Archives: February 2024

Simone Dinnerstein feels a connection to Charles Ives’ temporal tension and panoramic vision

Simone Dinnerstein. // photo credit Lisa Marie Mazzucco Composer Charles Ives (1874-1954) was a modernist maverick, a musical revolutionary whose radical ideas and techniques were ignored by the public and the academy until near the end of his life. The son of a Civil War bandleader, he grappled with America’s musical and intellectual past in his work, writing a symphony…

Letter from the Editor: A steady drip, drip, drip

Photo by Cassondra Jones Greetings, dearest reader, and welcome to the February 2024 issue of The Pitch. Our vibe this month is “Liquid Love,” which is, admittedly, one of our more abstract-themed issues. Our publication has had food on the cover hundreds of times over the past 44 years. How often do drinks get the same spotlight? Well, far fewer….