The Music Man Project Podcast

This month's highlights from The Music Man Project Radio Show on Chelmsford Community Radio, featuring interviews with The Music Man Project Essex student Linda, Southend Mencap General Manager Marc McOwens, music arranger and producer Al Steele from Shabbey Road Studios and music leader Ira Thomas who is planning to launch our service in London!The Music Man Project is a multi award-winning, world record-breaking music education and performance service for people with disabilities - di...

This month's highlights from The Music Man Project Radio Show on Chelmsford Community Radio, bringing you news from the Southend Mencap Achievers Awards, some great interviews with the remarkable students of The Music Man Project in Essex and a special look back at the launch of The Music Man Project in the Philippines. We hear a heart-warming tribute from Terry to his beloved father, who adopted him when he was in a children's home. Terry was placed there to escape from his abusive biol...

This week we talk to our very own Dr Natalie Bradford, who recently published her ground-breaking research PhD at the Royal College of Music about the impact of musical participation on adults with Down's Syndrome. Natalie's research can be read in full here: Academic Research | The Music Man Project UK. We also pay to tribute to the late violinist Lorraine Kelly, who sadly passed away from Cancer in 2018. Lorraine was a wonderful supporter of The Music Man Project, and our Royal Albert ...

The theme of this week's podcast is Join Together!The song was written by David Stanley with lyrics by Jenny Hitchcock. It famously featured in 'Music is Magic at the London Palladium' (2017) and on the studio album of the same name. The song is a fitting climax to most Music Man Project concerts. Connecting communities is integral to The Music Man Project's mission. The charity uses the universal language of music to free the constraints placed on people with a learning disability...

The theme of this week's podcast is siblings. If you ever get the chance, we urge you to watch a young person helping someone with special needs. Their insight, kindness and empathy defy their age, and their experience shapes their personality for the rest of their life. These young people develop the most extraordinary qualities: selfless kindness, patience and love. When that young person is also a sibling of someone with a learning disability, these qualities are even more life-changi...

The Music Man Project Podcast is back with a bang! Following the success of our first series, we are delighted to launch series 2 with highlights from our brand new monthly radio show on Chelmsford Community Radio!In this episode, David Stanley, who was was recently recognised in the Queen's New Year Honours List, talks to Music Man Project resident drummer Daniel Camacho and his drum tutor Glen Burton. We also reunite the three stars of the National Lottery 25th birthday TV advert - Sam, Wen...

The final episode of The Music Man Project Podcast series 1, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley. In this episode we hear every track from the new Kingsdown Special School Christmas CD!"It is fair to say that 2020 did not go as planned! It started well with a memorable teaching trip to the Philippines, our fifth international expedition in as many years. We also took The Music Man Project to Wales and even launched The Music Man Project Strawberr...

Episode 14 of The Music Man Project Podcast, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley.No matter how driven or talented they are, everyone needs someone to believe in them, to share their vision and to take risks on their behalf. For David Stanley, that man was Marc McOwens, General Manager of Southend Mencap. Marc valued David's ambitions and encouraged him to follow his dreams. It was the same as back in 2001, when David had proposed a Saturday mornin...

Episode 13 of The Music Man Project Podcast, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley.This week's guest is Margaret Rimmer, inspirational retired Headteacher of Kingsdown Special School. Margaret was vital to the development of The Music Man Project. She wanted to make Kingsdown “a musical school” and engaged The Music Man Project to help her embed music across the curriculum, to play a central role in the life of her pupils and to support their basic...

Episode 12 of The Music Man Project Podcast, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley.Since 2017 The Music Man Project has worked in partnership with the Salvation Army. The Music Man Project UK Ambassadors have travelled thousands of miles around the country, including flights to Scotland and Northern Ireland to deliver workshops and performances, and to launch new regional Music Man Projects together. The Music Man Project is a great big musical fami...