Music Charity Honors Slain MP by Achieving Broadway Dream

The Music Man Project, a charity dedicated to empowering individuals with learning disabilities through music, received a standing ovation after fulfilling the Broadway dream of the late MP Sir David Amess.

Based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the organization teaches children and adults with learning disabilities to sing, sign, and perform original compositions. While they have previously performed for the King and at prestigious venues like the Royal Albert Hall and London Palladium, a New York performance was the aspiration of their former president, Southend West MP Sir David Amess, before his tragic death in 2021.

Project founder David Stanley made it his mission to honor Amess’s legacy by realizing this promise. Stanley, who wrote, produced, and participated in the show, paid tribute during the performance, stating, “Following his death, I just made it my mission to fulfil that promise, really, in his memory. So that we remember Sir David for all of the work he did for championing people with learning disabilities in Southend, and then obviously across the country, through the Music Man Project’s expansion.”

Emotionally, Stanley used a megaphone—reminiscent of Amess’s signature campaign accessory—to address the audience, his voice cracking as he declared, “We promised we’d get them to the Broadway and we did it my friend, we did it.”

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