The Silver Keys is a dynamic multi-national clarinet quartet based in Scotland. The four original members met in 2018 when they were all students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tutelage of John Cushing. Building on the variety of their individual backgrounds (Scottish-American, English, Lithuanian, and Polish), the Silver Keys are passionate about exploring the rich traditions of music from all over the world and sharing its transformative power with all kinds of audiences in all kinds of settings. They were a recipient of the Scotland on Tour 2022-2023 Fund from which they got to perform in further afield places such as Skye and Portmahomack. The Silver Keys is represented by Classical Musicians Scotland and are proud to be on the Live Music Now Scotland scheme for emerging artists.
Based in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Popular Music:
Anderson, Leroy arr. Ivan Marini – Sleigh Ride
Blake, Howard arr. Emily Gray – Walking in the Air from “The Snowman”
McCartney, Paul and Lennon, John arr. Genessa West – When I’m 64
Menken, Alan arr. K. Agioritis – Under the Sea from “The Little Mermaid”
Newman, Randy arr. Doug Clyde – You’ve Got a Friend in Me from “Toy Story”
Scottish Folk Song arr. K Agioritis – Loch Lomond
Williams, John arr. G. Muolo – Cantina Band from “Star Wars”
Classical:
Bernstein, arr. John Romano – Overture to Candide
Bizet, Georges arr. Marco A. Mazzini – Aragonaise from the Suite “Carmen”
Brahms, Johannes arr. Marco Mazzini – Hungarian Dance no. 5
Delibes, Léo arr. K. Koda – Flower Duet from “Lakme”
Gershwin, George arr. Ioan Dobrinescu – Rhapsody in Blue
Holst, Gustav arr. Ken Abeling – Second Suite for Military Band in F Op. 28/b
Joplin, Scott arr. Ioan Dobrinescu – The Easy Winners
Piazzolla, Astor – Oblivion
Strauss, Johann and Josef arr. Dieter Hotz – Pizzicato Polka
Vivaldi, arr. Marco Mazzini – La Primavera
Contemporary classical:
Connesson, Guillaume – Prélude et Funk
Hawker, Ollie – The City Where No-One Reads Books (commissioned piece – premiered September 2023)
Ishige, Rika – Ventus for Clarinet Trio
Likhuta, Catherine – Special Someone
Uhl, Alfred – Divertimento
Volante, Ilio – Herald
Folk Music from around the world:
Albéniz, Isaac arr. Sjoerd van der Veen – Tango from España
Bartók, Béla arr. Marco Mazzini – Romanian Folk Dances
Cobb, George arr. A. Bates – Russian Rag
Griffin, Fran – Once there were birds
Dimitrescu, Constantin arr. Ioan Dobrinescu – Peasant’s Dance
Fernic, Ionel arr. Ioan Dobrinescu – I Love the Woman Tango
Lara, Benjamin arr. Ioan Dobrinescu – Zaraza
Moszkowski, Moritz – Krakowiak Op. 55 No. 4
Scārlātescu, Ion arr. Ioan Dobrinescu – Bagatella
We need a performance space of roughly 2 meters x 3 meters