For Wind Ensemble

Charles Edward Tetreault was born on December 8th, 2001. Over 22 years later, he decided to hike a trail at Sunrise in Mt. Rainier Park on September 16, 2024. Tragically, he went missing and was found on September 26th after a fatal fall. At his untimely death, he was a Clarinet Music Performance Major and an Instrumental Music Education Major at Central Washington University.

Central Washington University is known for a few things but mainly the intense winds that plague the area year round. When the news broke that Charles had passed it was noticeably the only day in a few months that there was no wind.

The latter half of the piece contains fragments of “Peace I Leave with You” by Barbara Bridge as this was the song Charles’ mother had requested to be sung at his vigil. I wrote this piece as both a way to process my grief over losing a friend and as a memorial to him.