A founding member of Amici della Musica, Mallie has been a professional musician for thiry years specializing in piano pedagogy, church music and early music performance. She recently retired from her position as Adjunct Classroom Piano Instructor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas after twelve years. Her interest in early music extends back to 1977. She has performed on a variety of instruments from recorders to krumhorns, but feels most at home at the keyboard.

A graduate of Greensboro College in North Carolina, she completed a Masters in piano literature and music history at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham Alabama. She has served as organist and/or choir director at churches in Alabama, Virginia, Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma, before settling in Las Vegas in 1988.