Shawna Pennock is “rich and powerful, yet lightly effervescent” (Classical Voice of North Carolina) and “towering” (Textura). Pennock serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. At UNLV, she teaches applied saxophone lessons, woodwind pedagogy, instrumental pedagogy, and chamber music. Her new album Riparian is a collection of works utilizing the expressive capabilities of extended techniques, but in an approachable way for first time explorers of said techniques. “In Riparian, Dr. Shawna Pennock not only makes a virtuosic and artistic statement in her performance, but also bridges a commonly overlooked gap in saxophone pedagogy. This is far beyond technical demonstration.”- Nick Zoulek