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...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Mar 20, 2024 | Song Spotlight
This traditional American folk song, arranged by Aaron Copland and Irving Fine, has a rich history spanning the Atlantic Ocean, given a new sort of life by some of the 20th century’s most accomplished, classically trained musicians—Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland....
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Mar 19, 2024 | Musings
A little bit, more often, is better than a whole lot, all at once. If you’ve ever gardened, you know that the least exciting work—but in some ways the most important—is to stay on top of those weeds. When Sandy and I are trying to get the butternut squash to “take” in...
