Today (18th Feb) we are pleased to announce that alongside Irish composer and writer, Ailís Ní Ríain, we have been chosen to appear in the New Music Biennial Celebrations of 2025. The free, ticketed festival will take place on 6-8 June in Bradford as part of their 2025 UK City of Culture, and 4-6 July…
March 9th 2025 will see the quintet along with Katherine Arnold, present a concert of the major pieces of brass music composed by Malcolm Arnold. Headlining will be the Symphony for Brass Instruments. Written for 10 players it is major work lasting around 25 minutes, and will be the first time that Onyx Brass will…
It was great to welcome in the New Year with the recording of some more new music this January. We are so privileged as a group that many composers write and send music to us for performance and recording so in a window in everybody’s tight schedules, we managed to arrange a day to commit…
As part of the celebration and launch of our latest recording in 2025, we are pleased to announce that the group will be making its debut at the Aldeburgh Festival. Central to our visit to Snape Maltings on the 29th June, will be the performance of two neglected works by Benjamin Britten that are on…
At the end of last week, we spent the two days being looked after by the Royal College of Music for our third collaboration with conductor, John Wilson, and fourth with Chandos Records . Our new recording will have music for quintet to large brass ensemble with piano and will contain a mixture of British…
Take a look at this fantastic short film about the life and roles a trumpeter in the Royal Air Force staring our very own Alan Thomas. Some great little nuggets of information about the similarities and differences between bugles and trumpets and the fanfares that make up the repertoire for the heralding instrument. Especially poignant…
Last week saw Amos in conversation about 30 years of Onyx Brass with our good friends over at Presto Music. He gives a fantastic insight into the ins and outs of forming, cultivating and surviving as a chamber group over the course of three decades. A must listen for all but especially those interested in…
