Marianne Kim frequently performs with many of well-known artists in classical and non-classical both equally, including Robert Bowker, Alicia Akers, Duain Wolfe, Dr. Rollo Dilworth, Grammy Award winner Howard Levy, Grammy Award winner Mark S. Doss, Charlotte Crossley, Judine Somerville, Michael James Scott, Greg Ferguson, Paul Langford, Rory Noland, Randy Pearce, Charles Laster II, Linda McCrary, Larry Gray, John McLean, Tom Radtke and many professional musicians.

As an accompanist, arranger, chamber musician, organist and studio musician, Marianne has worked in a wide variety of public school, collegiate, church, amateur and professional settings, playing classical music along with everything from Broadway musicals, standard & fusion jazz, gospel, rock and contemporary church music. Marianne's collaborations as an accompanist have earned consistently high praise from many musicians and organizations.

Marianne possesses of proficient musical theory including harmony, sight-reading, good feeling of an instant modulation and improvisation, also has knowledge of and familiarity with a wide range of repertoire for choral and instrumental ensembles as well as solo vocal and instrumental repertoire of all levels.

Marianne is principal accompanist for professional mixed voices, The Lakeside Singers, where she takes on the highly demanding dual roles of classical piano accompanist and also non-classical rhythm section.

Marianne has appeared on television across the United States with Lakeside Singers for Christmas concerts and also Willow Creek Production "Imagine Christmas" 2006 & 2007. And her recent international travels have taken her to Bremen, Germany for Willow Creek Summit Conference and to Rome, Florence, Sicily of Italy for DHS concerts trip.

Marianne has been regularly playing the Piano, Synth & Hammond b3 at Willow Creek Church (Barrington,IL) since 2001, accompanist for The Lakeside Singers (Evanston,IL) and a staff accompanist for Deerfield High school fine arts Dept(Deerfield,IL), also organist/pianist at First United Methodist Church(Glen Ellyn,IL) and appears with many groups as a guest accompanist including Chicago civic orchestra and Chicago symphony choir.

Marianne recently completed a recording project for Dr. Rollo Dilworth at Chicago Recording Company.

I feel fortunate every day to have met Marianne and that she plays for Lakeside Singers. Everything from the remarkable Bach and Mozart to nonclassical solo work and rhythm section ensemble playing has really been extraordinary. On top of that, she is a nice person! How lucky can we be?

Robert Bowker(http://www.robertbowker.com)
Noted singer, conductor, composer, arranger and producer

I love Marianne's jazz feel. She plays with lots of creativity and style.

I'm so pleased that Marianne has turned into such a sought-after pianist and accompanist in Chicago. Lakeside Singers are wonderful and so very versatile, which sums up Marianne's abilities as well. Marianne's gospel and jazz styles are so very tasty, just the right notes and just the right amount of notes. It's rare that a pianist can play contemporary styles so true to form and still have great classical chops.

Mark Hayes(http://www.markhayes.com)
Composer, pianist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor.

Marianne is a very talented and sensible musician. I love her creative chord processing.

Greg Ferguson
Singer, composer, arranger and recording artist.

Marianne is an awesome piano player I have ever met. She makes me so comfortable to sing. She is the best.

Linda McCrary
Singer/song writer, recording artist.

Marianne is a phenomenal studio musician. I'm so happy to have her for my project. She is playing classical to any kinds of music wonderfully. She is just an awesome pianist!

Dr. Rollo Dilworth(http://www.rollodilworth.com)
Award-winning composer and active conductor, educator and clinician.

Marianne is professional and accomodating to all aspects of our choral program. She was exceptionally versatile during this year as we prepared for and travelled to Italy. Not only did she exhibit remarkable skills as a musician; I saw first hand the way she interacts effortlessly with students,staff and parents helping us to maintain such a quality program.

Andrea Johnson
Deerfield High School Fine Arts Dept. Chairperson