by Modern Songbook Records | Aug 31, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News
We live in an amazing time. You can see something you want online, press a button, and receive it in the mail in a day or two. Some things, like Chinese food, arrive even more quickly. And now I have found that high-quality adult education can be instantaneous: You...
by Modern Songbook Records | Jul 15, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News
I was recently commissioned to write a choral work for the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, Maryland. This church is in the forefront of the sanctuary movement in our area, and the piece honors that impulse to protect the vulnerable. The libretto...
by Modern Songbook Records | Jun 30, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News
As you may know, I’m working with partners to develop a musical about the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote. In the course of getting the show, 19, ready for full performances, we have played parts of it in all sorts of spaces, but none...
by Modern Songbook Records | Jun 19, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News, Theatre
I have been working on this musical for nearly two years now. It is an important topic. It might be as important today as at any time over the past 100 years. I’m happy to work with the talented Jennifer Schwed and Doug Bradshaw, my creative partners, on this. ...
by Modern Songbook Records | Jun 19, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News, Past Shows
It is a long drive, but well worth it for us, to play for a crowd of vetted, committed music lovers. Janet Kenworthy has made it one of her life’s missions to build a heavenly musical oasis in the middle of North Carolina. Is there an award for people like...
by Modern Songbook Records | Jun 10, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, News
I spend most of my work days writing and recording music, with some work nights devoted to playing and singing. But with my musical-in-progress, 19: The Musical, I have fallen into the role of music director. And since the show is still in the workshop phase—I and my...
