by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Feb 11, 2026 | Music, Composers & Musicians
Sandy and I had the exquisite pleasure of going to the Art Institute with some friends on the evening of Groundhog Day, for a performance by the period-instrument baroque chamber ensemble known as Apollo’s Fire. I had heard about this group for many years, since...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jan 13, 2026 | Musings
Sometimes, when you get together with an old friend, it’s pure joy. You find yourself easing right into conversation, as if you never missed a step, even if it’s been 40 years since you sat down together. This happened to me in 2021, when I went to the Big Apple to...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Nov 25, 2025 | Musings
I know. We work magic. We make your whole day worthwhile. We light up the room. We have you leave rehearsal with a spring in your step. We cause you to forget your troubles and float on clouds of inspiration. We fill your souls with good things. Well, that’s on a...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Nov 18, 2025 | Song Spotlight
By the time you finish reading this post, you will have listened to my piece Jingle Bells Hallelujah. My purpose in writing this blogpost is to flesh out for you some of the background that appears very briefly in the printed score for this piece. You are a curious...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Nov 4, 2025 | Musings
A few months ago Margaret Huyck, a Sounds Good singer and a family friend for 50 years, asked if I would come and lead a sing-along of “golden oldies and protest songs” at a Chicago Hyde Park Village CHPV) gathering; (Margaret is also one of the co-founders...
