Battery Instructor
Matt Penland is a percussion performer, educator, and arranger, as well as a U.S. Air Force Band percussionist. Mr. Penland is also on the instructional staff for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, and arranges music for several marching percussion groups around the country, including Music City Drum Corps, Guardians Drum Corps, and the Hawthorne Caballeros.
Mr. Penland earned a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of North Texas and a Master of Music Performance degree from Northwestern University. His teachers included She-e Wu, Christopher Lamb, Vadim Karpinos, James Ross, Paul Rennick, Christopher Deane, and Mark Ford. He proudly endorses Innovative Percussion, Remo and Dynasty USA products.
