Dr. Zachary Malavolti is a conductor, composer, and musical clinician originally from Tulsa. He has directed and prepared musicians throughout Oklahoma for performances with the Tulsa Symphony, OKC Philharmonic, OK Mozart Festival, Saint John’s Baroque Orchestra, Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, The University of Tulsa, and the University of Oklahoma. Before returning to Tulsa, he was the Conductor-In-Residence of the MUSET Homeschool Orchestra in Kingston, New York. He was also the Assistant Conductor of The Collegiate Chorale in New York City where he assisted in preparing the symphonic chorus for performances around the world with esteemed conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, and Alan Gilbert.

In addition to directing the Bartlesville Chorale, Dr. Malavolti is also the Artistic Director of the Tulsa Chorale and the Director of Sacred Music at Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Tulsa where he directs the parish choir, chamber choir, youth choristers, and schola cantorum. He has been featured as a guest speaker at the University of Oklahoma’s Center for Democracy and Culture, presenting on the cultural and historic position of Handel’s Messiah, and was awarded an honorary membership into Tulsa’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter in 2023 for his contributions to the arts in Oklahoma.