L. Keith Lloyd, Instructor of Music/Percussion at McMurry University since August of 2006, is a Doctor of Music candidate in Percussion Performance at The Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.  He holds a Master's degree in Percussion Performance from The University of Kansas and a Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and has studied with Dr. John W. Parks IV and Dr. Eric Hollenbeck. Lloyd is an artist/clinician for the Innovative Percussion Corporation.
Lloyd is currently the Principal Percussionist for the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra in Abilene, Texas and Section Percussionist for the Carl Fischer Publications recording ensemble in Tampa, Florida.  His international performance credits include serving as Principal Percussionist for the 2006 Aegean Verdi Festival (Lesvos, Greece) and the St. John's Orchestra of the International Cathedral Music Festival (Canterbury Cathedral and Queen Elizabeth Hall, England).  As a soloist, he has performed with the Montana State Percussion Ensemble, The Florida State Chamber Percussion Ensemble, and the University of Kansas Percussion Ensemble (2002 Kansas MENC convention) and was also a performer on the critically-acclaimed compact disc Dusk: Percussion Music from the Heartland, released in August of 2004. Lloyd's other performance credits include the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Tallahassee Ballet Orchestra, and many of the internationally renowned Florida State University ensembles.