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The Music Man Project (MMP) is a UK charity founded in
Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the nor ...
,
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in 2000. It provides a music education and performance service for people with learning disabilities.


History

The MMP began as Southend Mencap Music School in 2000, providing weekly music sessions for adults and children with learning disabilities. It was founded by former deputy head teacher David Stanley. In 2012, the MMP was established as a full-time music education and performance service for adults in Southend. It also set up a service for local special schools. Since 2016, services have been set up in the UK and Overseas. The MMP became a
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in 2019 and a separate charity in 2020. The MMP was awarded the King's Award for Voluntary Service on 14 November 2024.


Activities

The MMP supports its students to sing, play musical instruments and use actions based on
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sign language. Its main activities in Southend include performances at civic engagements, public events and Christmas concerts. It supports special schools by providing music tuition for pupils and performs with mainstream primary schoolchildren. Performances have taken place at the
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,
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, 10 Downing Street and
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.


Associations

David Amess was president of the MMP. He attended its concerts at the London Palladium in 2015 and the Royal Albert Hall in 2019. Following his murder in October 2021 the MMP sang at the funeral mass held in
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and at a memorial concert at the
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in February 2022. The
Royal Marines Band Service The Royal Marines Band Service is the musical wing of the Royal Navy and an independent element of the Royal Marines. It currently consists of five Military band, bands plus a training wing – the Royal Marines School of Music at HMNB Portsmout ...
began a collaboration with the MMP in 2022. They recorded a Christmas single in tribute to David Amess which was released in December 2022. In March 2023 the MMP performed with the Massed Bands of His Majesty's Royal Marines at the 51st Mountbatten Festival of Music. The event was attended by His Majesty King
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. The Team Lewis Foundation charity formed a collaboration with the MMP in October 2021, providing a cash donation and support with media projects. In 2022 it created a new MMP website and provided training for ongoing maintenance. It issued a press release covering the launch of a music video for the Christmas single.
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supported the Christmas single. In June 2023 Sunak and
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attended a performance by the MMP in 10 Downing Street. Michael Ball met the MMP on The
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's Big Night of Musicals in March 2023 and became its patron in April 2023. Ball performed with the MMP in its concert at the Royal Albert Hall in April 2024. The National Lottery provided grants to the MMP from the
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in 2012 and 2018. Three MMP students took part in its 25th anniversary advertisement in 2019. During the
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, it gave the MMP £10,000 from its coronavirus emergency fund. This was used by the MMP to supply instruments to people with learning disabilities and provide online music sessions.


UK

The MMP has replicated its Southend service by working with national organisations such as
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and Mencap, and providing introductory sessions for others. UK Services *Essex – Southend on Sea (2012) *
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(2016) *
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(2017) which became a
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in 2020 *
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(2023) *Essex –
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(2024)


Overseas

MMP services have been introduced to learning disabled communities overseas. *
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(Sizanani Children's Home) 2016 *India (
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) 2018 *
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(Navjyoti Special School in
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) 2019 *United States (New York) 2019 *
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) 2020 In January 2023 the MMP visited
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United States to undertake performances and workshops with the Royal Marines Band Service. In June 2024 the MMP visited
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Canada to take part in the
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. In September 2024 the MMP visited
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Italy to play a concert in conjunction with Allegro Moderato, an organisation for musicians with disabilities.


References


Further reading


External links


Official Website
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