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,…
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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 back in Blighty
Onyx Brass is back in Blighty after visiting the Bermuda Festival where, as well as giving a recital, we led two workshops – one for advanced students and one for all-comers. Players from each group even joined us in a few pieces in the evening concert. Bermuda’s Royal Gazette has a lovely review of the…
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…
Back to the Isle of Wight
Our January visit to Freshwater on the Isle of Wight had so many reasons to be special and even the breakdown of Dave’s car failed to dampen the spirits. First of all the weather was stunning. The ferry crossing showed the whole area in what can only be described as perfect conditions, the water was…
Tour de Brass! wins support from The Radcliffe Trust
We got a letter in the post today from the wonderful people at the Radcliffe Trust. Much better than most Christmas post, this one was to tell us that they have decided to award us a whopping £5,000 towards the Tour de Brass! This is great news, that will mean even more performances of our…