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Lizzy May’s career took off when her 3-girl band was invited by Take That to be an opening act in their Beautiful World Tour, playing her own composition Body Mind and Soul to audiences of 15,000.

 

An experienced and confident public performer, she has toured extensively in the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and the Far East. She has played at major UK venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Royal Opera House, 10 Downing Street (to the Prime Minister) and Buckingham Palace (to Prince Charles) as well as the British Embassy in Paris. She was the opening act for the London Fashion Week Launch Event at Il Bottaccio.

 

She has recently performed in Japan (to the Japanese Imperial Family), Jordan (to the Jordanian Royal Family), China, Thailand, India, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, Hawaii, Kuwait, Dubai, Bahrain, Turkey, Oman, Lebanon, Morocco and throughout Europe.

 

Lizzy May has appeared many times on TV with artists including Leona Lewis, Gary Barlow, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole, Sugababes, Westlife, Il Divo, Russell Watson, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Beverley Knight, Kasabian, Camilla Kerslake, Noisettes, Sharleen Spiteri and Paul Potts. TV shows include: The X-Factor, The Royal Variety Performance, Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night, Loose Women, The Rob Brydon Show, GMTV, This Morning, Richard and Judy, Alan Titchmarsh Show, Graham Norton Show, Paul O’Grady Show, Popstar to Operastar, Live at Abbey Road, Children in Need, Songs of Praise, Sport Relief, Dancing on Ice and Top of the Pops. She has recently been on UK-wide tours with Aled Jones and Russell Watson.

 

She has recorded on albums with James Blunt, Peter Kay, Aled Jones, Camilla Kerslake, Judie Tzuke, Massive Attack, Emma Deigman, Bailey Tzuke and Watershed as well as for the Britannia High TV series and the Take That video. In addition she has collaborated with major producers/songwriters including Eliot Kennedy.

 

Lizzy May (Elizabeth May, cellist) won a scholarship to study for 6 years at Yehudi Menuhin’s International Music School, followed by 5 years at The RNCM and The Royal Academy of Music, learning from the world's leading string players including Yehudi Menuhin, Ralph Kirshbaum, Philip Sheppard and Colin Carr. She took singing lessons with Mary Hammond and gained a 1st class degree and a distinction at postgraduate level. She has won the Leonard Rose Cello prize and the John Barbirolli, Nossek and Weil prizes. Having branched out into pop music she has built a successful career as a versatile cellist, singer and songwriter. Her musical style ranges from classical through to folk, hip-hop and Bollywood and she has even given a solo jazz performance with John Dankworth and Cleo Laine! She is currently the cellist in the world famous Bond string quartet during the absence of their own cellist.