Maybe It's Time (arr. Dom Stichbury): SAB Choral Octavo

Dom Stichbury's arrangement captures the intimate vulnerability of this song while making it work beautifully for SAB voices. The reduced voicing preserves the emotional core without requiring extreme range demands, making it accessible for choirs of varying experience levels. This is the kind of contemporary pop arrangement that actually sounds good in a concert setting rather than feeling like a novelty.

A moment of honest reflection set to music. The arrangement creates intimate space despite having three vocal lines, with harmonies that feel supportive rather than ornamental. There's a directness to the writing that invites singers to connect emotionally with the text.

Choirs seeking contemporary material that doesn't condescend to the ensemble or audience. This works equally well for high school choirs building confidence with pop arrangements and adult community choirs looking to expand their repertoire beyond traditional standards.

• Keep the opening phrases conversational and understated; resist the urge to oversell the vulnerability that's already written into the melody.
• Balance the texture in the sustained moments by having altos and sopranos listen closely to each other's entrances rather than singing mechanically to the beat.
• Let the arrangement breathe during key transitions; small strategic pauses can amplify the emotional weight more effectively than pushing through.
• The recorded accompaniment can anchor your tempo, but record a rehearsal version to identify spots where your singers need more space to find their vocal quality.

Position this in a concert program where it can anchor a set of contemporary pieces, or pair it with other emotional introspective songs to create a thematic arc. The five-page length makes it a strong opener or closer, depending on what precedes or follows it in your arc.

• Balancing parallel voice lines with independent melodic contours
• Sustaining emotional consistency across repeated harmonic patterns
• Adjusting vocal blend in contemporary pop harmony (major and minor chord extensions)
• Following a recorded accompaniment while maintaining ensemble cohesion in SAB spacing