by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Sep 12, 2024 | Song Spotlight
Now this is a fun tune! Give “African Noel” a listen, and you can hear why Linda and I wanted to program it—the piece is catchy and has great momentum. Its arranger, Victor Johnson, is one of the most prolific and accomplished arrangers working today. He...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Aug 13, 2024 | Song Spotlight
In Spain and Latin America, Christmas is not nearly as important as Epiphany, or Los Tres Reyes, the holiday of Three Kings Day. Los Tres Reyes falls on January 6 and is the big day of gifts for children in Hispanic cultures. If you count the twelve days of Christmas,...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 24, 2024 | Song Spotlight
If you’ve ever wanted to sing this song, now’s your chance. We’re singing a version for choir this summer based on the No. 1 hit by Marvin Gaye. His cover version topped the charts starting on December 14, 1968. Mark Brymer, one of the top arrangers of pop working...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | May 6, 2024 | Song Spotlight
It’s always interesting to hear a rather different version of a song that you feel like you know inside out… well, make that many different versions! Let me take you on a musical tour of many decades, with this hit song as our vehicle, “Walkin’ My Baby...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Apr 2, 2024 | Musings
There is a wonderful world of funny things that happen during rehearsal. Most of the time, they are just a natural outgrowth of the camaraderie and relationship that any conductor has with singers. Recently, for example, at a Gold Coast rehearsal that I led, we were...
