ONYXBRASS

Wherever their recital work takes the ensemble, a commitment to schools goes with them. A typical day sees the group giving a number of short schools concerts or workshops, followed by an evening recital. Onyx has a themed workshop day called A Sporting Chance. This is based on a piece written for the group by Bob Chilcott and involves a schools choir working with Onyx for the day. Each movement of the piece describes a different sporting discipline, including sprinting trumpets, a soccer rap and an ice skating trombone! Along with them an optional set of dancers and actors from the school may participate. The whole day is then directed by an highly experienced animateur and will include a performance to parents at the end of the day. This highly successful project began in 2000 in conjunction with Making Music (formerly National Federation of Music Societies) and toured over the U.K.

After gaining sponsorship from ING Barings, Onyx repeated the project to great acclaim in schools within the London Borough of Hackney. 

For details on the contents of an Onyx educational visit please contact us.

"You were so cool you played weaked (sic) tunes. I wish we can do another concert"