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Selecting Songs for a Choral Concert: A Musical Recipe
The very first Sounds Good Choir concerts, in the spring and summer of 2016, were short, six-week pilots with five songs each. I’m still amazed at how much music our pioneering Sounds Good singers learned in a such a brief time period. I had picked those programs...
Guess Who’s Singing Beside You? Lois Hobart
Skydiver, Life Coach, Mover and Shaker If the term “mover and shaker” didn’t already exist, it would have to be coined to describe Lois Hobart. To put it simply, she is a person who gets things done. She and her husband, Jim, were among the first residents to move...
Songs of Political Campaigns & Election Nights
American politics has been a tough business for a long time—ever since George Washington decided not to run for a third term, creating a battle between Vice President John Adams (who won) and Thomas Jefferson in 1796. Music has helped make and break political...
EERIE-SISTIBLE EARWORMS: The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out!
It never fails: I'm lost in the supermarket, searching for turmeric ginger tea, when the benign ocean of muzak that's been rolling through the store in soft waves suddenly pierces through my consciousness. Just like that I find myself singing under my breath to John...
Spooky Music
Halloween turns my thoughts to the spooky, creepy music of the season. In my experience, there are really two types of what one might call spooky music: classical compositions and pop, or even “novelty,” songs. Let me take you down these rabbit holes. Maybe some of...
Guess Who’s Singing Beside You? Bruce Calder and Elspeth Revere
Singing in Sounds Good's Good Memories Choir is just one way Elspeth Revere and Bruce Calder continue to expand their skills, interests, and friendships.As some of us age into our seventh and eighth decades, one wish that many of us share is that we’ve done something...