For You I Live: SATB Choral Octavo

A quiet affirmation with warm harmonic underpinnings and a sense of intimate conviction. The piece invites singers into close listening and careful ensemble work, rewarding that attention with moments of genuine beauty.

High school and collegiate choirs looking for sacred music with contemporary harmonic language and accessible ranges. Works equally well for festival programming, service music, or concert repertoire.

• Balance the soprano line against the harmonic foundation in the lower voices; the piece lives in the dialogue between them rather than in any single part.
• Explore the text coloring carefully, particularly how Reynolds sets repeated phrases. Each recurrence invites subtle shifts in vowel shape and dynamic that reveal the emotional arc.
• Work the inner voices as independent musical lines, not filler. Alto and tenor writing here has contour and character that younger singers often miss on a first read.

Pair this with a more extroverted opening number to build a concert arc that honors stillness. It also serves beautifully as a closing piece that leaves the room thoughtful rather than energized.

• Part independence within a homophonic texture
• Sustained tone production and legit singing in the middle register
• Text declamation and emotional subtext in lyrical repertoire
• Listening across four independent lines to balance vertical sonority