Biography

Mallory Goddard is a senior with a passionate dedication to music. Now in her second year as the OPUS Student Conductor at Martin County High School, she exemplifies both leadership and artistry, inspiring her peers through her musicianship. For five consecutive years, she has been selected for the Florida All-State Honors Choir, and she was recently recognized as one of the top 25 sopranos in the state for her sight-reading skills, earning a place in the Florida Reading Chorus. Mallory has consistently achieved Superior ratings at both district and state Solo & Ensemble competitions, including the her recent award of Superior with Distinction at State Solo & Ensemble.

A versatile performer, Mallory is a familiar voice at local sporting events, where she regularly performs the national anthem. She has been a member of the Treasure Coast Community Singers for four years. Notably, she made history as the first student in Martin County to be accepted into the prestigious Palm Beach Opera Studio. Now entering her second year in the program, she continues to study with esteemed faculty and gain invaluable hands-on experience in the world of opera.

Mallory’s performance repertoire already includes major choral masterworks such as Trotta’s Magnificat, Bach’s Magnificat, Forrest’s Requiem for the Living, and Handel’s Messiah, among others. This season, she will appear as a soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise with the Treasure Coast Chamber Singers and Orchestra, and a soprano soloist in Fauré’s Requiem, performing the radiant and moving Pie Jesu. She will also be a soprano soloist for Handel's Messiah with the Palm Beach Masterworks Chorale. 

Beyond her school and community work, Mallory serves as a proud section leader in Divisi, a nonprofit choir composed of talented high school musicians from across the state. She will be featured this season as a soloist in Moses Hogan’s powerful arrangement of I Want Jesus to Walk with Me, where her classical training and expressive voice will shine at the forefront of the ensemble’s performance.