Kirklees Most Wanted is a collaborative project aimed at showcasing the vibrant music scene in Kirklees. We believe that local artists deserve a platform to share their talent and connect with a wider audience. By working together with local businesses, venues, and organisations, we are committed to fostering a thriving music community.
The Kirklees Sound Identities project, a music initiative by The Saving Grace Collective and Kirklees Year Of Music 2023, aimed to create music representing the identity of Kirklees, a district with a large population having an interest in music. The Saving Grace Collective provided consultation, direction, and management for the project, including branding, promotion, and composer selection. The project sought diverse compositions representing various genres, age groups, and cultural backgrounds within Kirklees.
The HF Development Initiative,focuses on developing and showcasing the music of young producers from Huddersfield. Building on its initial success, HF2, provided a 6-month program that 11 new producers, offering live performance opportunities. This initiative aimed to nurture skills in audio production, mixing, live performance, and music industry navigation. The project has resulted in an upcoming HF2 album release on major digital platforms, with artists securing further release deals and receiving airplay on BBC 1Xtra, Selector Radio and various other specialist stations
Benaiah Matheson is a multidisciplinary artist from Yorkshire. We worked with worked with him providing advice, project management assistance & design, video editing, promotion & marketing expertise in order implement the promotion of his Togetherness Mural Project to the general public & art institutions.
Together with Lisa Luxx we developed a music video & outreach campaign for her single “Girlgang” which was released on International Womens day. Girl Gang was a crowd-sourced music video production & single release project. Filmed by the supporters & friends of Lisa Luxx as well as many women worldwide that felt an affinity to the project that wanted to contribute.
The aim of our O2 Think Bigger collaboration was to allow for the record label ‘Saving Grace Music’ and the social enterprise, ‘Saving Grace Collective’ to work within the local community by creating a music video. Allowing for a wide range of opportunities to be created for young people within the community.
The Saving Grace Collective alongside our project partners Luck Lane Studios recently planned and delivered a seven-week workshop session in conjunction with an organisation called Connect Housing and its residents covering the basics of Music & Video production.
Savvy & his collective band The Savoir Faire alongside our project partners Luck Lane Studios performed with thirty-six local children from Lindley Infant School Choir at Lotherton Hall just outside of Leeds
The Saving Grace Collective alongside Luck Lane Studios filmed and recorded two performances at the Proper Job Theatre which were then uploaded onto YouTube & promoted via various social networks.