The Scottish Clarinet Quartet (SCQ) consists of four prize-winning musicians who met whilst students at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Over the past five years, the group has enjoyed acclaim and success as Scotland’s foremost clarinet quartet, performing at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Edinburgh's Sonic Fusion Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Glasgow’s West End Festival, and venues across the UK from Cambridge to Campbeltown.
SCQ's principal goal is to communicate the players' own enjoyment and excitement to their audiences, inspiring and entertaining in equal measure. The versatility of the clarinet and the virtuosity of the players enable them to present a fascinating range of material, making for unforgettable concerts. SCQ also has a strong focus on commissioning and performing new music, whilst exploring the kaleidoscopic soundworld offered by the extended clarinet family.
Composers commissioned include Stephen Davismoon, David Fennessy, Sadie Harrison, Anna Meredith , Matthew Rogers, Oliver Searle and Marc Yeats .
Brilliant entertainment of serious quality
Senay Boztas, Sunday Times
...this RSAMD-bred chamber group is making its mark as much through the vision of its commissioning as with the singularity of its line-up and the virtuosity of the playing.
The Herald