Our tour to Ireland is getting very close and rehearsals are going well. One of the highlights of the trip will be performing our new commission by Andrew Hamilton, slow phrases piece. We asked him for a few thoughts about it: “Often it takes months to find material that resonates but with this piece it came…
Brilliant…the quality of brass tone and clarity of technique was evident. The members of the quintet shared responsibility for educating and entertaining the audience in a witty and informative manner … delighted the audience.
The Barrie Examiner, Canada
During our time together as an ensemble we have had the very good fortune to meet a lot of amazing, lovely and talented people. Often their efforts and work goes unnoticed and unrewarded, whether by bad luck or design. In Cheddar, Somerset on the 6th February, Onyx led a workshop with young brass players from…
Tune in to Radio 3 tomorrow to hear us perform from our new CDs “Canite Tuba” and “Time to Time”. “Time to Time”, which The Guardian called “an eclectic ear-opener of a disc, virtuosically played”, was released by Meridian records and features music by Ives, Copland and Barber as well as new music by Stuart MacRae, Joe Duddell…
We’re pleased to announce the release of our début Christmas recording, “Canite Tuba”, or “Sound the Trumpet” from Resonus Classics, which features settings of well-loved English carols by Holst, tranquil motets from Monteverdi, Palestrina, Parsons and Schütz, and arrangements from some of the best Christmas works from across Europe, including Berlioz’s 1854 Oratorio “L’enfance du Christ”…
We can now confirm our tour of Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland this coming April. The tour will consist of 11 concerts in association with Moving on Music, and Music Network – both innovative organisations promoting and showcasing exciting music in their respective countries. As part of the tour, we’ve commissioned a new work for brass quintet by the exciting…
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