Kentucky State University Concert Choir

8869 Cedar Avenue,Cleveland OH 44106

11 March, 2023

Description

The Kentucky State University Concert Choir has toured extensively the United States. Tours beyond the U.S. include Montreal and Toronto, Canada; Nassau, Bahamas. The Concert Choir frequents nearby cities in Kentucky and Ohio. The choir has performed for the regional American Choral Directors Association conventions and holds to its credit a first place win of the National Spiritual Competition held at Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio and a two time winner of the Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities Choral Festival which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Lloyd Mallory, Jr. is a native of Washington. Dr. Mallory currently serves as Director of Vocal/Choral Activities at Kentucky State University in Frankfort. Over Dr. Mallory’s career path, he has built a reputation for conducting great choirs and training the voices within the ensemble. Dr. Mallory is the former chairperson & director of the Delaware State University Choirs; Oakwood University Choirs in Huntsville, Alabama; The Lincoln University Choirs in Pennsylvania; and Pine Forge Academy Choir (a boarding academy) in Pine Forge, Pennsylvania. His training has produced SUNDAY’S BEST 2011 winner AMBER BULLOCK; Los Angeles’ lead vocal coach, Steve Mackey; professional singer/background vocalist Nelson Beato of Los Angeles; R & B recording artist /producer, Terrell King; vocalist/arranger and Grammy nominee, Armand Hutton of Nashville, Tennessee; and several Opera, Classical and Broadway singers. Conducting protégés include Dr. Jason Ferdinand the current Director of Choral Activities at University of Maryland, College Park; Dr. Jeremy Winston, Director of Music at the Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ohio; Theodore Thorpe, III at Alexandria High School in Virginia & Director of Music for Children of the Gospel with the Washington Performing Arts; Jarrett Roseborough at Pine Forge Academy in Pennsylvania.