by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 19, 2018 | Singer Profile
So many of you have commented on last week’s blog that I thought I’d follow it up with some real-world examples. I’ll take you into the process we’re presently in, to pick music for the spring 2019 session. This is about as current as it gets. Sandy said the other...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 13, 2018 | Singer Profile
It is gratifying when singers come up to me spontaneously after rehearsal with bright eyes and say, “I love this music!” This happened many times in past Encore sessions, and it’s happening again now. This is true whether I picked the music on my own (as for the first...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 5, 2018 | Singer Profile
It’s the beginning of October. We’ve now held five rehearsals of the Good Memories choir. As many of you know, Good Memories is our new choral program for people with early-stage memory loss and their care partners, singing together in a choir along with a remarkable...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Apr 12, 2018 | Singer Profile
“What we hear from people who have been diagnosed with dementia is this: ‘other people stop looking us in the eye; they stop calling us by name; they cease physical contact; and they stop expecting anything from us’.” These were the words of Mary Lenard, co-director...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Mar 24, 2018 | Singer Profile
This blogpost is from Sandy Siegel Miller, our amazing uber-volunteer and #1 cheerleader, with photos by Hyde Park Chorus Master Joy Rosner: I arrived at Thursday’s Snowbird Day with the first verse of Psalm 100 on my mind: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Dec 1, 2017 | Singer Profile
by Sandy Siegel Miller, Encore Illinois Board President This isn’t an unusual scene at Encore rehearsals -what’s unusual is that I took a photo. The Hinsdale rehearsal ended about 15 minutes before this photo was taken and around half of the choir had already headed...
