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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- Onyx Brass at the Aldeburgh Festival 2025
What a great time we had at the Aldeburgh Festival. Not only did we give the world premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Funeral completed by Bernard Hughes, we were joined by students of Royal College of Music on both days, raising it to another level. This…
- World Premiere of Britten’s Funeral Music
This Sunday 29th June sees us giving the world premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Funeral Music, a work that has been completed from fragments that live in the Britten Pears Archive in Aldeburgh by composer Bernard Hughes. Though similar in scoring, this is a different piece…
- Transatlantic Arrives on 27th June
We are pleased to announce that our latest collaboration with Chandos Records and John Wilson, Transatlantic will release on 27th June. Composers featured are John Adams, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, George Gershwin, Joseph Horovitz, Gordon Langford, Florence Price, Ralph Vaughan Williams and…
“stunningly crisp brass-playing”
Kate Molleson, BBC Radio 3
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“exemplary playing and ensemble”
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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…