Coming to Lowestoft seafront this year!

On Friday evening, Zeb Soanes gave a talk about the Britten as a Boy project to members of the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. Britten’s father had been a member of the club and enjoyed spending Sundays at the clubhouse whilst young Benjamin explored the harbour with his mother and siblings.

The finished clay sculpture is now complete and this week it was set to be moulded before being cast in bronze.

EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES

Ruth Wharrier speaks to Dave Eagle at East Suffolk One about the Britten as a Boy project.

EAST SUFFOLK ONE

A statue of Benjamin Britten as a boy will be put up in his home town next year after fundraisers reached their target of £120,000. 

BBC NEWS

On Benjamin Britten’s birthday, we were delighted to announce that we have reached our fundraising target.

Jayne Lindill takes a walk around Lowestoft with Ruth Wharrier, in Britten's childhood footsteps.

EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES

As Benjamin Britten's childhood home in Lowestoft goes up for sale, Zeb Soanes talks to BBC Radio Suffolk about the final fundraising for the statue of Britten as a boy that will be situated opposite the house that inspired the young composer.

BBC RADIO SUFFOLK

Suffolk Sober Spaces held an open mic evening in aid of Britten as a boy at The Olive Centre, Lowestoft. Thank you to everyone who participated giving their support and music to the evening and a special thank you to organiser, Mike Linfield.

Genevieve Christie, CEO of Lowestoft’s First Light Festival invited the Britten as a Boy Committee to present the project to festival supporters and donors. Zeb Soanes spoke about the wider purpose of the statue to inspire the town’s children to achieve their ambitions and guests were able to view the statue maquette and ask questions about the project.

Classic FM has spread the word about our fundraising across their social networks.

CLASSIC FM

The comedian, impressionist and pianist entertained a packed audience at Lowestoft’s Players Theatre.

Ruth Wharrier and Zeb Soanes receive a cheque from the Southwold Art Circle.

An intimate fundraising concert in Lewisham raised nearly £1700 for Britten as a Boy, with a programme of Britten’s music, interwoven with readings by BBC Radio 3’s Donald Macleod and David Pickard, director of the BBC Proms.

Zeb Soanes remembers Lady Penn, who was an early and enthusiastic supporter of the Britten as a Boy campaign.

One of the UK’s most popular entertainers, Alistair McGowan will be coming to Lowestoft on March 16th to support the Britten as a boy statue.

LOWESTOFT JOURNAL

The Kirkley Poor’s Land Estate Trust has become a ‘Named Donor’ by supporting the Britten as a Boy statue.

In an evening of live folk music at The Players Theatre in Lowestoft, musicians from Suffolk and across the UK gave their music and talent to raise funds for Britten as a Boy and create a very special evening.

A campaign has raised half the money needed for a statue commemorating Benjamin Britten.

BBC NEWS

Teachers from schools across Suffolk attended a development day to learn how to use Benjamin Britten’s music to inspire composition in their classrooms.

On Friday the Wigmore Hall was filled for a spectacular gala to raise funds for Lowestoft’s Britten as a Boy Statue. Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen, Tasmin Little and Alistair McGowan were among the stars who gave their support.

The wonderful Mhairi Lawson, gives her support to Britten as a Boy by singing the first Britten song she ever learned.

An 18” bronze cast of Britten as a Boy is to be presented to the Westminster Abbey Choir School later this year by the former Sub-Dean, David Hutt, to mark his 85th birthday in August.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHRONICLE

A dazzling array of musical stars including Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen and Tasmin Little CBE, celebrate Britten’s legacy, raising funds for Lowestoft’s Britten as a Boy statue.

Own your own scale bronze of Ian Rank-Broadley’s life-sized statue of Britten as a Boy. Available in heights of 18”, 24” and 36”. Strictly limited editions of 10 bronzes in each size, 30 in total.

Britten’s great-nieces, Sophie Blake and Tamara Britten have become patrons of the Britten as a Boy project.

After a lifetime of benevolent haunting by the great composer Benjamin Britten, Zeb Soanes has helped commission a statue of his home-town hero.

COUNTRY LIFE

To support the fundraising initiative for the statue, Adnams has released a limited-edition Britten as a Boy whisky, which has been matured in French Oak and finished in a Burgundy wine barrel. All profits from its sale will go towards the project.

ADNAMS

The English costal town of Lowestoft is set to celebrate composer and Lowestoft native, Benjamin Britten, with a statue of the composer as a boy.

CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE

Remembering musicians, who give us so much. From celebrating them in sculpture to playing their music, let's tell of their achievements.

GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE

A fundraising campaign for a statue to commemorate composer Benjamin Britten in the town of his birth has started.

BBC NEWS