Danelle Drury is a singer-songwriter-performing artist and holds a National Diploma in Musical Theatre (2002) from the former Technikon Pretoria (now Tshwane University of Technology) as well as a Bachelor of Education (Intermediate and Senior Phase)  from the University of South Africa (2006). Subjects she studied include drama, psychology, dance, music, education and Art & Music history.

She has recently moved to the United States to pursue her performing career and is currently based near Lawrence, Kansas where her father has his home and computer music/recording studio.

Danelle has worked widely in the performing arts industry in South Africa, doing various theater, television, film and voice-work productions and she has taught in government and private middle and elementary schools in South Africa.

She has done a stint as office and teaching assistant for Yoga Tree Ireland and she has also, for many years, freelanced for Panache Video Productions (South Africa), doing proof-reading, textual editing, story-writing and working as director’s assistant on video shoots.