Corrinne May
Singaporean musician
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Corrinne May (born Corrinne Foo May Ying; 19 January 1973) is a Singaporean[1] musician, singer, and songwriter.
Corrinne May | |
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May at Peets Coffee Tarzana in 2014 | |
| Born | 19 January 1973 |
| Citizenship | Singaporean |
| Alma mater | Raffles Junior College National University of Singapore Berklee College of Music |
| Occupations | Singer, musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Spouse |
Kavin Hoo (m. 2003) |
| Children | Claire Hoo (daughter) |
| Musical career | |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, acoustic guitar |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Pink Armchair Records (US) Warner Music (Singapore) S2S Pte. Ltd. (Japan) |
| Website | corrinnemay |
Life and career
She graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and began her career as a singer-songwriter in Los Angeles.[2] Her debut album Fly Away, which included a song with Carole King and Carole Bayer Sager titled "If You Didn't Love Me", was released in 2001.
She married Kavin Hoo in 2003, whom she first met in late 1996. they have one daughter, Claire.[3] To date, she has released five albums, the latest being Crooked Lines in 2012.
In March 2012, May released her album Crooked Lines,[4] whose inspiration was based on May's experience with raising her daughter Claire during her four-year career hiatus.[5][6] The song from the album, "Beautiful Life", earned an accolade in 2014 for top local English pop song at the 19th Annual Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass) Awards.[7] Another song from the album, "When I Close My Eyes", was inspired by Claire's favorite children's book of the same name.[6] May recorded an acoustic version of "Just What I Was Looking For" on video.[6] Other tracks of the album are "In My Arms", "Lazarus", "24 Hours", "You Believed", "Pinocchio", "Because of Love", "Your Song", "Sight of Love", and "If You Ask".[8]
Corrinne also participated in an album named 'Celebrate Breath', the twentieth in a series of Celebrate albums from Craig 'n Co., produced by Kavin Hoo and Todd Herzog.[9]
In December 2018, she released two music videos of her renditions of "Silent Night"[10] and "Be Thou My Vision"[11], in colllaboration with Singapore based production company PixelMusica.
Discography
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- Fly Away (2001)
- Safe in a Crazy World (2005)
- The Gift (2006)
- Beautiful Seed (2007)
- Crooked Lines (2012)
Awards
| Year | Award |
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| 2001 | New Folk Award, Kerrville Folk Festival |
| 2003 | Best Contemporary Album, Just Plain Folks Music Awards |
| 2007 | COMPASS Young Composer of the Year (Singapore) |
| 2007 | COMPASS Wings of Excellence (Singapore) |
| 2007 | NUS Young Alumni Award (Singapore) |
