by Modern Songbook Records | Sep 19, 2019 | Charlie's Blog, Events, Theatre
Living in Washington DC, it is easy to get inured to treasures that we drive and walk past every day. Last night at the National Archives, we put on a reading of ten of the songs from 19, our musical about Alice Paul and the struggle for women’s suffrage one... 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 | Jul 10, 2019 | Concert Chamber Works, Concert Orchestral Works, Orchestral & Chamber
Instrumentation: Oboe, French horn, bassoon, piano, SATB choir Duration: 8 minutes Download the score: Sanctuary – Full Score 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...