March 17th sees the opening of JAM 2016 at St. Brides Church, Fleet Street. Onyx has been involved with JAM since its inception and its core mission to promote new music complements the group’s ethos perfectly. This year we will be playing two pieces by Thea Musgrave and Judith Bingham that we have already premiered…
Commissions
Tour de Brass! at the Commonwealth Games
Since March, when we kicked off our Tour de Brass! by giving the world première of David Sawer’s Bronze and Iron on the steps of the Royal Concert Halls in Glasgow, Onyx has been having a fantastic time reaching new audiences and thrilling our fans by taking our music out of the concert hall and into community spaces. Our tour of…
Onyx in a JAM
Not the sticky kind, though. In 2014, Onyx Brass will be maintaining our longstanding relationship with the John Armitage Memorial – a foundation dedicated to the commissioning and performance of new music for brass, organ and choir – with performances across the UK. In a March concert in London, we opened the 2014 JAM Season,…
Grand Départ of the Tour de Brass!
Onyx launched its major project of 2014 a few weeks ago. On March 22nd, we performed the world premiere of David Sawer’s new work “Bronze and Iron” composed especially for us and the Tour de Brass! “Bronze and Iron” forms the centrepiece of our UK tour of free outdoor recitals, and it was a great…
Compose for Onyx!
Onyx is excited to have been chosen to perform at the 2014 BASCA British Composer Awards. Two of our players will take the stage to play the winning work in BASCA’s Student Composition Competition. The ceremony takes place on 2nd December in the beautiful Goldsmiths’ Hall, and Onyx’s performance will be recorded for a later…
Onyx kick off the JAM season
Onyx are kicking off John Armitage Memorial 2014 season next month. Onyx has launched the season since they began in 2000, so this marks 14 years of partnership. We’ve given world premieres of works by some of the UK’s most significant composers, including Judith Bingham, Jonathan Dove, Gabriel Jackson, Tarik O’Regan. Equally importantly, we have…
Onyx gets new support from Granada Foundation
We’re delighted to have received a good chunk of money towards Tour de Brass! from the Granada Foundation. This money will specifically support a tour of bandstands in the Northwest region (Cheshire, Merseyside, etc), including performances of our new commission from David Sawer. Thanks so much to the good people there who backed our application. Speaking…