OkMEA Retired Music Teacher Directory

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Retired Teacher Name	Patti Drennan
Spouse	Jim
Children	Emily and Adam
Address	425 Terrace Place Norman, OK 73069 Map It
Phone	(405) 360-0266
In what year did you retire from teaching?	2004
How many years did you teach?	28
Degrees Earned (start with most recent)	Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, OK - BME: Choral Music Education with Piano Emphasis - 1974
Teaching Positions (start with the most recent)	1996-2004 - Norman High School, OK - Men's Choir, Mixed Chorus, Select Women's Choir, Jazz Choir 1975-1996 - West Mid-High School, OK - Men's Choir, Mixed Chorus, Women's Choir, Show Choir, Guitar
Teaching Highlights (ensemble accomplishments, personal accomplishments, etc.)	For twenty-eight years the choirs consistently received Superior Ratings in both Performance and Sight-Reading. In addition, the choirs ranked "Best in Class" in out-of-state contests in Dallas and San Antonio. The Women's Choirs were OMEA Honor Groups on three different occasions.
Professional Education Associations	MENC/OMEA ACDA/OCDA - Southwest Representative Oklahoma Music Adjudicators Association NEA/OEA Professional Educators of Norman
Personal Honors and Awards	1985 - Outstanding Young Women of America 1993 - West Mid-High Teacher of the Year 1988 - Distinguished Teacher in the National Presidential Scholars Program 2000 - Sing for the Cure composition promoting Breast Cancer Awareness -- performed by Turtle Creek Men's and Women's Chorale and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (Maya Angelou, Narrator) 2003 - Know Your Neighbor Norman Chamber of Commerce Award 2004 - OCDA Director of Distinction
Retirement Years (jobs, accomplishments, travel, etc.)	Music Minister at First Baptist Church, Norman Continue music composition and arranging (225+ published) Clinician for music reading workshops for Alfred, Shawnee Press, Beckenhorst, and other music publishers Adjudicator of contests Festival and Honor Choir Director Other various musical activities involving playing or singing "One should NOT retire but instead re-invent!"

Janis Dawson, OkMEA Past President

6721 Stonycreek Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73132
(405) 740-9306
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