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.
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- Music for Rooftops Gallery
Here are some images taken from our performance in Eastbourne of Music for Rooftops by Clive Whitburn, August 2021. Photos by Brian Booker and Alex Brattell. Trumpets – Richard Blake, Christian Barraclough, Mike Allen, Julie Ryan, Gideon Brooks
- Onyx Two Days in Devon and Hertfordshire
September 17th and 18th see the group travelling around in their return to some semblance of normality after the last eighteen months. First up is a visit to Hertfordshire and a concert to open the Sarratt Festival of Music 2021. This was originally a concert…
- Group to Premiere Music For Rooftops in Eastbourne
Saturday 28th August sees Onyx Brass visiting Eastbourne to perform the premiere of Clive Whitburn’s Music for Rooftops. In what will be a perfect piece for our outdoor, socially distant times, it forms the centre piece of a recital taking place on the balcony of…
”stunningly crisp brass-playing”
Kate Molleson, BBC Radio 3
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- Onyx Visit British Army Band Tidworth
April 30th was a big day for the group, seeing the release of Festmusik, however not resting on our laurels we were honoured to be invited to deliver a continuing professional development (CPD) day to the British Army Brass Band Tidworth at their barracks in…
- Group to give online “meet the ensemble” sessions to London Music Colleges
During the lockdown getting out and about performing and teaching proves to be a little tricky but we are going to use the video conferencing boom to deliver two virtual “meet the ensemble‘ discussions for the students of the Royal College of Music and Guildhall…
- Recorded concert at Imperial College to be released in New Year
On Tuesday 8th December in normal times we would have been giving our annual concert for the Imperial College Concert Series. While we couldn’t perform to a live audience, we were so pleased that Oliver Gooch has enabled us to present a show that has…