by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jul 21, 2026 | Music, Composers & Musicians
Elizabeth posed a question to me recently that I haven’t been able to let go of: what did each of the four Beatles bring to the phenomenon we call The Beatles? Not “who was the best,” but a deeper question: what particular ingredient did each of them supply, such that...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jul 7, 2026 | Music, Composers & Musicians
On August 22, 1969, two days after mixing and editing of the last track on “Abbey Road” — what be be their last time in the studio together — the Beatles showed up at Tittenhurst Park, John’s new house in Ascot, for what turned out to be the last set of...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 5, 2026 | Musings
It was bound to happen. I just didn’t think it would be today. Or this year. Or this decade. This morning, at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, as Sandy and I were going through security on the way home from vacation, the friendly and patient young woman from...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Apr 28, 2026 | Musings
On a Tuesday morning, April 12, 2016, about 35 eager and enthusiastic singers showed up in the crystal ballroom of the Merion in downtown Evanston for something that none of us had ever done before: a non-auditioned daytime choir designed for older adults, with...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Apr 14, 2026 | Song Spotlight
Writing about this song is great fun. This song has a history with Sounds Good Choir, which will be performing it at our tenth anniversary concerts in May 2026. I’m going to tell you three big things about “Fly Me to the Moon”: how and when it was first written and...
