Onyx are Number 1 in the charts!
Onyx Brass are currently sitting top of the UK Classical Chart with their Hyperion records album ‘Coronation Te Deum’. Joining forces with The Choir of Westminster Abbey under the baton of James O’Donnell in a spectacular celebration of the music of Hubert Parry, the critically acclaimed album made it’s UK Classical Chart debut at number…
On an Overgrown Path CD
For the first time in the recorded output of Onyx Brass we have undertaken the challenge of a disc of Romantic music. By definition, a large section of the repertoire for brass quintet consists of arrangements of music originally written for other instruments, as this particular combination of instruments as chamber ensemble has only been…
Amos Miller interview – On an Overgrown Path
Amos Miller interviewed for Tour de Brass!
As the Tour de Brass! has drawn to close, the PRSF for Music Foundation interviewed Onyx Brass trombonist Amos Miller for their M-Magazine. Read the full interview here. Our favourite bit? Right at the end, when he says: …whenever we play, people are surprised at how flexible the group and its sound can be. We…
Tour de Brass! in the North West
On September 7th, we visited Liverpool and Chester for the latest mini-tour of our big project of 2014. With the help of the Granada Foundation (and all our supporters), we were able to perform at Sefton Park in Liverpool (part of the Liverpool International Music Festival), Victoria Park in Widnes, and finally at the water’s…
Tour de Brass! at the Commonwealth Games
Since March, when we kicked off our Tour de Brass! by giving the world première of David Sawer’s Bronze and Iron on the steps of the Royal Concert Halls in Glasgow, Onyx has been having a fantastic time reaching new audiences and thrilling our fans by taking our music out of the concert hall and into community spaces. Our tour of…