We received a wonderful email from Judith Hunt, writing on behalf of the West Wight’s Arts Association – she’s kindly agreed to let us put it up here. Onyx set the West Wight alight last night, they were absolutely tremendous and gave an enormous amount of pleasure. We had a packed house and everyone went…
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…
A Very Onyx Christmas
There’s a lot of brass music around at Christmas, but we think no-one does it quite so classily as Onyx. Last Friday they played live on Radio 3 with the BBC Singers and their conductor Ben Parry. The concert of Christmas music old and new, including a couple of solo items from Onyx themselves, is…
BBC Radio 3 LIVE broadcast
Onyx is performing tonight with the BBC Singers, organist Richard Hills, and members of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, in a gala Christmas concert at St Paul’s Church in Knightsbridge, conducted by Ben Parry. Tune in to BBC Radio 3 to hear a LIVE broadcast of the concert tonight at 7.30pm, 90-93FM. We’ll…
Onyx gets new support from Granada Foundation
We’re delighted to have received a good chunk of money towards Tour de Brass! from the Granada Foundation. This money will specifically support a tour of bandstands in the Northwest region (Cheshire, Merseyside, etc), including performances of our new commission from David Sawer. Thanks so much to the good people there who backed our application. Speaking…
One of the most engaging concerts I have attended in some time. Their obvious enthusiasm for the repertoire was infectious. I’ve never heard contemporary music sound so accessible. The audience loved it.
Tom Lewis, EMI Classics
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