by Regan Burke | Feb 26, 2024 | Musings
I used to ignore articles that say cognitive decline slows if I eliminate sugar or play bridge. I found workarounds instead. When I lost my numbers, I set up automatic payments with the bank to pay bills. I can never remember if choir practice is on the fourth or...
by Sounds Good | Feb 26, 2024 | Musings
Just as Barbara Streisand sings about her “misty, water-colored memories,” in the film, “The Way We Were,” we asked you for the titles of songs and the specific memories they evoke. You didn’t disappoint. Thank you for sharing your responses with us! “The Wedding...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Feb 26, 2024 | Musings
The summer I was 13, and the following two summers, before I turned 16 and could apply for a “real” job, I worked at Tasty Freeze, a local frozen custard shop owned by a friend of my older brother, Jack. I suppose there was some abuse of child-labor rules, but I loved...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Feb 5, 2024 | Musings
“There is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States and lacking [social] connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.” “…the physical consequences of poor connection can be devastating, including...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jan 18, 2024 | Musings
On my ninth birthday, my family’s moving van arrived on the South Side of Chicago. For a nerdy white kid from the Boston suburbs—meaning me—starting from scratch in the relative rough-and-tumble of Chicago’s public schools was a big change. And with one exception, up...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Dec 28, 2023 | Musings
It’s humbling when a professional singer and choral director ends up down for the count, which is exactly what happened when yours truly tested positive for Covid. Thus began a period of self-isolation, the last thing I expected to be doing—or more like not doing—in...
