by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | May 30, 2025 | Song Spotlight
In 1963, the acclaimed producer Russ Titelman went to visit Brian Wilson at his office in a bank building on the southeast corner of Sunset and Vine in Los Angeles. Wilson told Titelman that he was working on a song called “Run, Run, Run.” That song eventually morphed...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Mar 11, 2025 | Song Spotlight
Did you ever see the musical “Sweet Charity” from 1966, with Gwen Verdon in the starring role and choreography by her husband, Bob Fosse? The show was written with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon. The musical features the songs...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jan 28, 2025 | Musings
Oscar Hammerstein II, the godfather of American musical theater, transformed the Broadway musical with his partner, Richard Rodgers. Sondheim considered Hammerstein a mentor and major influence in his work. One of my favorite stories in the history of American...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jan 14, 2025 | Musings
The very first Sounds Good Choir concerts, in the spring and summer of 2016, were short, six-week pilots with five songs each. I’m still amazed at how much music our pioneering Sounds Good singers learned in a such a brief time period. I had picked those programs...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Nov 5, 2024 | Musings
American politics has been a tough business for a long time—ever since George Washington decided not to run for a third term, creating a battle between Vice President John Adams (who won) and Thomas Jefferson in 1796. Music has helped make and break political...
