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Wavelength Materials
Content from 2015-18, funded by Youth Music; 2018-2021, funded by BBC Children in Need; 2021-23 funded by Services for Education, The Clive Richards Foundation and The Grantham Yorke Trust; 2023-26 funded by the National Lottery Community Fund (Reaching Communities), The Clive Richards Foundation and Services For Education.
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Annual Impact Reports
Annual Impact Reports
Please note: Impact reports from 2023-2026 form part of our National Lottery Fund 'Reaching Communities grant collective evaluation.
Annual CDs
Annual CDs/ Music Videos
Wavelength 10th Anniversary Album
Wavelength 2026 Project CD
Wavelength 2024 Project CD
Wavelength 2022 Project CD
Wavelength 2020 Project CD
Wavelength 2025 Project CD
Wavelength 2023 Project Playlist
Wavelength 2021 Project CD
Wavelength 2019 Project CD
2021 Gig Photos
Music Videos & Gig Photos
Drowning Tides 2025 Video
Are We? 2020 Wavelength Video
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Photographs of performers from Quench Arts' July 2026 Wavelength project gig - a celebration of 10 Years of Wavelength. With thanks to Deb Hutt for the photographs.
Photographs from Quench Arts' 2024 Wavelength project gig.
Photographs from Quench Arts' 2024 Wavelength project gig at the CBSO Shireland Academy. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
Photographs from Quench Arts' 2024 Wavelength project gig.
Photographs from Quench Arts' 2024 Wavelength project gig at the CBSO Shireland Academy. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
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Photographs from Quench Arts' 2024 Wavelength project gig at the CBSO Shireland Academy. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
Photographs from the Wavelength 2025 Gig
Photos from the Wavelength 2025 Gig at Birmingham Conservatoire's Eastside Jazz Club. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking.'
Photographs from the Wavelength 2025 Gig
Photos from the Wavelength 2025 Gig at Birmingham Conservatoire's Eastside Jazz Club. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking.'
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Photographs from the 2025 Wavelength gig. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
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Photographs from Quench Arts' 2023 Wavelength project informal sharing at ACMC.
Wavelength 2021 Gig Photos
Photographs of performers from Quench Arts December 2021 Wavelength project gig. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
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Wavelength 2021 Gig Photos
Photographs of performers from Quench Arts December 2021 Wavelength project gig. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
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Photographs of performers from Quench Arts' December 2021 Wavelength project gig. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
Sharing Our Learning - Blogs and Videos
Wavelength 2022 Gig
Photographs from Quench Arts' 2022 Wavelength project gig at the MAC Foyle Studio. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
Wavelength 2022 Gig
Photographs from Quench Arts' 2022 Wavelength project gig at the MAC Foyle Studio. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
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Photographs from Quench Arts' 2022 Wavelength project gig at the MAC Foyle Studio. With thanks to 'Bethany & James Photography and Filmmaking'.
Sharing Our Learning - Blogs and Videos
An Introduction to the Wavelength Project by James Stanley
Working with vulnerable young people on a 121 basis through the pandemic - Paul Carroll
Use of technology in the Wavelength project throughout the Covid19 pandemic - James Stanley
Working with vulnerable young people in a group basis through the pandemic - Meldra Guza
Online Icebreakers by Daniel Scott (Wavelength Peer Mentor)
Using Story Cubes for Songwriting by Paul Carroll
Introduction to Using GarageBand on iPad & iPhone by Sarah Wilson
Why 'Drop D' Tuning is Beneficial for Beginners by Meldra Guza
An Introduction to Roli Blocks by James Stanley
Ableton Plane Synthesizer
by Paul Carroll
Pain and Music by Aimee
Wavelength Seminar
Content from 2015-2018, funded by Youth Music
2015-2018 Material
Why Quench Arts Set Up The Wavelength Project
Wavelength Project Structure Part 1: Recruitment and Project Partners
Wavelength Project Structure Part 2: Project Structure and Funders
Wavelength Project Structure Slideshow
Wavelength Gig Video:
Cares of the Day (Group Track)
Wavelength Year 1 Gig Photos (Facebook Album)
Paul Carroll: Running Music Projects for Young People with Mental Health Conditions Part 2
Blog 2: Supporting Quieter Members of a Group –by Jake Cross (Wavelength Shadow Artist)
Wavelength Gig Video:
What If I Never Do? (Liam)
Blog 3: Getting young people through a creative block by Meldra Guza
Blog 5: Catering for Different Religious Backgrounds/Not Using Offending Topics by Sarah Wilson
Wavelength Year 1 Project CD
Paul Carroll: Running Music Projects for Young People with Mental Health Conditions Part 1
Blog 1: Putting People At Ease In Their First Group Session by Paul Carroll
Wavelength Gig Video:
Picturesque View (Mayci)
Meldra Guza: Different Ways To Approach Lyric Writing in the Mental Health Sector
Blog 4: Tackling Sensitive Topics for Lyric Writing with Young Mental Health Service Users by Meldra Guza
Wavelength Gig Video:
What Do I Want To Be? (Group Track)
Blog 6: Engaging with Participants with Little Musical Interest by James Stanley
Blog 8: Using Presets to Aid Creativity and Workflow in a Session by James Stanley
Resource 1: Wavelength Approaches to Lyric Writing 1
Resource 3: Wavelength Approaches to Lyric Writing 3
Resource 5: Wavelength Approaches to Lyric Writing 5
Blog 7: Ways in Which Using Technology Can Break Down Barriers with Unconfident Young People by James Stanley
Wavelength Year 2 Project CD 1
Resource 2: Wavelength Approaches to Lyric Writing 2
Resource 4: Wavelength Approaches to Lyric Writing 4
Resource 6: Wavelength Approaches to Song Writing
Blog 9: The Benefits of One-to-One Sessions in Mental Health Settings by James Stanley
Wavelength Gig Video:
Plastic Pollution (Group Track)
Blog 12: Getting Young People Recording Ready by Sarah Wilson
Wavelength Year 2 Gig Photos (Facebook Album)
Blog 13: Ensuring that Parents and Carers Understand the Benefits of Music Making for Young Mental Health Service Users by Paul Carroll
Wavelength Gig Video:
Drawer Full of Memories (Parents)
Sarah Wilson: My Own Professional Development on Wavelength
Blog 16: The Value of Mentoring by Meldra Guza
Blog 17: Keeping Up With Technology by James Stanley
Davina Brownrigg: How Being A Wavelength Shadow Artist Has Furthered My Career
Blog 20: How Volunteering on Quench Arts’ Musical Connections Adults Project Helped Prepare Me for my Wavelength Shadow Role by Michelle Holloway
Wavelength Gig Video:
You and Me (Chyna's Song, Performed by Other Participants)
Blog 22: The Value of Always Gaining New Skills - As a Woodwind Player, Why I’ve Started to Learn the Guitar by Katie Stevens
Birmingham Children's Hospital and the Wavelength Project (Kirsty Taylor, Lead Occupational Therapist, Parkview Clinic)
Blog 24: The Value of Music Making in the Wellbeing Sector – Why I Think it is Important by Michelle Holloway
Wavelength and its Role within the Birmingham Music Education Partnership (Ciaran O'Donnell, Head of Birmingham Music Service, Services for Education)
Jake Cross: Celebrating Success and Why it is Important in the Mental Health Sector
Wavelength Year 3 Project CD 1
James Stanley: The Journey of the Young People Part 1
Blog 26: Developing Emotional Resilience through Music Making by Meldra Guza
Blog 28: The Importance of Socialising Outside of Music Sessions – How Structured Social Events Can Increase Creative Flow by Paul Carroll
Wavelength Gig Video:
Memory Lane (Lizzy)
Wavelength Year 3 Project CD 2
Wavelength Year 3 Gig Photos (Facebook Album)
Wavelength Year 2 Impact Report and Case Studies
Blog 10: Group Music Making with Young People with Mental Health Conditions by Sarah Wilson
Blog 11: Embedding Arts Award in Sessions Without Disrupting the Creative Flow by Sarah Wilson
Wavelength Year 2 Project CD 2
Michelle Holloway: Supporting the Parents of Young People on Wavelength
Blog 14: The Development of Parents as Musicians - Why This Has Been Important on the Wavelength Project by Paul Carroll
Joanne Tysall: Partnership Working - How Wavelength Has Worked With Home Group to Support Parents
Blog 15: My First Year Working on the Wavelength Project by Meldra Guza
Wavelength Gig Video:
Warp Drive (Josh)
Blog 18: Mental Health First Aid Training - The Impact On My Practice by Adam Moffatt
Blog 19: My Transition from Shadow Artist to Leading One-To-One Sessions by Davina Brownrigg
Blog 21: Me in 10 Years Time - What I Hope I’ll Be Doing in Community Music and How Wavelength Has Helped Me Plan for the Future by Davina Brownrigg
Katie Stevens: Getting Out Of My Comfort Zone - The Skills I’ve Learnt To Support Young People On Wavelength (Tech & Gutiar)
Blog 23: Keeping Current by Sarah Wilson
Why Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Value Projects Like Wavelength (Sue Hartley, Director of Nursing)
Wavelength Gig Video:
Colours Glow (Group Track)
Solihull Music Education Hub and the Wavelength Project (Toby Smith, Head of Solihull Music Service/Hub)
Blog 25: Celebrating Success by Paul Carroll
Wavelength Challenges (Nic Briggs & Liz Viggers, Quench Arts)
James Stanley: The Journey of the Young People Part 2
Blog 27: What I’ve Learnt As A Wavelength Shadow Artist, The Impact It Has had On The Participants and How It Will Affect My Future Practice by Katie Stevens
Wavelength Case Study: Lizzy's Story
Wavelength Project Outcomes Slideshow
Wavelength Gig Video:
Radio Bird (Group Track)
Wavelength Year 1 Impact Report and Case Studies
Wavelength Year 3 Impact Report and Case Studies
Wavelength Project Final Evaluation Report
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