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...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 30, 2023 | Singer Profile
It’s the beginning of October 2018. 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...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jun 15, 2023 | Musings, Singer Profile
Chapter 1: The Finger Rustle Last December, for some reason I can’t recall now, I rustled my fingers together with my right hand, near my right ear. I heard what I expected to hear: a high-pitched rustling sound, sort of like someone shushing me or saying...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | May 18, 2023 | Musings
This is one of my two favorite t-shirts (the other has a dog and a cat sitting side-by side, under the word “Peace”). When I wear it, it gets its share of smiles and even the occasional comment – usually something like “Yeah, random acts of kindness!”. But no one...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | May 5, 2023 | Singer Profile
My father of blessed memory was not the most emotional guy in the world. Nevertheless, he would almost invariably cry at hearing a beautiful piece of music. I think I learned from watching him (and hearing him play the piano, which he did with exquisite care) that...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Apr 19, 2023 | Musings
I recently flew up to Minnesota for a long girlfriend weekend with my best friend, Kate. My family and friends joke that her name is actually My Best Friend Kate because I never refer to her any other way. MBF Kate and I have been friends since graduate school,...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Apr 4, 2023 | Singer Profile
One of the most fun parts of my job is selecting repertoire for our older-adult choirs to perform. I do this three times a year—with Linda Powell on our spring and fall sessions, and with Sandy on music for Summer Rocks. Those of you in the current session are now...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Mar 10, 2023 | Singer Profile
The Sounds Good Choirs and the Good Memories Choir are busy rehearsing a program of uplifting music, called “Overflowing Hearts,” for our upcoming concerts in April and May. There’s a line in one of our songs, “I Sing Because I’m Happy,” that has sparked...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Aug 21, 2020 | Singer Profile
Those of you who have read some of my previous blogposts are aware of my passion for the challenge of staying present and attentive. Perhaps my zeal for the topic exists since I am generally in need of improvement in that department. In any case, here is a little...
