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A Winter’s Night chosen as Album of the Weekend by Scala Radio

Great to see that A Winter’s Night has received another accolade and has been chosen as “Album of the Weekend” for Scala Radio on the weekend before Christmas. Starting on Angellica Bell’s 7am Saturday morning show on the 19th December, tracks will be played from the recording throughout the weekend. Since its release in October…

A Winter’s Night chosen as Classic FM’s Album of the Week

Really chuffed to find out that A Winter’s Night has been chosen as Alexander Armstrong’s Classic FM Album of the Week. Recorded by Signum Records, it’s such a fabulous collection of Christmas music, new and old, and includes two solo quintet numbers alongside the carols we perform with the Choristers of Winchester College School and…

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 been videoed for release in the New Year by IC…

Christmas Concert Sunday 13th December

LIVE MUSIC ALERT! Very pleased to announce that we will be performing in a real live concert to a real live audience with real live singers! (Weather permitting!) On Sunday 13th December at 5pm we will be joining Mary Bevan and the Fairfield Singers in a outdoor Christmas concert as part of her successful post…

Review of A Winter’s Night

“The sound of Onyx Brass lifts this collection of Christmas favourites from Winchester College Chapel Choir – Cecilia McDowall’s A Winter’s Night is a particularly effective miniature cycle, and the traditional carols are resplendent in festal arrangements for choir, organ and brass.” Presto Classical, Dec 2020 Now we are entering the Christmas season it’s good to see…

New #1Minuteof Video Released to go with Sheet Music Publication

Recorded back in July 2020 for JAM on the Marsh Virtual, this short #1Minuteof clip features Inevitable Outcome by Jason Rebello. We’ve released it to coincide with the publication of the sheet music at Onyx Brass Publishing and it joins For Rosie by Mark Nightingale from Onyx Noir in being available for purchase from the OBP website.

It also joins the ever-growing set of pieces on our 1 Minute of playlist over at our YouTube Channel. Purchase your hard copy or download by clicking here.

Onyx to Release New Single

Way back in 2014 we recorded the music that Dave had composed for his sister’s wedding. Originally planned as just a personal momento, the recording was taken in studio conditions so what better than to release it as a single to lighten moods in these dark days of Winter and Covid-19 lockdowns. In two versions,…