Insights and information
about music, brain health, aging, and much more.
The Road, The Song, The Singer & The Green Book
The Road Route 66 was always much more than just a convenient route from point A to point B. Officially established on November 11, 1926, as part of America's new numbered Federal highway system, “America’s Main Street” was the road that would finally connect the...
Get Your Kicks On: Road-Tripping with Sounds Good Choir
More than 75 singers with Sounds Good Choir gathered at Chicago’s Navy Pier on a recent morning in October to sing one of the all-time great hits about a highway; spoiler, it wasn’t Canned Heat’s 1968 “On the Road Again” and they weren’t auditioning for American Idol....
Creating a Choir: It Takes a Village… and a CAB!
In the first of a three-part series, co-founders Jonathan Miller and Sandy Siegel Miller shared their story of developing the vision to create new Good Memories choirs, including a location on the South Side. In Part II, they tell you more about how the South Side...
Music Matters Because the People Making It Matter
Music has always been a part of my life. I started singing in church choir at age four and have been singing ever since. Singing always came naturally to me and has filled my life with so much joy. The deeper I dove into the art of choral music, the more it became...
Q & A with Dr. Treasyri Williams Wood: Brain-Health Inequity on Chicago’s South Side
Bringing a program like Good Memories to any neighborhood is important because all older adults can benefit from understanding dementia, learning about early detection and, for those already experiencing memory loss, discovering non-clinical ways to maintain cognitive...
South Side Good Memories Choir — It’s Here!
There are those moments of our lives—and I hope you’ve had many—when you sit back with a sense of wonder and say to yourself, “This is a dream come true!” Jon and I had one of those moments a few weeks ago. The moment came when our newest choir had its first...