Corrinne May
{{Short description|Singaporean musician}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Corrinne May
| image = Corrinne May 2014.jpg
| caption = May at Peets Coffee Tarzana in 2014
| native_name = 符美云
| native_name_lang = zh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|01|19}}
| birth_place = Singapore
| nationality = Singaporean
| citizenship = Singaporean
| alma_mater = Raffles Junior College
National University of Singapore
Berklee College of Music
| occupation = Singer, musician, songwriter, record producer
| spouse = {{marriage|Kavin Hoo|2003}}
| children = Claire Hoo (daughter)
| website = {{URL|corrinnemay.com}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instrument = Vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
| years_active = 2001–present
| label = Pink Armchair Records (US)
Warner Music (Singapore)
S2S Pte. Ltd. (Japan)
}}
}}
Corrinne May (born Corrinne Foo May Ying; 19 January 1973) is a Singaporean{{cite news|title=Corrinne May on Catholic values, family, entertainment industry|url=http://catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10363:corrinne-may-on-catholic-values-family-entertainment-industry&catid=485:september-21-2014-vol-64-no-19&Itemid=473|accessdate=4 December 2015|publisher=CatholicNews}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} musician, singer, and songwriter.
Life and career
She graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and began her career as a singer-songwriter in Los Angeles.{{cite book|last1=Chen|first1=Edith Wen-Chu|last2=Yoo|first2=Grace J.|title=Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R_t3yQiWKQEC&pg=PA674|accessdate=19 November 2014|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313347511|page=674}} 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.{{cite web | access-date=2019-06-03 | url=https://catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10363:corrinne-may-on-catholic-values-family-entertainment-industry&catid=485:september-21-2014-vol-64-no-19&Itemid=473&lang=en | title=Corrinne May on Catholic values, family, entertainment industry | website=catholicnews.sg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722220550/http://catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10363:corrinne-may-on-catholic-values-family-entertainment-industry&catid=485:september-21-2014-vol-64-no-19&Itemid=473&lang=en | archive-date=22 July 2018 | url-status=live }} To date, she has released five albums, the latest being Crooked Lines in 2012.
In March 2012, May released her album Crooked Lines,{{cite news|last1=Hon|first1=Jing Yi|title=Corrinne May's return to discovery|url=http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/music/corrinne-mays-return-discovery?singlepage=true|accessdate=4 December 2015|publisher=Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153335/http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/music/corrinne-mays-return-discovery?singlepage=true|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}} whose inspiration was based on May's experience with raising her daughter Claire during her four-year career hiatus.{{cite web|url=https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/jason-mraz-corrinne-may-perform-singapore-june-103631064.html|title=Jason Mraz, Corrinne May to perform in Singapore in June|date=4 April 2012 |access-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208061132/https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/jason-mraz-corrinne-may-perform-singapore-june-103631064.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web |first=Julianne June |last=Rasul |date=12 April 2012 |title=Influenced by motherhood |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120410-338753.html |website=AsiaOne |accessdate=7 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143733/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120410-338753.html |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead }} First published in The New Paper. 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.{{cite news |first=Lisabel |last=Ting |date=30 September 2014 |title=JJ Lin, Corrinne May bag prizes at Compass Awards |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/music/story/jj-lin-corrinne-may-bag-prizes-compass-awards-20140928#sthash.tkhAkTMC.dpuf |work=The Straits Times |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015020210/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/music/story/jj-lin-corrinne-may-bag-prizes-compass-awards-20140928#sthash.tkhAkTMC.dpuf |archivedate=15 October 2014 |accessdate= 7 October 2015 }} Another song from the album, "When I Close My Eyes", was inspired by Claire's favorite children's book of the same name. May recorded an acoustic version of "Just What I Was Looking For" on video. 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".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/crooked-lines/518134498|title=Crooked Lines by Corrinne May on Apple Music|website=iTunes |date=April 2012 |access-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212070744/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crooked-lines/id518134498|archive-date=12 December 2015|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/15/11/p6003166/uplifting-and-soothing-sounds-of-new-cd-celebrate-breath|title=Uplifting and Soothing Sounds of New CD Celebrate Breath|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208040938/http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/15/11/p6003166/uplifting-and-soothing-sounds-of-new-cd-celebrate-breath|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}
Discography
File:Corrinne May at NAMM 1 24 2014 -5 (12230256514).jpg
- Fly Away (2001)
- Safe in a Crazy World (2005)
- The Gift (2006)
- Beautiful Seed (2007)
- Crooked Lines (2012)
Awards
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award |
|---|
| 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) |
References
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External links
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- {{Twitter}}
- {{blogspot|corrinnemay}}
- {{facebook|corrinnemaymusic}}
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Category:Berklee College of Music alumni
Category:Christian music songwriters
Category:National University of Singapore alumni
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Category:21st-century Singaporean women singers
Category:Singaporean people of Chinese descent