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

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