16th July 2025 sees the release of NMC Recordings’ live recording of Holocene, our New Music Biennial 2025 collaboration with Ailís Ní Ríain. Recorded live at Bradford Cathedral, Ní Ríain describes it as ‘an evocative and unconventional work for professional brass quintet, community brass and bowed cymbals, weaving raw and intricate soundscapes that push the…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Onyx Brass made another lively appearance last Thursday on In Tune, BBC Radio 3′s drivetime show with Sean Rafferty. The quintet were promoting their gala performance at the Southbank Centre, which is this coming Thursday at 7.45pm. Tickets are still available here. They performed live in the studio with baritone Mark Stone – check it out here!…
