Manley Mallard received a Master of Music Education degree from Kent State University and the Master of Music in Jazz Studies from Webster University in St. Louis. Professor Mallard has been on the faculty at Millikin since 1987 and teaches classical and jazz guitar, guitar ensembles, Intro to MIDI and Class Guitar.

Mr. Mallard is an active arranger, with numerous guitar ensemble arrangements published through Mel Bay Publications Inc., Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan, Plucked String, Inc., Clear Note, and Guitar Chamber Music Press.

In 1991 he initiated and hosted the first Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival, which is still active today. Professor Mallard gave a presentation on arranging for guitar ensemble at the 1999 Guitar Foundation of America Conference. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed on two National Public Radio broadcasts on WILL-FM and in the spring of 2000 completed a recording with colleague Joseph Mayes (Rowan University) of Johan Kaspar Mertz's Duetten for guitar.