If Forever Were Enough

"I heard your voice in the wind today and I turned to see your face. The warmth of the wind caressed me as I stood silently in place. I felt your touch in the sun today as its warmth filled the sky. I closed my eyes for your embrace and my spirit soared high. I saw your eyes in the windowpane as I watched the falling rain. It seemed as each raindrop fell it quietly said your name. I held you close in my heart today it made me feel complete. You may have died.... but you are not gone you will always be a part of me." -Unknown "If Forever Were Enough" is an elegy on the loss of a father. Written with accessibility in mind, Fonzi's writing features a piano soloist with band accompaniment and offers a haunting, heart-wrenching meditation on love, loss and overcoming grief. Young ensembles and audiences alike will find it difficult to perform this piece with dry eyes, and it serves as a powerful way to connect students to the depth and majesty that music can bring within our souls.