Pianist & Violinist Marini Kelley Pianist & Violinist who plays classical music, hymns, modern worship, R&B & more

There must be a piano already at the venue if I’m being hired as a pianist.

I need to know the exact address of the venue, where can I park, how big the room is, and what equipment will already be provided for me.

I can only provide a speaker and a mic if necessary. I can’t provide lighting.

Yes absolutely.

The best gig I’ve ever done was at Resurrection Anglican Church in Woodstock, GA on March 22, 2026. I was able to play my own violin arrangement of Now and At The Hour along to a backing track that I created myself. Everybody loved my creativity, and it was very meaningful to them.

Out of all the gigs I’ve had, I generally love church gigs the most. I love playing piano and violin as an act of worship to God, and love hearing people sing along as I play.

I started gigging after volunteering to play piano at Liberty Church in Marietta, GA for 2 years. The bass player of that church actually gave me my first gigs in 2024, where I was playing piano at different churches and at worship concerts. A year later, my violin and piano teacher encouraged me to start playing for weddings and Christmas parties as well, and I did my first wedding gig and Christmas party gig in 2025. I’ve been continuing to do weddings, parties, and church services ever since.

I don’t have a favorite artist. I love Contemporary Christian music, Gospel music, hymns, classical music, and a touch of R&B.

I started playing piano when I was ten years old and I’ve been playing for 12 years now. I was classically trained, so I learned Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, you name it. My teacher also allowed me to play hit songs from John Legend, Moana, Frozen, The Lion King, Charlie Puth, Lukas Graham, and others whenever I asked for it.

5979, Liberty Church’s youth ministry, didn’t have a consistent keyboard player on their worship team. So in 2022, I submitted a video of myself playing my Cody Carnes’ Firm Foundation (He Won’t) on the piano to the lead worship pastor and started playing keys for their worship services. I’ve been doing it ever since and still doing it today.

I started playing violin when I was 13, 3 years after I started playing piano. My piano teacher was also a violinist, so I learned piano and violin from that same teacher. I was classically trained on the violin as well, learning Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, etc. I also could play worship songs by ear and create my own arrangements of them. After 9 years of studying with that teacher, I started playing R&B and pop music on the violin in additional to the worship songs and classical repertoire I was already playing. That’s what got me where I am today.

I like to arrive an hour before an event to set up. And my performance times range from 30 minutes to 5 hours, depending on the event. The only 5 hour performances I’ve done are at Liberty Church’s summer camps, where worship goes on for a very long period of time. For parties, I like to break every half an hour for 10 to 15 minutes.

Yes, I can perform outside. I’m allergic to fire ants, so the place where I’ll perform must be away from any fire ants mounds.
And if I’m going to be playing for at least an hour and have to bring a speaker or mic, I need to have an outlet close by to charge them.

Yes, my clients always have a say in what I play as long as it doesn’t have the following things: cussing, drinking alcohol, dangerous drugs, drug overdose, smoking, vaping, revenge, violence, sexual promiscuity, homosexuality, sex outside of marriage (including but not limited to cohabitation and friends with benefits), Satanism, or worshipping any other god or human being other than Jesus Christ or the God of the Bible.

This isn’t me enforcing my values on anybody. This helps me walk out my values as a Christian.

My clients describe me as creative, adaptable, and communicative. They say that the music that I play brings meaning, emotional moments, and in church services in particular, helps people connect with God.

Yes, I do. I’ve played violin solos of modern worship songs at Liberty Church. And I’ve played violin for Resurrection Anglican Church’s music team as well.

It depends on what my clients ask for. I usually play a combination of classical music, worship songs, R&B, and modern pop songs. Clients either want one of those four genres, two of those four, or a combination of all of them.

I also can create custom arrangements of popular TV or video game music if that’s the client requests, such as the original theme of WWE, Star Wars, and Geometry Dash.