Kelly Willard is a contemporary Christian musician best known for her praise and worship recordings. She was featured as a soloist on recordings from Integrity, Vineyard Music, and Maranatha! Music. Additionally she has sung duets and background vocals with such artists as Don Moen, Dion DiMucci, Lenny LeBlanc, Amy Grant, Ricky Skaggs, Paul Overstreet, Twila Paris, Steve Green, Fernando Ortega, Keith Green, Buddy Greene, Jim Cole and many others. Willard has also recorded nine solo projects.
Willard was born in Winter Haven, Florida. She began playing the piano at the age of five and composing her own songs at the age of thirteen. She accompanied the church choir, playing and singing in nursing homes, and traveled with a part-time gospel group on the weekends. At the age of sixteen Willard moved to Nashville, where she accompanied The Jake Hess Sound on piano. She then moved to Panorama City, California, where she joined the popular CCM group The Archers, and later went to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma joining the group Seth. She credits her vocal development to Jonathan David Brown and Harlan Rogers.