of Music at Oklahoma State University. Professor Ballenger's previous academic appointments include Associate Director of Bands at Oklahoma State University, Associate Director of Bands at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and public school teaching positions in Ankeny and Oskaloosa school districts in Iowa. Professor Ballenger has composed more than seventy original compositions and arranged more than six hundred works for various ensembles. In 2007 Professor Ballenger was appointed to the Nomination Committee for the National Association of Schools of Music. In 2008 Professor Ballenger was appointed Director of the State-supported four-year Colleges and Universities for the Texas Association of Music Schools. In 2005, Professor Ballenger served as Chair of the Ethics Committee of the National Association of Schools of Music. Previous elections include President of the Oklahoma Association of Music Schools, and Vice Chair and Chair of Region 9 of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Director, School of Music
William Ballenger can be contacted through email at: william.ballenger@ttu.edu.