by Sounds Good | Dec 7, 2023 | Concert
Hyde Park Conductor Jonathan Miller accompanied by Amy Wurtz Concert – Friday, December 8, 2023 12 Noon Concert Montgomery Place (East Room)5550 S. Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60637 Add to Your Calendar Download a Concert...
by Sounds Good | Dec 5, 2023 | Concert
Evanston (a dementia-friendly choir) Conductor Jonathan Miller and Hannah Dixon McConnell Concert – Saturday, December 2, 2023 3 PM Concert First Presbyterian Church1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston Add to Your Calendar Download a Concert...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Nov 7, 2023 | Musings
A number of singers in our choirs for older adults have had tragic losses and other difficult personal situations. I am deeply grateful that they sometimes bring me, Sandy, other conductors and staff, and fellow singers into their confidence. They share the hard...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 22, 2023 | Musings
We have been rehearsing “Light One Candle” in all of the Sounds Good Choirs for the many weeks. When Linda Powell and I picked the song for this fall’s concerts, we had no idea how timely it would seem now—almost prophetic. It suddenly feels deeply relevant,...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Oct 15, 2023 | Musings
In a recent interview with The Village Chicago, I mentioned that our Sounds Good Choir concerts put a public face on what it looks like to be an older adult, and that that face contradicts some of our cultural stereotypes on aging. When people see us performing...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Oct 1, 2023 | Singer Profile
We had our first Good Memories rehearsal last week. It was a joyous occasion. Several singing volunteers were there today, people who hadn’t sung with us since the spring. This reunion is a happy time with lots of hugs. Also, five new singers joined the choir—two...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Aug 31, 2023 | Musings
I hadn’t thought about Dr. Robert Emmons in a long time, but a few weeks ago, a New York Times article referred to a psychology colleague who is doing some fascinating research on the topic of gratitude. Emmons, a social psychologist at the University of...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Aug 17, 2023 | Musings
Jonathan and I were recently in a meeting with the chairpersons of the departments of Neurology from both the University of Chicago and Northwestern medical centers. We were struck by the fact that, although they mentioned a future for medication, both of their...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Aug 3, 2023 | Musings, Singer Profile
If you’ve ever driven across the country without any means of curating your own playlist, you’ve undoubtedly turned on the radio to stifle the monotony of the wheels-on-asphalt roar. In between the static and proselytizing evangelists of every religious and political...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Jul 6, 2023 | Singer Profile
In an undergraduate Psychology class, I read a little book by Victor Frankl entitled, Man’s Search for Meaning. It’s one of those books that had an impact on me at the time, and an even greater impact on my work as a clinical psychologist. The author was an Austrian...
