by Charlie Barnett | Oct 25, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News
Everything we do right now is colored by our present circumstances. Sometimes, it works out well. I was recently commissioned by the Cantate Chamber Singers and their redoubtable conductor, Victoria Gau, to write a choral work that reflects the current moment. The...
by Charlie Barnett | Sep 16, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News, Reviews
So here’s an unexpected development: My new solo album is on the FAI Folk Chart for August! “All By His Own Self” is #17 on the album chart; two songs from the album are on the song chart (“Hold Still” at #16 and “Corinna,...
by Charlie Barnett | Aug 9, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News, Theatre
I guess we are are in scramble mode, trying to figure out how best to use our creative energy during this Covid time. I started a new musical in March with two book-writers; Richard Lasser from Seattle and Robert P. Young from Detroit. It is called When We Get...
by Charlie Barnett | Jul 15, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News
Director Jonathan Gruber recently finished a feature-length documentary that I had a great time scoring. The film, Upheaval, tells the story of the late Israeli politician Menachem Begin — it’s a tough walk through the minefields of Israeli politics and history....
by Charlie Barnett | Jul 1, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News
Earlier this year, I was commissioned by Michael McCarthy, the Canon of Music at the Washington National Cathedral, to write a choral piece based on the Seven Last Words from the Cross. As you may already know, these are actually phrases, not words: they’re the...
by Charlie Barnett | May 21, 2020 | Charlie's Blog, News
Hard to believe that January was only four months ago. At the end of that month, I played a solo show — my first in decades — in Germantown, Maryland. I was nervous about it, but it went well enough that I quickly booked a few more shows and went into the studio to...
