Spotlight Salon – The Power of Music: Unlocking Joy and Vitality as We Age

Join us January 26 to learn how choral music helps the mature brain musically and socially!

This is our 3rd annual Aging-themed Spotlight Salon in partnership with Skyline Village Chicago.

Please register below.

Learn more about our featured speakers:

Jonathan and Sandy Miller founded the Sounds Good Choir after learning about research studies confirming that choral music helps the mature brain, both musically and socially. The Sounds Good Choir is for anyone over age 55 who wants to sing – no auditions are required!

Rev. Dr. Sandy Miller, a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, has been in private practice in the western suburbs for more than 30 years. Her work with older-adult choirs is a major pivot from her clinical work with children and adolescents. Continuing to research the impact of choral singing, Sandy is collaborating with Dr. Borna Bonakdakpour, neurologist and Director of the Music and Medicine Program in the Mesulan Institute for Neurology at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. The “keeper of the culture“ at Sounds Good Choir, Sandy is the guiding spirit of the organization’s programs for people with memory loss and their care partner.

Over a 40-year career combining the roles of musician and nonprofit arts visionary, Jonathan Miller has conducted singers at all skill levels from complete beginners to professionals. In 1993, he founded the Virtuoso Ensemble Chicago a cappella group and served as its artistic director for 27 years.