May Lee (she/her)

Marketing Director

May Lee is an Ensemble Member and the Marketing Director of Bridge Percussion.

May currently works as an Office Assistant for Grammy Award-winning quartet Third Coast Percussion. Originally from Milpitas in the San Francisco Bay Area, she holds a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance and Music Education from Northwestern University. Her teachers include She-e Wu, Chris Lamb, Vadim Karpinos, Galen Lemmon, Tammy Chen, and Michelle Hackman (voice). 

In 2016, May placed third in the Collegiate/Open Solo Category of the Great Plains International Marimba Competition. She currently freelances with regional orchestras and is also an active member and former Assistant Music Director of Invox Chicago, an a cappella group in the Chicago area, where she performs as both a singer and vocal percussionist. 

With a diverse background in the food service industry, May has worked in restaurants and bakeries around Chicago, including Girl & The Goat, Middle Brow, and Sweet Mandy B’s, where she has made pastries, pizzas, and decorated cakes.