A native of Washington, DC, Lloyd Mallory most recently served as Director of Vocal/Choral Activities at Kentucky State University in Frankfort for nearly four years. Mallory is the former chairperson and director of the Delaware State University Choirs; Oakwood University Choirs in Huntsville, Alabama; The Lincoln University Choirs in Pennsylvania; and Pine Forge Academy Choir in Pine Forge, Pennsylvania.

As a performer, Mallory premiered a new opera this past summer 2022 in Georgetown as George Turner, a black mayor in the operetta Voices of Zion. Mallory has been tenor soloist with Kentucky State, Morgan State University Choir; the Huntsville Symphony; the Stockton State Choral Arts Society; the Baltimore Symphony; the Philadelphia Symphony; and State University of New York Symphony; and traveled abroad with the renowned Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers of Los Angeles. One extraordinary opportunity given to Mallory was upon audition, UNCF selected him to sing for the legendary entertainer, Michael Jackson. Mallory was the recipient of his World Tour UNCF scholarship for four years while matriculating at Oakwood University.

Mallory’s music education includes UCLA, where his mentoring professors were Donald Neuen and Dr. Jon Robertson, earning his Doctorate in Musical Arts with concentrations in wind, orchestral & choral conducting; Morgan State University in Baltimore, where his mentoring professors were Dr. Nathan M. Carter, Betty Ridgeway and Jean Carter, earning a Master of Arts with duel emphasis in conducting and voice; and Oakwood University in Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Music with emphasis in flute and vocal performance.