Shard (2013)
for clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano

Duration: ca. 30"
Instrumentation: chamber quintet (clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano)

Written for Ensemble Aleph's 30th Anniversary Birthday Celebration Concert
Premieres: Paris, France, June, 2013.
Publisher: Bill Holab Music



Program Notes


Shard was written in honor of Ensemble Aleph's thirtieth anniversary. The ensemble asked composers they have worked with in the past to write pieces up to thirty-seconds in length, to be premiered during their thirtieth anniversary birthday celebration concert in Paris. I very much enjoyed working with the ensemble as one of the composers chosen for their Annual International Composer's Forum, so I was happy to oblige.


– Robert Paterson