“Singing with the Good Memories choir saved my life.”

– Care partner of a Good Memories’ singer

Good Memories Choir

For those with early stage memory loss & their care partners

No audition. Come join us!

Good Memories is a fun, upbeat community where people with early-stage memory loss and their care partners sing together, enjoying familiar music that they love. Our professional conductors and pianists make it fun. No audition, no pressure—just a great time. Choir members include people with memory loss, their care partners, and volunteers. No musical experience or training is needed. We welcome anyone living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia who can attend the structured weekly rehearsals and, best of all, wants to make great music and new friends!

Sounds Good Summer Rocks Concert: Beatles, Beatles, Beatles!

Looking for summer fun with a beat? Come to a FREE Summer Rocks choral concert!

Presented by Sounds Good Choir, the nation’s second largest no-audition choir for adults 55+, Sounds Good singers will take you along for a magical musical mystery tour through seven beloved Beatles songs. From the buoyant and rousing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and playful tongue-in-cheek humor of “When I’m Sixty-Four” to the foreshadowing sorrow of “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight,” you will find “All You Need Is Love” at this free, all-ages concert. No tickets or reservations required. Just show up, join the fun!

Our four Summer Rocks: The Beatles! concerts will be held on July 23, 26, 28 and 29. See our Concert Calendar for details on locations and times. Join us for the fun beats!

Registration fee:

  • Spring Session: $195 (15 weeks)
  • Summer Session: $125 (8 weeks)
  • Fall Session: $195 (15 weeks)

Please add both people in the spaces provided on the online registration form.

Registration fee covers 2 people — care partner and person with early-stage dementia.

Also, please be aware that we require that a care partner accompany each person with memory loss to each rehearsal. Care partners are encouraged, but not obligated, to also sing with the choir. The opportunity is to spend 90 minutes each week doing something joyful together!

Good Memories – Summer Rocks

Tuesdays from 10:30 AM–12 PM
Fourth Presbyterian Church 126 E. Chestnut St. Room 4G, Gratz Center Chicago, IL

Case Study

A Singing Community — Chicago’s Good Memories Choir

A new case study documents the components behind the successful Good Memories choir, a program of nonprofit Sounds Good Choir, which has achieved an extraordinarily high level of satisfaction among its members and great respect from financial supporters and dementia-serving professionals. Read the Case Study

Summer Rocks
Attend a Free Summer Concert