Paul is a long time member of the Rockford musical community.  He is a graduate of Rock Valley College and Northern Illinois University with a B.A. in music Education with trumpet as his major instrument.  He is founder of the First Brass Ensemble and co-founder of the Rockford Wind Ensemble.  Paul currently works as Educational Services Representative for Guzzardo Performance Music.

Jeremy Davis graduated from Hope College with a degree in Music Education in 2003.  As a native of the Rockford area, Jeremy has performed with the Rockford Concert Band, Kishwaukee Valley Community Band, Rock Valley Community Band, and the Mount Morris Kable Band.  He currently teaches Band and Jazz Band at Winnebago school district.

Ericka Sheely is a 1991 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, with a degree in Music Performance.  She is employed by Milestone, Inc. as a Residential Service Coordinator and QMRP.  She currently plays with the Rockford Concert Band and Rockford Wind Ensemble.

Doug Hoffman is a 1974 graduate of Auburn High School. He earned his Bachelor of Music Education Degree at John Brown University in Arkansas and his Masters of Education from National Louis University in Evanston. In his thirty years of teaching, all in the Rockford School District, he taught for six years at Wilson Middle School, seven years at East High School, and is in his seventeenth year at Auburn. He has served the IMEA (Illinois Music Educators Association) as the District VIII Senior Band Chairman. He was a finalist for the Those Who Excel award. Mr. Hoffman is a trumpet player. He has played with the Rockford Pops Orchestra, the Beloit-Janesville Symphony Orchestra and the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. He currently plays with the Rockford Concert Band, the Rockford Wind Ensemble, the Tower Brass Quintet, and the Gardenia Big Band. He and his wife, Cathy, live in Roscoe with their son, Ryan, who is fourteen.

Mr. Jensen adds conducting the Rockford Wind Ensemble to an eclectic career in music--one that has included a diverse mix of instrumental and vocal music: jazz, musical theater, computer and MIDI technology, arranging and writing.

He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Illinois State University in both instrumental and choral music education.  While at ISU, he served as drum major of the "Big Red Marching Machine" and staff arranger for the School of Music.  He studied composition with Roque Codero.

Mr. Jensen is an acclaimed composer with nearly forty commercially published works and over a hundred freelance commissioned works to his credit.  In 2000, he collaborated with Mike Webb to create a full-length musical, "The Storyteller's Story", based on the life of Hans Christian Andersen that was produced as part of Rock Valley College's popular starlight theater series.

Mr. Jensen began his teaching career in Eureka and Batavia, IL.  Since 1990, he has taught music and drama at Harlem High School in Machesney Park, IL.  His wife, Amy, teaches choir and piano classes at Hononegah High School.  They have three children.

As a long time Rockford resident, Mark Rose has conducted or performed with just about every wind band, symphony orchestra, big band, pit orchestra and instrumental group in the Rockford area. Mr. Rose is currently the Music Director and principal conductor of the Rockford Concert Band and also conducts the Rock Valley College Old Towne Band and the Bill Engberg Orchestra. His die-hard fans can catch broadcasts of the Old Towne Band at 10:00 PM on Cable Channel 20 on random weeknights throughout the year. Mr. Rose holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from VanderCook College of Music, graduating number one in his class, and a Master of Science in Music Education degree from University of Illinois.

Mr. Brad Heddinger is Director of Bands at Belvidere South Middle School.  Mr. Heddinger received his BA in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa in 1989.  Mr. Heddinger is in his 18th year of teaching bands.  He started his career as band director for the Harris-Lake Park Schools in Lake Park, Iowa.  Mr. Heddinger has also taught bands in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and Garner, Iowa.  Mr. Heddinger was a middle school band director for the Cedar Rapids Community School District in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for 8 years before coming to Belvidere, IL in 2002.  

Mr. Heddinger has performed on trumpet, clarinet and percussion with the Marion Community Band from Marion, Iowa.  Mr. Heddinger also has extensive experience in the Drum and Bugle Corps activity with such groups as the Madison Scouts from Madison, Wisconsin and the Nite Express from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Mr. Heddinger has also performed with the Eastern Iowa Brass Band from Mount Vernon, Iowa.  Mr. Heddinger is currently a member of the Rockford Wind Ensemble, Kishwaukee Concert Band, and the Rockford Summer Concert Band.

His wife, Dianna, teaches Band and General Music in the Rockford School District #205.

Dianna currently teaches in the Rockford School District as a general music teacher and band director at Eisenhower Middle School .  Mrs. Heddinger has taught for two years in South Dakota , eleven years in Iowa and six years in Illinois for a total of nineteen years.

Mrs. Heddinger received her Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Northern Iowa and her Masters of Music Education from VanderCook College of Music.  Throughout her career Dianna has held memberships in the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, Marion Community Band, Eastern Iowa Brass Band, Kishwaukee Valley Community Band, Rockford Community Band and the Rockford Wind Ensemble.  While a member of the Eastern Iowa Brass Band, Dianna helped to create a youth brass band for talented brass and percussion students in eastern Iowa .  She served as the conductor of this group for two years.  Mrs. Heddinger was also a clinician with the Coe College Junior Concert Band working with middle school brass students. 

Dianna lives in Loves Park with her husband Brad who is director of bands at Belvidere South Middle School.

Herbert F. Allen serves as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of MainStreet Financial Group. In practice since 1991, his personal practice includes financial advisement in the areas of executive business planning, retirement strategies, and legacy planning.

He holds advanced graduate degrees in human services, management, and psychology. He is a Fellow of the Life Underwriters Training Council, a chartered Retirement Planning Specialist, and a Certified Senior Advisor.

Herb is a professional member of the Financial Planning Association and a five year qualifier of the Million Dollar Round Table. He is also a member of the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants and holds the designation Registered Financial Consultant. Herb is an Investment Advisor Representative with InterSecurities, Inc.

Currently, Herb serves as a State Director of the Illinois Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. He is past president of the Rockford Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. He also is a very active member of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Rockford Dance Company as well as being on the board for the Rockford Wind Ensemble.  He resides in Rockford with Debra, his wife and professional partner, and their 15 year old son, Timothy.