Patti Drennan is a #1 Billboard charting distinguished songwriter who has an innate ability to create both reflective and powerful music in all genres that is challenging yet accessible.
An active composer and arranger with sales of almost 3 million copies, Drennanhas over 850 choral octavos published with ten major publishers. She has served as a regular clinician for choral and composer workshops domestically and internationally and has been a featured speaker at the Texas Music Educators Convention on multiple occasions. She has been an adjudicator for choral contests in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas. Her music has been performed numerous times at regional and national American Choral Director’s Association Conventions. Her work has also been regularly performed at Carnegie Hall.
Her first album, Shelter in the Time of Storm, is a compilation of favorite hymns and original compositions. It has edgy arrangements, funky gospel tunes, and inspiring pieces as well as fresh harmonies and exciting vocals. Her second album, A Mother Daughter Christmas, was recorded and released with her daughter, Emily Drennan. It won the IMEA Holiday Album of the Year and featured brass and string arrangements, Hammond B3 organ, a gospel choir and more. Drennan’s third album, Echoes of Grace, recently charted at #1 on Billboard Traditional Classical charts and is now available at www.pattidrennan.com and available for streaming on all sites. The album features her choral works as performed by the Sterling Ensemble Los Angeles, under the direction of Michelle Jensen. She and her daughter, Emily, who served as Chorus Master for the project, envisioned an album that encapsulated both sacred and secular works. The album also recently was awarded GOLD at the Global Music Awards.
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 high school Choral Music for 28 years in the Norman (OK) Public School system, where she was voted Teacher of the Year. She was awarded the coveted Director of Distinction Award given by the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association and also returned to her alma mater as a featured conductor at the new McKnight Center for the Performing Arts. In 2022, she was awarded the Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumna Award for the Greenwood School of Music. She is currently Worship and Arts Director at North Haven Church, Norman. She is also a Voting Member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMY’S®) and a board member with the Oklahoma Ambassadors Concert Choir. She and her late husband have two grown children, a son-in-law, and two amazing young grandsons.
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