About

Marilee Kay is an LDS singer/songwriter who shares contemporary and spiritual arrangements or original songs every month. She writes and arranges music that speaks to her faith, values, and experiences in life. 

Marilee’s Mother was musical, played the piano, sang and instilled a love of music in Marilee at a young age. Her Mother and Father have always been highly supportive of her along with her amazing husband, Brad.

• Approx. 1991 Marilee (8 yrs) sang in a small children’s singing group, participated in “The Music Man” in the role of Amaryllis and began to take piano lessons.
• Approx 1997-1999 Marilee taught piano lessons to local neighborhood children.
• 1999 – Age 17 she wrote her first songs,  “Missing You” and “Every Second of Our Lives” the second one being later making the finals of the summer arts songwriting competition in Logan, Utah.
• From 2000-2001 she sang, danced and acted at Tuacahn’s performing arts High School in St. George, UT playing the role of Cinderella in “Cinderella”.
• Summer 2001 performed in “Oklahoma” with Tuacahn’s amphitheater musical.
• 2001 Attended Utah State University and performed with the Glenn Miller Show Sunburst Singers and Sun Valley Carolers.
• 2002, 2003, 2004 Pickleville Playhouse in Bear Lake, Utah. Acted/sang in one show and Accompanied for “Forever Plaid” and “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”.
• 2003 – 2006 She formed a band with her future husband, Brad called “Population 5”, which played at events and weddings in the Logan, UT area.
• 2004-2006 She majored in piano pedagogy and taught in USU’s youth conservatory as well as privately for two years.
• 2004-2007 Brad and Marilee were married in 2004 and moved to Tucson, AZ in 2007
• 2007 – 2015 They began having children and Marilee taught piano in her own studio for the next 8 years and created the Complete Pianist Workbook series.
• 2010-2015 She directed a youth singing group called “The Centerstage Singers” for 5 years along with accompanying for a nearby community choir, “The Vail Chorale”.
• 2014 Two of their three children were diagnosed with GM1 Gangliosidosis, a genetic degenerative disease. Marilee set aside most commitments to focus on the family.
• 2016 She volunteered as the secretary for The Cure GM1 Foundation for the next two years and began composing music “Sweet Angels (Cure GM1)” being the first.
• 2018  She again taught for 2 more years of private piano, voice and group voice lessons with an increased focus on writing and arranging music. 
• 2020 Took a break to care for her family in need, had another surprise baby, and her two older boys passed away (in 2020 and 2022) from GM1 Gangliosidosis.
• 2022 Began her Come Follow Me Music Series on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@comefollowmemusicbymarilee 
• 2023 Moved to Layton, UT and is teaching private lessons again.

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