You're the Voice: Choral Octavo

The piece carries the energy of accessible, modern songwriting. Singers engage with familiar material in a choral setting, creating an approachable performance that still invites careful musical attention.

Mixed choirs looking for contemporary material that connects with singers and audiences alike. This works equally well for community ensembles, high school choirs, and college non-majors programs seeking secular repertoire.

• Balance the melody line so it sits clearly above the supporting voices without requiring soloists to oversing.
• Pay attention to vowel consistency across all four voice parts, especially in sustained passages where blend matters most.
• Use the natural phrasing of the text to shape your dynamics; let the lyrics guide where the music breathes.

This sits naturally on a mixed concert program, offering a palate cleanser between classical and contemporary works. It also pairs well with other secular octavos for themed programs celebrating popular or modern music.

• Balancing melody with harmonic support
• Maintaining vowel consistency across four-part writing
• Shaping phrases through text expression
• Blending in a mixed choir setting