by Modern Songbook Records | Oct 20, 2012 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
I just saw Frank Rich and Fran Lebowitz at the Strathmore Music Hall in a lecture sort of event. They sat in two chairs and talked about the State of the Nation. That was the show. Both their political stripes run bright blue. It was a Republican bashing boldly...
by Modern Songbook Records | Oct 15, 2012 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
Everyone should be able to identify their favorite choreographer. No matter how little you know about dance, no matter how little you follow anything in the dance world. It is just like painting… if asked you probably have a few favorite painters. Miro? ...
by Modern Songbook Records | Oct 10, 2012 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
Joe’s Record Paradise to host professional jazz band Saturday D.C.-based jazz ensemble set to perform for hometown fans by Cara Hedgepeth Staff writer Musician and composer Charlie Barnett says he was born in the wrong era. “I was born out of time,” says Barnett. “I...
by Modern Songbook Records | Oct 9, 2012 | Charlie's Blog, Events, Home Page, News
In July I was asked by the Strathmore Music Center to be one of their mentors for their AIR (artists in residence) program. All together there are six young emerging artists. I was assigned two: Deborah Bond and Owen Danoff. When Strathmore first called I had to...
by Modern Songbook Records | Aug 2, 2012 | Charlie's Blog, Home Page, News
I am the chairman of the board at Maryland Youth Ballet. How this came about is a long story. I have no qualifications for this position at all. And yet I am this, and being this changed my life. As a career musician I always felt somehow untethered. Unattached...
by Modern Songbook Records | Jul 31, 2012 | Charlie's Blog, Events, Home Page, News
GSSCC’s 2012 Awards & Installation Dinner Was A Huge Success! GSSCC sincerely thanks the sponsors and members who supported the 2012 Awards & Installation Dinner this past Wednesday, one of the Chambers most important fundraising events of the year. The...
