Garrop composed Silver Dagger as a piano trio for The Lincoln Trio in 2009 and her setting of two variations of the folk tune has become a popular program piece since. Garrop has now transcribed the work to include a Bb clarinet in lieu of violin. OnYouTube, The Lincoln Trio discusses the open-palm-strike on the piano strings which opens Silver Dagger in a dark, mysterious tone. Listen to Garrop as she describes her compositional process in a video presentation from NewMusicBox