Its that time of the year again for our visit to Romney Marsh and JAM on the Marsh Festival. Monday 10th July at the 230pm we will be giving a repeat performance of Tim Jackson’s Opening Night. This is our third year of the project and looking forward to meeting everyone again from the local…
Tuesday 6th June, is a big day in the Onyx calendar for this year as we start recording the twelve pieces that compose our jazz project. Recorded by NMC Records, and made possible by the contribution of an Open Award from the PRS Foundation, its something that has recently been a labour of love for…
We wrote a while back about an upcoming Brass Day at Eton College. It was tremendous success, and we even got some great videos out of it. Here’s Bernard Hughes arrangement of “Les Barricades Misterieuses” by Couperin.
Its coming up to our 25th Birthday and over the last quarter of a century we’ve expended a lot of energy pushing forward the medium of the brass quintet from many angles including performing, commissioning, arranging, recording and teaching. So hopefully, when the time comes to hang up our instruments, the brass quintet as an…
Onyx Brass are off to the Vale of Glamorgan Festival on Sunday for a day by the sea. They’ll be performing for FREE all over the place. A couple of short blasts here and there, and then a longer recital at 4pm at the Eastern Shelter on Barry Island. You can find all the details…
April 6th and 7th sees the first of our two studio projects for 2017. Fanfares is a recording that will bring together 14 British Composers of the 20th Century, 46 different fanfares, John Wilson, Onyx Brass and a few friends. Including many premiere recordings we have been reconstructing a lot from manuscripts that we’ve found…
On March 15th we will be hosting a brass day at Eton College. 70 local school children from around the area will be coming together for a day of coaching and performing in the music school of Eton. It’s catering for all levels and will give a chance for young brass players to get some…
