George Malloy was an American pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 particularly known for his work as an accompanist during the 1950s and 1960s. For thirty-one years he served as accompanist for Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd., an amateur theater group based in Manhattan

Manhattan

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. He also played in recitals for several well known singers, including Eileen Farrell

Eileen Farrell

Eileen Farrell was an American soprano who had a nearly 60 year long career performing both classical and popular music in concerts, theatres, on radio and television, and on disc. While she was active as an opera singer, her concert engagements far outnumbered her theatrical appearances...

, Roberta Peters

Roberta Peters

Roberta Peters is an American coloratura soprano.One of the most prominent American singers to achieve lasting fame and success in opera, Peters is noted for her 35-year association with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York...

, Martina Arroyo

Martina Arroyo

Martina Arroyo is an operatic soprano of Puerto Rican and African-American descent who had a major international opera career during the 1960s through the 1980s...

, Elisabeth Söderström

Elisabeth Söderström

Elisabeth Anna Söderström CBE was a Swedish soprano, who performed both opera and song. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards...

, and Todd Duncan

Todd Duncan

Robert Todd Duncan was an American baritone opera singer and actor.-Biography:Todd Duncan was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1903. He obtained his musical training at Butler University in Indianapolis with a B.A. in music followed by an M.A...

 among many others. His work as an accompanist took him to many important venues, including Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

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 and the White House

White House

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. He notably accompanied Camilla Williams

Camilla Williams

Camilla Ella Williams is an American operatic soprano and the first African American to receive a contract with a major American opera company.-Biography:...

 in her performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner

The Star-Spangled Banner

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" that preceded Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream

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" speech at the Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

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in 1963. Throughout his career Malloy maintained an active teaching studio in Manhattan until his retirement in 2006.