The Grand Final of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards was held on 7 November 2015 in the Federation Concert Hall in Hobart.

Lloyd was named the winner after his stunning performance of the Copland Clarinet Concerto accompanied by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch. The concert also included thrilling performances from two other Finalists, Chris Cartlidge (VIC) performing the Rubbra Viola Concerto and Lily Higson-Spence (QLD) performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto.

During his studies, Lloyd was a soloist with the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra. He also travelled to Beijing as an ambassador for the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at the Beijing International Modern Music Festival, and won the Queensland Conservatorium Postgraduate Award. Lloyd has been Principal clarinet of the Queensland Youth Symphony and  Principal clarinet of the Australian Youth Orchestra.