Take What You Need

Take What You Need is more than just a piece of music. It is a warm, safe, equitable space, where musicians and community can connect with one another, where stories can come forward, and where the foundations of a relationship can be built and nurtured. Bring Take What You Need to your community. Discover your story. Of the many performances of Take What You Need, very few of them have been in traditional concert halls. Most performances have taken place in jails, homeless shelters, support groups, schools, memorial services, places of worship -- in places where people can gather to see and honor the humanity in one another. Take What You Need was first written for Urban Voices Project, a choir made up of people who are experiencing or have recently experienced homelessness i so many of whom have trusted this piece with their own stories of loss and redemption. But this piece is also meant to be a resource for musicians and communities to come together and build the lasting relationships that plant seeds for social change. Take What You Need is available under Creative Commons, and scores/parts for many different arrangements of the work are available for free. Please visit https://www.reenaesmail.com/ catalog-item/take-what-you-need/ for a complete list of available versions.