"Fragile things" for clarinet quintet

"Fragile things" was premiered at the von Kuster Hall at University of Western Ontario, March 30 2022. Paul Baek, violin I Jillian Yang, violin II Rachel Miner, viola Ethan Allers, cello Joel Robertson, clarinet This piece is about the small but precious things that make part of our lives. It is about shared moments that may seem uneventful in our busy days, but they grow in our memories with time to become fond pictures in our minds. Like silly moments with friends that make you laugh alone in the bus when you remember them, or hugging your parents in the morning; or even things you thought you hated in the moment they happened, like arguments with your friends and siblings. Things you did not know you cherished until they resurface in your thoughts when you are alone. Now, they are only these fragile things in an evanescent shape, their edges wafted away by time and a failing memory.