
I am Marie-Dominique Rail, contemplative pianist, composer, author, Reiki Master, and spiritual companion.
Music has accompanied me since childhood, gradually becoming a space of expression, listening, reflection, and quiet transformation.
Through life’s passages, it has remained a companion through healing, grief, hope, renewal, and the many inner movements that shape a human life.
As MariDo, I create meditative piano music and atmospheric compositions inspired by silence, emotion, healing, and the unseen dimensions of experience.
Blending improvisation, contemplative atmospheres, emotional depth, and cinematic sensitivity, my music accompanies moments of reflection, meditation, prayer, grief, relaxation, and inner renewal.
Over the years, I have shared music with individuals moving through profound life transitions, offering presence through performances within hospitals, palliative care centers, wellness and recovery environments, contemplative spaces, community settings, and intimate gatherings.
Whether in healing spaces or quiet musical settings, my intention has remained simple: to create moments of calm, reflection, emotional presence, and inner grounding.
My musical work includes nine contemplative albums, including Mother Earth, Father-Sky, Nation of the Stars, LUV, Mirror of Souls, Semper Fidelis, and Renaissance – Beatitudo Hymn.
May this music accompany you gently through moments of reflection, healing, transition, meditation, prayer, and peace.

Released in 2003, Mother Earth is the first album of the MariDo collection, offering 58 minutes of contemplative piano improvisation inspired by freedom, emotion, presence, and human connection. Created as an intimate musical journey, the album invites listeners into moments of reflection, calm, and emotional openness through spontaneous piano expression and atmospheric sensitivity. Each composition unfolds as a quiet conversation beyond words.
Track list:
1 Reality Check (bonus track)
2 Dust Myself Off (bonus track)
3 Mother Earth
4 Greensleeves Adlib
5 To My Messenger
6 The Clock
7 In My Sleep
8 Dive
9 The Sea
10 Minuit
11 Canon De Pachelbel Adlib
12 1999
13 La Plus Que Lente Adlib
14 Prodding
15 Bloom
16 Music Is My Child
17 Father Sky
Available across online music platforms.
All Rights Reserved Marie-Dominique Rail
Copyright 2003 MariDo

Released in 2005, Father-Sky is the second album of the MariDo collection, offering contemplative piano compositions inspired by emotion, daily life, reflection, and inner freedom. Through expressive piano and atmospheric sensitivity, the album explores the quiet language of music beyond words, inviting listeners into moments of tenderness, peace, inspiration, and soulful presence through a deeply personal musical journey.
Track list:
1 Father Sky Story Telling
2 Gaia's Beauty
3 Time Is Not on Our Side
4 Symbiotic
5 Home Free
6 Nation of the Stars
7 Pavane De Fauré Adlib
8 Twilight
9 Human-Matic
10 Between Ithaca and Home
Available across online music platforms.
All Rights Reserved Marie-Dominique Rail
Copyright 2007 MariDo

Released as the third instrumental piano album of the MariDo collection, Nation of the Stars offers contemplative piano compositions inspired by wonder, reflection, and the vastness of the universe. Recorded at Planet Studios in Montréal, the album invites listeners into a melodic journey through atmospheric soundscapes, emotional presence, and inner exploration, creating moments of calm, imagination, and connection beyond the visible world.
Allow these music-filled moments to carry you among the stars, lifting your spirit and opening your heart.
Track list:
1 Nation of the Stars (Remix 2)
2 How I Want You
3 Luv
4 Pavane
5 Tango
6 Thank You
7 Oceano Adlib
8 First Time
9 Fields of Gold Adlib
10 Love Is Like the Wind
11 Ne Me Quitte Pas Adlib
12 Time Is Not on Our Side
13 Canon De Pachelbel Adlib
14 Last of the Mohicans Adlib
15 Greensleeves Adlib
16 Aigle Noir Adlib
17 La Croix, L'étoile Et Le Croissant Adlib
18 Je T'écris De La Main Gauche Adlib
19 Nation of the Stars (Remix 3)
20 Nation of the Stars
Available across online music platforms.
All Rights Reserved Marie-Dominique Rail
Copyright 2011 MariDo

Released in 2014, LUV is the fourth album of the MariDo music collection, created as a heartfelt musical conversation through piano, vocals, and orchestral atmospheres. Blending emotion, tenderness, reflection, and expressive freedom, the album offers contemplative compositions and interpretations inspired by love, presence, and human connection. Through music, LUV invites listeners into moments of calm, emotional resonance, and inner openness.
Track list:
1 Oceano
2 On This Night
3 Boléro
4 The Gift
5 Dante's Prayer
6 Tante Gâteau
7 Il Faudra Leur Dire
8 Somewhere Over the Rainbow
9 Return to Serenity
10 Nothing Else Matters
11 Ave Maria
Available across online music platforms.
All Rights Reserved Marie-Dominique Rail
Copyright 2013 MariDo

Released in 2017, Mirror of Souls is the fifth album of the MariDo music collection, offering a contemplative 37-minute musical journey devoted to reflection, emotional presence, and inner calm. Featuring meditative piano compositions and the heartfelt piece Love Story with melodious vocals, the album invites listeners into spaces of tenderness, relaxation, introspection, and soulful connection through music.
Allow the music to carry you into a space of calm, reflection, and deep presence.
Track list:
Mirror Of Souls
Available across online music platforms.
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Copyright 2016 MariDo

Semper Fidelis │ Relaxation & Meditation is a contemplative piano album devoted to inner calm, reflection, emotional grounding, and meditative presence. Released in both English and French editions, the album accompanies the spiritual and emotional atmosphere of The book Semper Fidelis is available (in both editions, English and French) on Amazon creating a dialogue between music, reflection, and inner listening.
Inspired by themes of faith, resilience, healing, and human connection, these compositions invite moments of stillness, prayer, relaxation, and emotional renewal. For MariDo, Semper Fidelis reflects a deeper understanding of faith not as certainty, but as an inner force that allows us to continue through uncertainty, vulnerability, grief, and transformation. It is a reminder to remain faithful to love, to presence, and to the quiet light that continues to exist even through life’s most difficult passages.
Blending contemplative piano, emotional sensitivity, and meditative atmospheres, the album offers a gentle musical space for reflection, healing, and reconnection
Track list:
1 Positive Affirmations - Pachelbel's Canon
2 Energy Healing Intentions
3 Healing Heart
4 Inner Strength
5 Healing Past
6 Reinforce the Focus
7 World Peace
8 Aloha - Living in the Present
9 Ho'oponopono Forgiveness Mantra
10 Reiki Master Mantra
11 Lullaby
12 Sleeping at Peace
Available across online music platforms.
All Rights Reserved Marie-Dominique Rail
Copyright 2022 MariDo

Semper Fidelis │ Relaxation et Méditation est un album de piano contemplatif consacré au calme intérieur, à la réflexion, à l’ancrage émotionnel et à la présence méditative. Offert en versions française et anglaise, l’album accompagne l’univers spirituel et émotionnel du livre Semper Fidelis est disponible (dans ses deux éditions, anglaise et française) sur Amazon et est en lien direct avec l’album. Découvrez Semper Fidelis, le livre et la musique créant un dialogue entre la musique, la réflexion et l’écoute intérieure.
Inspirées par les thèmes de la foi, de la résilience, de la guérison et du lien humain, ces compositions invitent à des moments de silence, de prière, de détente et de renouvellement intérieur.
Pour MariDo, Semper Fidelis représente une compréhension plus profonde de la foi non comme une certitude, mais comme une force intérieure qui nous permet de continuer à travers l’incertitude, la vulnérabilité, le deuil et la transformation. C’est un rappel de demeurer fidèle à l’amour, à la présence et à cette lumière silencieuse qui continue d’exister même dans les passages les plus difficiles de la vie. Mêlant piano contemplatif, sensibilité émotionnelle et atmosphères méditatives, l’album offre un espace musical apaisant consacré à la réflexion, à la guérison et à la reconnexion intérieure.
Liste des plages:
1 L'expression de la pensée
2 Affirmations positives - Canon de Pachelbel
3 Centrer sur sa force
4 Grâce à la vie
5 Il faudra leur dire
6 Paix dans le monde
7 Jacques Brel 1968
8 Beauté
9 Ho'oponopono - Le pardon
10 Berceuse celtique
11 Dormir en paix
12 Prière Maître Reiki
Musique disponible sur toutes les plateformes en ligne
Tous droits réservés Marie-Dominique Rail
Droits d’auteur 2022 MariDo

Beatitudo Hymn - Renaissance, my ninth album, is a creation very dear to my heart. It blends the precision of classical music with the emotional depth of contemporary expression, a reflection of my own spirit, my journey, and my devotion to the art that has carried me through so much.
I composed and recorded this album during my recovery. It unfolded as 76 minutes of uninterrupted piano, a single, continuous breath of music. Each movement echoes the highs and lows I lived through, and the battles so many face every day on multiple levels: physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual.
This piece is my way of honoring that resilience, mine, yours, and theirs. It is raw at times, tender at others, but always guided by hope. I wanted the music to offer a space where listeners can feel seen, lifted, and accompanied, no matter where they are on their path.
Music became my sanctuary during the most challenging moments of my life; through silence, I found music. With this album, I hope to inspire others never to give up and continue smiling. It reflects courage, faith, and love for life through hardships. One Love
Track list:
Beatitudo Hymn, the 76-minute piano composition reflects a poetic ode to hope, serenity, tranquility, and calmness
Available across online music platforms.
All Rights Reserved Marie-Dominique Rail
Copyright 2024 MariDo

My devotion is simple and sacred.
I compose music to accompany the heart through stillness, healing, and inner remembrance. Each note carries intention, love, and Reiki energy, offering a gentle and transformative space for the soul.
These piano compositions are created as spaces to enter; where sound becomes stillness, and stillness becomes listening.
Each piece carries a quiet intention: to support reflection, soften what is held within, and gently restore a sense of inner harmony and presence.
This music is not something to follow.
It is something to receive.
A presence that accompanies moments of rest, meditation, contemplation, or simply being.
Sometimes it brings calm.
Sometimes clarity.
Sometimes emotional release or silent integration.
The experience unfolds naturally, allowing what lives within to settle, breathe, and realign in its own rhythm.
If you feel called to experience this music more personally, you are welcome to reach out.
You may be drawn toward a private moment of listening, a live contemplative presence, or a shared space of sound and stillness.
From there, we meet gently and shape what feels aligned for you.
Offer your guests more than music… offer them a moment of presence. Reach out to book a live piano experience for your gathering.