Patti Drennan earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree at Oklahoma State University and a Masters of Music Education degree at the University of Oklahoma. She taught Choral Music for twenty-eight years in Norman Public Schools, the first twenty years at West Mid-High School, where she was voted “Teacher of the Year”, and eight years at Norman High School. In 2004, she was awarded the coveted “Director of Distinction Award” given yearly by the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association.
An active composer and arranger, Patti has over 475 choral octavos, piano and piano/vocal books published with ten major publishers. She has served as a clinician for school and church workshops in 22 states, 3 times in Canada, and has presented 4 sessions at the Texas Music Educators Convention. She has been a guest director at numerous "Composer Weekends". She has been an adjudicator for school choral contests in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas.
Patti retired from teaching in 2004 in order to compose and stay active as a clinician and workshop presenter. For almost ten years she served as Music and Worship Arts Director at First Baptist Church, Norman. She is married and has two grown children. Patti enjoys writing leading music reading sessions for publishers and singing in a professional gospel choir. She also enjoys spending time performing and recording with her daughter and son-in-law in numerous symphonic performances. In November 2016, Patti and her daughter recorded a Mother/Daughter Christmas CD available on iTunes, CDBaby, and at www.pattidrennan.com.
