Elizabeth May
After studying at the Royal College of Music
with Graham Mayger and Sebastian Bell, Liz May joined the orchestra
of the Welsh National Opera, where she was sub-principal flute and
principal piccolo for 13 years until 2000. Since then, she has
enjoyed a flourishing freelance career playing as a regular extra,
and often playing principal piccolo, with, amongst others, the City
of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of
Wales, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In 2011 she toured Europe
with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as guest principal
piccolo.
Liz also plays regularly with the Birmingham
Contemporary Music Group, with whom she played in the highly
acclaimed Oliver Knussen Promenade concert in July 2007, and the
more recent late night prom in July 2010. She continues to play
regularly with this group, joining them in November 2010 for
Mark Anthony Turnage’s 50th Birthday concert.