Al Steele and Claire Alderton!

05/20/20 • 42 min

Episode 9 of The Music Man Project Podcast, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley.

In this episode we meet The Music Man Project’s amazing musical arranger, Al Steele. Al is one of the most accomplished and versatile musicians you will ever meet. Whether playing, composing, arranging, recording or producing, Al approaches his work with professionalism, enthusiasm and most of all, expertise. He is equally comfortable in both the classical and popular traditions - a guitar playing, singer song-writing music producer with a passion for Gustav Mahler!
The student guest this week is Claire Alderton. Claire is a Music Man Project UK Ambassador and original Saturday music school student from almost 2 decades ago.
This week's song is Music is Magic, written by David Stanley and Jenny Hitchcock. The song was the first to be arranged by Al and it was released as a charity single in 2015. Claire sang on the recording and performed the entire first verse as a solo at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019. The song topped the Amazon Broadway chart for a couple of hours, pushing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway album into second place!
The world record-breaking Music Man Project provides award-winning accessible music education and performance opportunities for children and adults with learning disabilities across the UK and around the world. These remarkable musicians have performed at the Royal College of Music, the London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall.
Every podcast includes news, music, interviews and lots of other exciting features and surprises. It celebrates the achievements of all people with learning disabilities from around the world.
To find out more visit www.themusicmanproject.com, follow "The Music Man Project UK" on Facebook, subscribe to David Stanley's blog at www.themusicmanblog.com and subscribe to The Music Man Project's YouTube channel.
Devised and presented by David Stanley
Produced by Jon Webber
The Music Man Project, charity no. 1188041
Email [email protected] to tell us your news!

Episode 9 of The Music Man Project Podcast, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley.

Previous Episode

Would You Wear Someone Else's Knickers?

Episode 8 of The Music Man Project Podcast, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley.

In this episode we talk to musician, singer and musical theatre performer Stuart Woolner. In 2015 Stuart memorably appeared with The Music Man Project at the famous London Palladium in the West End debut of our musical 'From the Asylum to the Palladium'. Stuart explains what it was like to perform alongside musicians with learning disabilities and how he felt about singing the famous Music Man Project song “Would You Wear Someone Else’s Knickers?”. We hear a live recording of Stuart singing the song from the original London Palladium performance in 2015. Music composed by David Stanley and arranged by Al Steele.

This week’s Music Man Project student is Adam Davies, who starred at the London Palladium two years after Stuart in our return performance in 2017. Adam sang the finale from the musical 'The Label'. The song is called 'Here I Am' and the recording is from our 2017 studio album 'Music is Magic'. Music composed by David Stanley and arranged by Al Steele.

The world record-breaking Music Man Project provides award-winning accessible music education and performance opportunities for children and adults with learning disabilities across the UK and around the world. These remarkable musicians have performed at the Royal College of Music, the London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall.
Every podcast includes news, music, interviews and lots of other exciting features and surprises. It celebrates the achievements of all people with learning disabilities from around the world.
To find out more visit www.themusicmanproject.com, follow "The Music Man Project UK" on Facebook, subscribe to David Stanley's blog at www.themusicmanblog.com and subscribe to The Music Man Project's YouTube channel.
Devised and presented by David Stanley
Produced by Jon Webber
The Music Man Project, charity no. 1188041
Email [email protected] to tell us your news!

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Noah Wall Special

Episode 10 of The Music Man Project Podcast, presented by founder and CEO of The Music Man Project charity, David Stanley.
In this special episode we talk to the famous Music Man Project patron, Noah Wall, and his inspirational mum Shelly.
Three months into her pregnancy Shelly discovered that baby Noah had a catalogue of health problems, including spina bifida, rare chromosome abnormalities and hydrocephalus - fluid on the brain. His condition was so serious that doctors warned Shelly and husband Rob that he would not survive. The family prepared for the worse and arranged his funeral.
Noah survived but was born with just 2% of his brain. His progress from then to the present day continues to astound the medical profession the world over.
Noah became a patron of the Music Man Project in 2015, and performed on stage with us at the London Palladium in two memorable concerts. Noah was a guest of honour at The Music Man Project Royal Albert Hall debut and watched the first half of the performance in a box with celebrity Joe Swash, before joining us for the Last Night of the Proms finale.

David talks to Noah and his mum about their inspirational story in a frank and moving interview.
The world record-breaking Music Man Project provides award-winning accessible music education and performance opportunities for children and adults with learning disabilities across the UK and around the world. These remarkable musicians have performed at the Royal College of Music, the London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall.
Every podcast includes news, music, interviews and lots of other exciting features and surprises. It celebrates the achievements of all people with learning disabilities from around the world.
To find out more visit www.themusicmanproject.com, follow "The Music Man Project UK" on Facebook, subscribe to David Stanley's blog at www.themusicmanblog.com and subscribe to The Music Man Project's YouTube channel.
Devised and presented by David Stanley
Produced by Jon Webber
The Music Man Project, charity no. 1188041
Email [email protected] to tell us your news!