{"id":2422,"date":"2017-02-24T11:26:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2017-02-24T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:26:58","slug":"simon-may-composer-of-east-enders-theme-gives-talk-in-school-of-music-and-fine-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2017\/02\/24\/simon-may-composer-of-east-enders-theme-gives-talk-in-school-of-music-and-fine-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon May, composer of East Enders theme, gives talk in School of Music and Fine Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/simonmay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2423\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/simonmay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/simonmay.jpg 331w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/simonmay-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simon May, one of the most successful and celebrated composers for television the UK has ever produced, will be giving a talk on\u00a0<strong>Monday, 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February\u00a0<\/strong>from<strong>\u00a010:30am \u2013 12:30pm<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Clock Tower Lecture Theatre<\/strong> at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, together with music lecturer Richard Lightman, the School of Music &amp; Fine Art\u2019s Director of Employability Placement Coordinator and Admissions Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Best known for writing the <em>EastEnders<\/em> theme, Simon\u2019s long and impressive list of TV themes includes the 1980s smash-hit drama series <em>Howards\u2019 Way<\/em>, as well as such perennial favourites as <em>Holiday<\/em> and <em>Animal Park<\/em>. In his book, <em>Doof Doof: My Life in Music<\/em>, Simon describes the creation of these works, and the success they brought, with self-deprecating humour and the sharp eye of the true professional.<\/p>\n<p>Simon was a Choral Scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA (Hons) in French &amp; German. He taught modern languages at Kingston Grammar School before signing to ATV Music as a professional songwriter. He is currently visiting Professor at the Faculty of Media, Arts and Society, Southampton Solent University who in 2015 conferred on him the degree of Honorary Doctor of Music. He is also Patron of the Devizes Junior Eisteddfod, Vice President \u00a0of the British Federation of Festivals and \u00a0Patron of the Swindon 105.5 Community Radio Station. \u00a0He currently teaches music therapy part time at his local school for Asperger students, Unsted Park near Godalming, Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>Simon has received numerous awards and nominations for his music, including winning an Ivor Novello for <em>Every Loser Wins<\/em> and three TRIC Awards for Best TV Theme for <em>EastEnders, Howard&#8217;s Way <\/em>and<em> Trainer.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More info:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonmay.co.uk\/\"><strong>http:\/\/www.simonmay.co.uk\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please book for the talk via SMFA Reception \u2013 01634 888980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Simon May, one of the most successful and celebrated composers for television the UK has ever produced, will be giving a talk on\u00a0Monday, 27th\u00a0February\u00a0from\u00a010:30am \u2013 12:30pm\u00a0in the\u00a0Clock Tower Lecture Theatre at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, together with music lecturer Richard Lightman, the School of Music &amp; Fine Art\u2019s Director of Employability Placement Coordinator and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2017\/02\/24\/simon-may-composer-of-east-enders-theme-gives-talk-in-school-of-music-and-fine-art\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Simon May, composer of East Enders theme, gives talk in School of Music and Fine Art<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22922,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1252,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}