2025 Spring Session Rehearsal & Concert Schedule
Broadway’s most iconic musicals inspired the repertoire for the 2025 Spring Session of Sounds Good Choir. Join one of our nine choirs and over the course of 15 weeks, you’ll learn, rehearse, and then perform some of the best choral music ever written for the stage. You’ll also discover and enjoy the warm and supportive Sounds Good community of other adults 55 “and better” who love to have fun and sing. And you can sing as much as you’d like each week: Attend your home choir rehearsal and any/all of our other choir locations, use the online practice tracks, and/or join the optional online Friday rehearsal. Learn More
Choose the right choir for you:
Sounds Good
Spring Choir Locations, Rehearsals & Concert Info:
Click on the choir location for details.
- Arlington Heights
Wednesdays 2 – 3:30 PM - Hyde Park
Mondays 9:30 – 11 AM - Gold Coast
Mondays 12-1:30 pm - Edgewater (“The Admiral at the Lake”)
Mondays 2 – 3:30 PM - Evanston
Wednesdays 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM - Hinsdale
Thursdays 10 – 11:30 AM - Oak Park/River Forest
Tuesdays 9:30 – 11 AM - Wheaton/Glen Ellyn
Wednesdays 11 AM – 12:30 PM
Cost: $195 registration fee – learn more
2025 Spring Repertoire
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. Buryl Red & Joseph Joubert
The Rhythm of Life
Cy Coleman/Dorothy Fields, arr. John Leavitt
Summertime
George Gershwin, DuBose & Dorothy Heyward & Ira Gershwin, arr. Mark Hayes
Singin’ in the Rain
Freed / Nacio Herb Brown, arr. Mark Hayes
Somewhere
Sondheim/Bernstein, arr. Mac Huff
Everybody Says Don’t
Stephen Sondheim, arr. Mark Hayes
Over the Rainbow
Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg, arr. Molly Ijames
You’ll Be Back
Lin-Manuel Miranda, arr. Lisa DeSpain
Good Memories
For those with early stage memory loss & their care partners
Choir members include people with memory loss, their care partners, and volunteers. No musical experience or training is needed. We welcome anyone living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia who can attend the structured weekly rehearsals and, best of all, wants to make great music and new friends!
Rehearsal starts February 4, 2025.
Gold Coast Location
Tuesdays from 10:30 AM -12 PM
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut St. Room 4G, Gratz Center
Chicago, IL
Rehearsals conducted by Jonathan Miller and Amy Wurtz, accompanied by Amy Wurtz
Concert – Tuesday, May 6
10:30 AM Call, 12:15 PM Concert
@ the Fourth Presbyterian Church
Cost: $195 registration fee – learn more
2025 Spring Repertoire
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. Buryl Red & Joseph Joubert
Singin’ in the Rain
Arthur Freed / Nacio Herb Brown, arr. Mark Hayes
Somewhere
Sondheim/Bernstein, arr. Mac Huff
My Favorite Things
Rodgers & Hammerstein, arr. Mac Huff
Over the Rainbow
Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg, arr. Molly Ijames
You’ll Be Back
Lin-Manuel Miranda, arr. Lisa DeSpain
What a Wonderful World
David Weiss & Bob Thiele, arr. Russell Robinson
Hyde Park
Monday Rehearsals,
starting Jan. 27
9:30 – 11 AM
Rehearsals conducted by Jonathan Miller and Amy Wurtz, accompanied by Amy Wurtz
K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation
5039 S. Greenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL
Concert – Sunday, May 18
1 PM Call, 3 PM Concert
K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation
5039 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL
Conducted by Jonathan Miller,
accompanied by Amy Wurtz
Gold Coast
Monday Rehearsals,
starting Feb. 3
12-1:30 pm
Rehearsals conducted by Jonathan Miller,
accompanied by Amy Wurtz
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut St.
Room 4G, Gratz Center
Chicago, IL
Concert – Thursday, May 15
12 PM Call, 2 PM Concert
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut St., Main Sanctuary
Chicago, IL
Conducted by Jonathan Miller and and Linda Crabtree Powell,
accompanied by Amy Wurtz
Edgewater
The Admiral at the Lake
Monday Rehearsals,
starting Feb. 3
2 – 3:30 PM
Rehearsals conducted by Amy Wurtz,
accompanied by Mary Clare Barker
The Admiral at the Lake
The Lighthouse Lounge
929 W. Foster Ave.
Chicago, IL
Concert – Monday, May 12
5:30 PM Call, 7:30 PM Concert
The Admiral at the Lake, The Gathering Room,
929 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, IL
Conducted by Amy Wurtz,
accompanied by Mary Clare Barker
Concert – Tuesday, May 13
12 PM Call, 2 PM Concert
The Admiral at the Lake, The Gathering Room,
929 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, IL
Conducted by Amy Wurtz,
accompanied by Mary Clare Barker
Oak Park/River Forest
Tuesday Rehearsals,
starting Jan. 28
9:30 – 11 AM
Rehearsals conducted by Linda Crabtree Powell,
accompanied by
Richard Sladek
The Nineteenth Century Club
178 Forest Ave.
Oak Park, IL
Concert – Friday, May 2
5 PM Call, 7 PM Concert
Pilgrim Congregational Church
460 Lake St., Oak Park, IL
Conducted by Linda Crabtree Powell,
accompanied by Richard Sladek
Evanston
(Dementia Friendly)
Wednesday Rehearsals,
starting Jan. 29
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Rehearsals conducted by Hannah Dixon McConnell and Jonathan Miller,
accompanied by Amy Wurtz
First Presbyterian Church of Evanston
1427 Chicago Ave.
Evanston, IL
Concert – Saturday, May 3
1 PM Call, 3 PM Concert
First Presbyterian Church of Evanston
1427 Chicago Ave., Evanston, IL
Conducted by Hannah Dixon McConnell and Jonathan Miller,
accompanied by Amy Wurtz
Wheaton/Glen Ellyn
Wednesday Rehearsals,
starting Jan. 29
11 AM – 12:30 PM
Rehearsals conducted by Daniel Segner, accompanied by
Richard Sladek
Trinity Episcopal Church
130 N. West St.
Wheaton, IL
Concert – Sunday, May 4
2 PM Call, 4 PM Concert
Trinity Episcopal Church
130 N. West St., Wheaton, IL
Conducted by Daniel Segner,
accompanied by Richard Sladek
Arlington Heights
Wednesday Rehearsals,
starting Jan. 22
2 – 3:30 PM
Rehearsals conducted by Paul Langford
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights
302 N. Dunton Ave.
Arlington Heights, IL
Concert – Wednesday, May 7
5 PM Call, 7 PM Concert
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights
302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights, IL
Conducted by Paul Langford
Hinsdale
Thursday Rehearsals,
starting Jan. 30
10 – 11:30 AM
Rehearsals conducted by Jonathan Miller and Daniel Segner, accompanied by
Richard Sladek
The Community House
415 W. 8th St.
Hinsdale, IL
Concert – Tuesday, May 6
5 PM Call, 7 PM Concert
The Community House
415 W. 8th St., Hinsdale, IL
Conducted by Jonathan Miller and Daniel Segner,
accompanied by Richard Sladek
Concert Dress Code
For Summer Rocks concerts
Sounds Good and Good Memories singers please come dressed to perform in the following:
(Men and women)
- Bright, jewel-tone short-sleeve shirt or a brightly colored Hawaiian shirt
- Black slacks or skirt
- Black shoes and socks
- Black binder for music
For Fall and Spring concerts
Good Memories singers please come to your performance dressed to perform in a white top/shirt and black pants, socks, and shoes. You will be given a purple scarf to wear prior to the performance.
Sounds Good singers please come dressed to all performances in the following:
(Women)
- Black long- or 3/4-sleeve top
- Black slacks or skirt
- black socks/hose and shoes
- Optional: simple necklace and earrings (nothing chunky or distracting)
(Men)
- White shirt with collar
- Black sport coat
- Black slacks and belt
- Black socks and shoes
- Brightly colored long tie