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Sheila’s Reflection

Sheila’s Reflection

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jul 13, 2017 | Musings

Sheila Haennicke is a social worker in the Alzheimer’s field and a college classmate of our artistic director, Jonathan Miller. Sheila’s mother has Alzheimer’s disease, and her dad, Bob Black, sings with Encore in Arlington Heights. Sheila wrote this...
Singer Profile: Sue Schoenberg

Singer Profile: Sue Schoenberg

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 29, 2017 | Singer Profile

When did you first sing in a choir, and what got you started? Age 11, Somerset County (N.J.) Music Festival, Elementary School Chorus, loved making harmony. List three adjectives that describe the way singing makes you feel. Peaceful, joyful, sad In what ways do you...
Singer Profile: Jan Harnish

Singer Profile: Jan Harnish

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 29, 2017 | Singer Profile

When did you first sing in a choir, and what got you started? If Encore is your first choir, what recently drew you in? Sang in choir in concert choir and swing choir in high school. List three adjectives that describe the way singing makes you feel. Happy,...

Sandy’s Thoughts: Starting the Summer

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 6, 2017 | Musings

As Jonathan and I prepare to begin our summer sessions of Encore “Rocks”, and look ahead at both the challenge and excitement of creating the musical experience, it’s easy to get caught up in the details: do we need to make a seating chart, now that...

Encore Rocks! Featured in “The Doings” (Hinsdale)

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | May 28, 2017 | Singer Profile

Encore Rocks is featured in the Doings in Hinsdale this week. It’s online now and will appear in print shortly. Here’s the link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/lifestyles/ct-dhd-column-clarkson-tl-0601-20170524-column.html It was a treat to...
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  • Get Your Kicks On: Road-Tripping with Sounds Good Choir
  • Creating a Choir: It Takes a Village… and a CAB!
  • Music Matters Because the People Making It Matter
  • Q & A with Dr. Treasyri Williams Wood: Brain-Health Inequity on Chicago’s South Side

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