by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 13, 2018 | Singer Profile
It is gratifying when singers come up to me spontaneously after rehearsal with bright eyes and say, “I love this music!” This happened many times in past Encore sessions, and it’s happening again now. This is true whether I picked the music on my own (as for the first...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 5, 2018 | Singer Profile
It’s the beginning of October. We’ve now held five rehearsals of the Good Memories choir. As many of you know, Good Memories is our new choral program for people with early-stage memory loss and their care partners, singing together in a choir along with a remarkable...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
We’re happy to announce our May 2018 edition. Click here to read: May 2018 Newsletter Special thanks to Ruth Trailer, our newsletter editor. Happy reading.
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Apr 12, 2018 | Singer Profile
“What we hear from people who have been diagnosed with dementia is this: ‘other people stop looking us in the eye; they stop calling us by name; they cease physical contact; and they stop expecting anything from us’.” These were the words of Mary Lenard, co-director...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Apr 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
How time flies! Today is the 2nd anniversary of the very first rehearsal for Encore Illinois. It was at the Merion in Evanston (pictured here). Many of you were there that day. Hyde Park’s first rehearsal took place the very next day. We held two 6-week pilots...
