Kelly Efstathiou is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and private music teacher. She was half of the duo, Cori & Kelly from 2014-2023. Together, the duo had two #1 hits within the Inspirational Country Music Association ("Take Me Back to Church", "Victory Song"), won ICMA "Duo of the Year" in April 2019. In 2022, Cori & Kelly opened for Jordan Ross from the hit TV series, “The Chosen” as well as the Grammy® and Dove award nominated band, High Road. They also had the opportunity to work with Grammy® nominated and Dove award winning songwriter and producer, Jeff Pardo on their Christian radio single, “Lift My Hands”, and was a side stage performer at the One-Fest Christian music festival in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.​In April 2023, after a successful and spirit led 9.5 years together, Cori felt the Lord calling her into a new season. During this transition, Kelly spent the following month soul searching and praying for God to direct her next steps. This led to rebranding as a solo worship artist / songwriter by the name of Kelly Alayna, with plans of releasing her first solo single later this year (2023). A Georgia native, Kelly currently lives in Hazlehurst with her husband, Nick, and their two children and cockapoo. She is a worship leader at her home church, Hillcrest Baptist and is currently learning to play the mandolin! When she isn't traveling, singing or writing music, she teaches private piano and general music at her home based business, Kelly's Music School.

I teach private piano lessons, little tike music lessons, songwriting classes and artist development. Visit www.kellysmusicschool.com to register and be placed on a waiting list for upcoming spots.

I work with a wonderful, talented team to create beautiful worship music.