You Created a Song (Practice Tracks)

Download audio practice tracks for Timothy C. Takach’s “You Created a Song” for SATB, opt. audience, and piano.

Includes full access for 1-50 singers. These tracks are sold in batches of 50, so please round up the number of singers in your group to the nearest multiple of 50. Example: 42 singers = Qty. of 50 in your cart.

About the tracks:

• These rehearsal tracks are designed for the benefit of distant / isolated singing in your personal spaces, and to encourage independent learning. These audio tracks work best with earphones / headphones on.
• The tracks are professionally mixed so singers are ensured high quality audio recordings to support their learning!

Important licensing & purchasing terms: The purchase of this resource allows your choral organization to distribute it to your singers and staff for their own learning at any time, but not to be duplicated, edited in any way, and/or shared beyond the organization.

Timothy C. Takach’s “You Created a Song” is a radiant, uplifting anthem that celebrates the people who make our world brighter. Using the act of making music as a metaphor for human kindness and connection, this piece reminds singers and listeners alike that each of us has the power to be “an instrument of joy.”
Jodi Hills’ heartfelt text begins with quiet gratitude—“I never thought it would be you who changed my life”—and blossoms into a musical affirmation of the ways we touch each other’s lives. Takach sets these words with graceful repetition, lyrical lines, and accessible part writing that make the piece a joy to learn and perform. Developing choirs will find opportunities to build vocal independence, ensemble awareness, and expressive phrasing, while the audience will be drawn in by its warmth and sincerity.

Two optional endings invite participation from the audience, turning performance into shared celebration—a true reflection of the piece’s message: when we lift our voices together, we create a song.