Amos has been asked for his ten favourite tracks for isolation by the Birmingham Royal Ballet. What do think? Do you agree? Any surprises? Have a listen over on Spotify and for some more background to his choices, go and visit the BRB website.
As all of us currently have no performing work due to the covid-19 restrictions, we have been looking at other ways of getting that fix and its fair to say Alan, more than the others has succeeded in this and over the course of the last month has become what one might describe as a…
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,…
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…
We are in the process of shooting and uploading a new series of pure and simple videos with a single camera and no editing. One Minute of… will be shot during rehearsals for performances. Our first is a clip of the sublime Bach Chorale Prelude, Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland. Over the coming months more will appear as we tour the country. Also the sheet music and full audio recordings will all be available to stream, purchase and download.
It’s always a good day when you get a recording review in Gramophone and we have had one or two over twenty five years. However imagine our joy to find out that in the June issue we have reviews for Fanfares and Onyx Noir. The Chandos Fanfares with John Wilson is described as a “superb…
