ONYX BRASS

Education/CPD

It was very good and cool, I wish we can go again.

Harley, Radley Primary School

The Onyx Brass players were really good teachers and nice to play with.

Theo, Year 5

Onyx visit the Great Birmingham Brass Fest

January 20th 2020 saw Onyx visit the Great Birmingham Brass Fest 2020 which was held at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and organised by our very own Amos Miller who is head of brass at the conservatoire. From performing two world premieres to appearing alongside horn playing superstar, Sarah Willis in one of her Horn Hangouts,…

A Day with the Guards

January 6th saw Onyx Brass spend a day working with the brass musicians of the Household Division at Wellington Barracks. Split up into informal discussions and some joint blowing, it gave us a great opportunity for us to get some rehearsal in for our joint concert at the Royal Military Chapel at the Barracks on…

Onyx returning to Cheddar to visit old friends

Our Year of Brass project is in full swing with Jackdaws and our next visit to Somerset sees us close to Cheddar, a favourite haunt of ours. What better idea than to pay a visit to Anne Higgs and her brass students at Kings of Wessex and Fairlands Schools. Therefore it gives us great pleasure…

Onyx to go to Somerset for “The Year of Brass”

We are pleased to announce that this February and March, we are teaming up with Jackdaws Music Education Trust to present a series of workshops for schools in Somerset as part of their The Year of… series. Begun in 2013, The Year of… series brings international musicians or ensembles to Somerset to work with children…