According to a recent review on BBC Radio 3, Onyx Brass is a ”wonderful, virtuosic brass quintet.” Established in 1993, and soon to be celebrating their 30th Birthday, they have changed audience perceptions of what the brass ensemble is. Equally at home commissioning new music to performing the classics, or directing workshops in primary schools to delivering masterclasses at The Juilliard School, Onyx Brass is truly the brass ensemble of its generation.
Latest News
- Onyx and Ailís Ní Ríain Chosen for NMB 2025
Today (18th Feb) we are pleased to announce that alongside Irish composer and writer, Ailís Ní Ríain, we have been chosen to appear in the New Music Biennial Celebrations of 2025. The free, ticketed festival will take place on 6-8 June in Bradford as part…
- Onyx and Friends to Present Malcolm Arnold’s Symphony for Brass Instruments
March 9th 2025 will see the quintet along with Katherine Arnold, present a concert of the major pieces of brass music composed by Malcolm Arnold. Headlining will be the Symphony for Brass Instruments. Written for 10 players it is major work lasting around 25 minutes,…
- New Music Recording to Welcome 2025
It was great to welcome in the New Year with the recording of some more new music this January. We are so privileged as a group that many composers write and send music to us for performance and recording so in a window in everybody’s…
“stunningly crisp brass-playing”
Kate Molleson, BBC Radio 3
Our Recordings
“exemplary playing and ensemble”
Gareth Malone, Inside Music, BBC Radio 3
Education Work
- A Day Trip to Repton Schools
November saw us having a day coaching and performing with the pupils of Repton College and Prep schools in Derbyshire. We spent the daytime working with two very fine brass groups taken from each school, playing such eclectic pieces as Handel’s Music for the Royal…
- A Day at Repton School
In November, the group resumes its educational activities with a visit to Repton School in Derbyshire for a day of work with the brass students in ensembles and solo settings. Then we all join together in the evening for a concert of music by the…
- Onyx Brass Announces Three Day Chamber Music Course at Benslow Music
News hot off the press, we are delighted to announce that the group will be giving a three day chamber music coaching course at Benslow Music this spring. Situated in rural Hertfordshire and covering the multi-faceted world of playing in a brass chamber group, there…