by Sounds Good | Apr 6, 2026 | Concert
Hyde Park Sunday, May 17 | 3 pm KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation5039 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL Conducted by Amy WurtzAccompanied by Shi-An Costello Add to Your Calendar Download a Concert...
by Sounds Good | Apr 6, 2026 | Concert
Oak Park/River Forest Saturday, May 2 | 4 pm Grace Lutheran Church7300 Division St., River Forest, IL Conducted by Linda Crabtree PowellAccompanied by Richard Sladek Add to Your Calendar Download a Concert...
by Sounds Good | Apr 6, 2026 | Concert
Wheaton/Glen Ellyn Sunday, May 3 | 3 pm Trinity Episcopal Church130 N. West St., Wheaton, IL Conducted by Daniel SegnerAccompanied by Richard Sladek Add to Your Calendar Download a Concert...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Mar 31, 2026 | Music, Composers & Musicians
What Conductors Actually Do With Their Hands In an earlier blogpost, I wrote about the role of the conductor in the life of a choir—the ways in which we are leaders, the practical things that we worry about like repertoire and time management, the emotional...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Mar 10, 2026 | Health & Wellness
I’m the director of the Good Memories Choir, a program of Sounds Good Choir, created for people with dementia and their care partners to sing together. Eleanor, 79, is a caregiver for her older sister. They had been singing with Good Memories for a year before she...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Mar 2, 2026 | Research
One of my dear friends and professional colleagues is Dr. Barbara Fiese, a clinical psychologist and academic researcher. Barb and I met the year that we were the two clinical, pre-doctoral psychology residents in the departments of Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry at...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Feb 11, 2026 | Music, Composers & Musicians
Sandy and I had the exquisite pleasure of going to the Art Institute with some friends on the evening of Groundhog Day, for a performance by the period-instrument baroque chamber ensemble known as Apollo’s Fire. I had heard about this group for many years, since...
by Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Sounds Good Choir | Jan 13, 2026 | Musings
Sometimes, when you get together with an old friend, it’s pure joy. You find yourself easing right into conversation, as if you never missed a step, even if it’s been 40 years since you sat down together. This happened to me in 2021, when I went to the Big Apple to...
by Helen Gagel | Jan 7, 2026 | Song Spotlight
2026 marks the tenth year that Sounds Good Choir has been enhancing the wellbeing of older adults through the joy of singing. Throughout the coming year, we hope to recognize and celebrate many moments and milestones from this decade of harmony-building for older...
by Sandy Siegel Miller | Dec 2, 2025 | Musings
Jon and I consider ourselves very fortunate people; our lives are full of blessings—work that we love and gives joy to others, a bounty of friends and family, a warm, safe home that’s tucked into the beautiful woods… and so many others. We talk often about how...
