Containing ten new works for brass and with all except one work commissioned by Onyx Brass, The sun is free to flow with the sea is a celebration of not only our reaching the grand old age of 30, but also of the ethos of the group from its inception three decades ago. We are…
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March 22nd & 23rd March has us visiting the Alma Mater of many of us in Onyx, the Royal Academy of Music, where we will be spending 2 days working with the students side by side in preparation for a concert on 23rd. The evening will include the Strauss Motets from Festmusik and Tim Jackson’s…
In under 2 weeks, one of the highlights of our 30th year is to take place at St. Bride’s Church London with the premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new work, Onyx 30. A co-commission with JAM, it will form part of their 2023 Music of Our Time series. The annual concert that features new music for…
For Onyx, it is a very happy new year indeed. We are thirty years old and have decided to celebrate. As a birthday present to ourselves, we have commissioned some fabulous new music for brass. The year starts with us recording these for the NMC label and then our concerts will feature them as the…
Tuesday December 13th sees Onyx visit the Cambridgeshire arts venue of Stapleford Granary to present a concert of our favourite classics, interwoven with new works by Emily Hall and a seasonal flavour to round the evening off. Add in the the candlelit atmosphere, the performance promises something for almost everyone. Situated just five miles from…
