THEO MAY

Theo was born in the late 1990s surrounded by the rivers, cornfields and hedgerows of the north Wiltshire countryside. Inspired by his father’s love of jazz and extensive collection of music, he began teaching himself to play the violin at the age of 4. Formal training in music came much later, first at the southwest music school in 2009 and then in 2015 at the Purcell school of music in less than rural Watford. Following two years at the Purcell school, Theo studied composition at the Royal college of music in London with classical composers Mark-Anthony Turnage and Errollyn Wallen. Growing up, Theo’s musical development was guided and supported by the legendary late Keith Tippett and his wife Julie, who Theo’s father had come to know in the 1980s and Theo was immersed in Jazz, free improvisation, folk and predominantly modern and contemporary classical music. This wide range of musical influences read more...