
Lily May
Lily May is a percussionist, music educator, performer and composer from southeast London.
Lily draws from a unique pool of musical experience from her early orchestral percussion roots, through electronic music production and DJing, to years of live Brazilian percussion playing with a variety of ensembles both here and in Brazil.
Lily is a founding member of the vocal and percussion collective Baque Luar , who perform regularly in London, at festivals and across the U.K. In 2023 Lily co-produced their debut album ‘Brilha’.
In education, Lily founded Hit the Ground Drumming, initially providing music and movement classes in the community. From there, Hit the Ground Drumming moved into schools and Lily has taught class curriculum music
from EYFS to KS3, developing creative schemes of work for musicianship, composition and a range of percussion playing styles.
She has run highly successful Brazilian percussion ensembles nurturing young percussionists passion and facilitating memorable performance opportunities.
In 2022 Lily was commissioned by Sing Up to compose a suite of tuned percussion pieces for the classroom. The resulting body of work - ‘Play Percussion’ was recently shortlisted for a Music and Drama Education award. Lily continues to write and produce her own music alongside teaching, and performing regularly.
www.hitthegrounddrumming.com
Lily May is a percussionist, music educator, performer and composer from southeast London.
Lily draws from a unique pool of musical experience from her early orchestral percussion roots, through electronic music production and DJing, to years of live Brazilian percussion playing with a variety of ensembles both here and in Brazil.
Lily is a founding member of the vocal and percussion collective Baque Luar , who perform regularly in London, at festivals and across the U.K. In 2023 Lily co-produced their debut album ‘Brilha’.
In education, Lily founded Hit the Ground Drumming, initially providing music and movement classes in the community. From there, Hit the Ground Drumming moved into schools and Lily has taught class curriculum music
from EYFS to KS3, developing creative schemes of work for musicianship, composition and a range of percussion playing styles.
She has run highly successful Brazilian percussion ensembles nurturing young percussionists passion and facilitating memorable performance opportunities.
In 2022 Lily was commissioned by Sing Up to compose a suite of tuned percussion pieces for the classroom. The resulting body of work - ‘Play Percussion’ was recently shortlisted for a Music and Drama Education award. Lily continues to write and produce her own music alongside teaching, and performing regularly.
www.hitthegrounddrumming.com
7th - 12th August 2025 |