November saw us having a day coaching and performing with the pupils of Repton College and Prep schools in Derbyshire. We spent the daytime working with two very fine brass groups taken from each school, playing such eclectic pieces as Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, and Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up! Some…
In November, the group resumes its educational activities with a visit to Repton School in Derbyshire for a day of work with the brass students in ensembles and solo settings. Then we all join together in the evening for a concert of music by the students, us as a solo quintet and culminating with the…
News hot off the press, we are delighted to announce that the group will be giving a three day chamber music coaching course at Benslow Music this spring. Situated in rural Hertfordshire and covering the multi-faceted world of playing in a brass chamber group, there are residential and non-residential options open to all ages that…
April 30th was a big day for the group, seeing the release of Festmusik, however not resting on our laurels we were honoured to be invited to deliver a continuing professional development (CPD) day to the British Army Brass Band Tidworth at their barracks in Wiltshire. This is a second of such projects that we…
During the lockdown getting out and about performing and teaching proves to be a little tricky but we are going to use the video conferencing boom to deliver two virtual “meet the ensemble‘ discussions for the students of the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. These sessions will be based…
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…
Over the last month or so we’ve been working on a project that allows brass players (or anyone else) wherever they are the ability to #CJamwithOnyx. Go and visit our specific webpage to see all the videos and music that lets you join in with us in lockdown!
