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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Vibrato

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Vibrato

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 14, 2025 | Music, Composers & Musicians

Let me be very clear: For most of my life, I have not liked vibrato. It’s even safe to say that from age 9 to almost age 60, I have been afraid of the whole idea of vibrato. I didn’t like using it, I didn’t like listening to it and I was mostly just down on it. Below...
When the Clouds Lift:  The Genesis of “Here Comes the Sun”

When the Clouds Lift:  The Genesis of “Here Comes the Sun”

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jul 20, 2025 | Song Spotlight

George Harrison and Eric Clapton Rock history is full of great stories about the ways in which iconic tunes came into being. One of my favorites is the tale of George Harrison’s writing “Here Comes the Sun,” a favorite of our singers in the Summer Rocks 2025 session....
You’ve Got Many Friends (Just Like Carole King)

You’ve Got Many Friends (Just Like Carole King)

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jul 20, 2025 | Musings

There are stories of pieces of music just coming to the composer or songwriter as if it’s an immediate download. There is a sense of not even thinking, not exerting with effort, but rather of being the receiver of the music. As a composer myself, I’ve had that...
The Guy Who Wrote “Aquarius” and “Let the Sunshine In” – who was he?

The Guy Who Wrote “Aquarius” and “Let the Sunshine In” – who was he?

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jul 7, 2025 | Music, Composers & Musicians

If you used your powers of visualization to imagine the personality, look, and temperament of the person who wrote all of the music for the 1968 counter-cultural Broadway smash “Hair,” what sort of person would you see in your mind’s eye? Take a moment and try to do...
Things My Apple Watch Gets Completely Wrong

Things My Apple Watch Gets Completely Wrong

by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 6, 2025 | Musings

Let me be clear. I mostly love my Apple Watch. It came to me as a complete surprise gift. Back in May, Sandy and I finally took the step of getting rid of both cable and our landline, because we finally got tired enough (of paying Comcast through the nose) to do...
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  • When I’m Almost 64 – I’m Really An Older Adult Now
  • Guess Who’s Singing Beside You? Laughs and Loud Fouls with a Legal Eagle
  • Happy Anniversary
  • Song Spotlight: Fly Me to the Moon
  • Guess Who’s Singing Beside You Cathy Eisen: Author, Attorney, Alto & Word Nerd

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Sounds Good Choir is a fun, welcoming community where older adults enhance their well-being through the joy of music.

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1111 Warren Ave., Ste. 2C
Downers Grove, IL 60515 USA
(630) 395-9542
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