Daniel Pennell works as a local educator, clinician, performer, and arranger.  He is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a major in Jazz Studies, minor in Music Theory. 

Through his years of experience, he has developed a deep passion for music, and a consummate understanding of the drum set, vibraphone, marimba, snare, tympani, and most percussion. His stylistic experiences range from Symphonic to Latin-Caribbean, and from Punk Rock to Contemporary and Traditional Jazz. He is the recipient of a Downbeat Student Music Award, a Scholarship to Berkeley in California, and teaches privately in North Vancouver, authoring custom intermediate and university level programs for students who have a love of music.