A great day was had by all in Bradford on 7th July for our World Premiere performance of Ailís Ní Ríain’s Holocene alongside the formidable Hammonds Band. The piece formed part of the wider New Music Biennial Weekender, allowing audiences a chance to see all twenty commissions that are part of this years New Music…
It’s almost upon us, Saturday 7th June at 430pm sees the world premiere of Holocene, Ailís Ní Ríain’s new work for Brass, at Bradford Cathedral. Alongside The Hammonds Band, we will perform the piece as well as record it for future use by BBC Radio 3. The performance forms part of the Bradford 2025 UK…
Good to get underway with rehearsals for our New Music Biennial project, Holocene, this week with the composer, Ailís Ní Ríain in attendance. Performing alongside a brass band, and 4 cymbals the piece promises to be an assault on the senses, using many forms of advanced technique including harmon and plunger mute for the horn.…
Great to see the Brass website 4BarsRest write an article about our NMB2025 commission, Holocene by Ailís Ní Ríain. Featuring Hammonds Band in Bradford and Amersham Band in our London Performances, follow this link to read the full article
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…
