bas Belfast Music Society Brass X MAXWELL-DAVIS March to the Pole Star HOLBORNE Renaissance Suite PURCELL I was glad TALLIS Salvator Mundi REICH Music for Pieces of Wood MICHAEL BERKELEY Music from Chaucer BAX (arr.Miller) Palan CAMERON Circles de Feu RIDOUT Sark: Phantasy Quintet ARNOLD Quintet Saturday 3rd March 2001 7.30pm, Elmwood Hall, Belfast Tickets £10.00 Senior Citizen £8.00 Student / Unwaged £5.00 Details correct at time of going to press.

Onyx Brass Onyx Brass was formed in 1993 by five former National Youth Orchestra principals. Audiences and critics have been particularly appreciative of the warmth of the group's sound and their presentation of a wide range of music. The group's first CD, 'Trisagion', comprising exclusively world premiere recordings, (on Intim Musik IMCD 058), was released in 1998 to high critical acclaim: "A warm bonfires-and-Hovis-sound" (Evening Standard) "Superbly played... this CD is a must" (British Trombone Soc. Journal) Brian Thomson (trumpet) has freelanced with major orchestras and has been co- principal trumpet with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since October 1998. Niall Keatley (trumpet) studied at the City of Belfast School of Music and recently performed the Haydn concerto with the Ulster Orchestra. He received the Walter Todds bursary in the brass final of BBC Young Musicians and continues his studies at the Royal Academy of Music. Andrew Sutton (french horn) studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He is a member of the English Chamber Orchestra. Amos Miller (trombone) works with a variety of groups including the London Symphony and the English Chamber Orchestra. He is also guest principal trombone of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada in Spain. David Gordon Shute (tuba) studied at the Royal Academy of Music and now works regularly with leading UK orchestras as well as being a professional rowing coach. bos Belfast Music Society CITY COUN NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES NEMS OXO ARTS COUNCIL of Northern Ireland.