March 22nd & 23rd March has us visiting the Alma Mater of many of us in Onyx, the Royal Academy of Music, where we will be spending 2 days working with the students side by side in preparation for a concert on 23rd. The evening will include the Strauss Motets from Festmusik and Tim Jackson’s…
In under 2 weeks, one of the highlights of our 30th year is to take place at St. Bride’s Church London with the premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new work, Onyx 30. A co-commission with JAM, it will form part of their 2023 Music of Our Time series. The annual concert that features new music for…
For Onyx, it is a very happy new year indeed. We are thirty years old and have decided to celebrate. As a birthday present to ourselves, we have commissioned some fabulous new music for brass. The year starts with us recording these for the NMC label and then our concerts will feature them as the…
Tuesday December 13th sees Onyx visit the Cambridgeshire arts venue of Stapleford Granary to present a concert of our favourite classics, interwoven with new works by Emily Hall and a seasonal flavour to round the evening off. Add in the the candlelit atmosphere, the performance promises something for almost everyone. Situated just five miles from…
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…
November 5th sees Onyx join forces with the Exeter Philharmonic Choir to present a evening of works featuring the forces of brass, percussion, organ, and choir. The concert in Exeter Cathedral was originally planned as a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, but now as a thanksgiving for her long and glorious reign. It…
