Something Just Like This (arr. Hans Reintjes): SSAA Choral Octavo

This arrangement gives your singers access to a song they already know and love, which dramatically shortens the learning curve while maintaining their enthusiasm. Hans Reintjes captures the emotional arc of the original with writing that sits comfortably in SSA/SSAA ranges, allowing strong vocal tone to shine rather than demanding technical gymnastics.

Yearning and intimate, with the kind of emotional directness that contemporary pop does well. The arrangement allows soaring moments without losing the song's core quality: a conversation between voices about finding belonging.

Any choir looking to program contemporary music that students actively want to sing. This works equally well for advanced high school choirs, college ensembles, and community groups seeking repertoire that bridges classical training with pop sensibility.

• Keep the opening phrases conversational and intimate rather than driving hard; the arrangement likely begins with restraint, so honor that restraint and build from there.
• Pay attention to your alto line's movement beneath the soprano melody. This arrangement will demand precision in your altos to prevent them from drifting into the soprano line.
• Let dynamics follow the emotional shape of the lyrics rather than forcing sudden shifts. "Something just like this" works best when vulnerability builds gradually into affirmation.

Pair this with other contemporary arrangements to signal your ensemble's range to audiences who might assume "choir" means exclusively classical. It also works beautifully as a closer for a spring concert or as part of a program exploring how popular music translates to choral settings.

• Singing contemporary songwriting with control and expression
• Maintaining independence within SSAA voicing while preserving blend
• Connecting emotionally to non-classical lyrical content
• Tuning chord extensions and suspended harmonies common in pop production