Coming up this May we have a busy little period of ten days. First of all there are four opportunities to see Onyx in concert. 10th May 1pm Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BA Programme to include music from Fanfares and Fugues. FREE 12th May 730pm Mayfield Festival, St Dunstans Church, Mayfield TN20 6AB Its…
Recordings
Onyx Brass to launch Onyx Noir at the Vortex
We are so excited to announce that our NMC Recordings jazz project, Onyx Noir, will be launching at The Vortex Jazz Club, London on June 5th. Almost ten years in the planning, commissioning, recording and editing, come 8pm, we will present it to the world. The disc contains twelve new compositions all commissioned by ourselves…
Official Trailer for Fanfares by Chandos Records with John Wilson
Fanfares Available from 2nd March
We have two recording releases in 2018 to celebrate our 25th Birthday, and we are pleased to announce that the first one, Fanfares, is available from early March. Recorded by Chandos in April 2017, this ground breaking recording brings together fanfares from 20th Century British composers which have never been recorded before, and includes many…
Jazz Project Recording
Tuesday 6th June, is a big day in the Onyx calendar for this year as we start recording the twelve pieces that compose our jazz project. Recorded by NMC Records, and made possible by the contribution of an Open Award from the PRS Foundation, its something that has recently been a labour of love for…
Fanfares Recording Project
April 6th and 7th sees the first of our two studio projects for 2017. Fanfares is a recording that will bring together 14 British Composers of the 20th Century, 46 different fanfares, John Wilson, Onyx Brass and a few friends. Including many premiere recordings we have been reconstructing a lot from manuscripts that we’ve found…
Onyx to record The Madness Industry
We are pleased to announce next month we will be recording one of our recent commissions for NMC Recordings. Composed by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, The Madness Industry was for written in 2012 for our tour for Music in the Round. Using conventional and some not so conventional techniques (cardboard flaps!) it was a piece that quickly became…