Gregory May is a composer and pianist based in London. He studied composition with Matthew Kaner and Richard Baker at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and previously studied with Christian Mason at Cambridge University, and with David Knotts and Edmund Jolliffe at the Junior department of the Royal Academy of Music.

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His pieces have been heard in venues including St. John's Smith Square, King's Place, Milton Court, and Kettle's Yard, and has been commissioned and performed by, amongst others, Rolf Hind, Rachel Nicholls and Iain Burnside, Britten Sinfonia, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Mithras Trio, EXAUDI, Plus-Minus Ensemble, members of the London Symphony Orchestra, the choirs of Clare College Cambridge and Guildford Cathedral, and the Rothko Collective, and has been heard on multiple occasions on BBC Radio 3.

 

He's attended masterclasses and received tutoring from composers including Helen Grime, Stephen Goss, Diana Burrell, Dobrinka Tabakova, Hannah Kendall, Nico Muhly, Robin Holloway, and Richard Causton. He was a winner in the 2020 BBC Young Composer Competition.