After a bit of a roller coaster few weeks we are very pleased to announce that along with the compose David Sawer, the group has been one of 20 projects to be chosen to take part in the PRS for Music’s first UK New Music Biennial. Our project is to take David’s new composition ‘Bronze…
After the sad news at the beginning of the week we are happy to now announce the very good news that Alan Thomas will be our new trumpeter. When we started talking about a replacement for Brian, little did we know that the four of us would be in total agreement of who to ask.…
It’s with great sadness that we announce that Brian unfortunately is leaving the group. He has been with Onyx Brass since 1999 and we will all miss his melifluous tone and consummate musicianship. There are so many special memories and moments that could be noted down of his time with the group and his being…
Onyx Brass turns 20 this year, and the party has already started! During the first half of the year, we’re celebrating with other young people in a series of family concerts and evening concerts withMusic in the Round, who specialise in providing informal performances by great musicians. That suits us down to the ground, and…
Over the Summer, we recorded a piece by our good friend and colleague Torbjorn Hultmark. It is called A song of Guadeloupe and is very beautifully written indeed. We will certainly be featuring it in future OB programmes. Here is A link to the recording. https://soundcloud.com/torbjorn-hultmark/hultmark-a-song-of-guadelupe More of Torbjorn’s music can be heard on his…
…just like the ones I used to know. If there’s anything that sounds like Christmas to me, it’s probably a brass band playing carols. We’re always quite busy around this time of year – we’ve already played two concerts with choirs (Laudate and Eltham Choral Society), and we’ve got a very busy day coming up…
