Written for the New Music on the Point Summer Festival
FOOD FIGHT is a humorous take on all of the fun, drama, and toils of the titular battle. The text (written by the composer) describes the joy of seeing everyday foods such as eggs, peas, and flour thrown across the room at one’s opponent... and then the misfortune of having to clean up the mess made afterwards.
yellow eggy splatters
on my purple itchy sweater
and my polka-dotted trousers.
chocolate smears on my cheeks,
my hands covered in slimy goo.
and on it goes,
this dirt tea party
with bread crumbs in my hair
throwing food at you
as we enter this glorious food fight.
splashing the tomatoes
flying peas in the air
sugar on the floor
brown rice
throwing all-purpose flour.
pie in the face –
pie in my face?
pie in your face!
oh, what a mess we’ve made,
but before we clean up...
just one more splatter!
Amy Petrongelli (soprano), Jan Berry Baker (saxophone), and Huizi Zhang (piano)
New Music on the Point Summer Festival
June 16th, 2017
August 14th, 2021
Music in Bloom Festival: “FORWARD”
Performed by Amy Petrongelli (soprano), Nick Zoulek (saxophone), and Clare Longendyke (piano)
Presented by the Music in Bloom Festival
Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN
August 11th, 2021
Music in Bloom Festival: “ALL ROADS ARE NEAR”
Performed by Amy Petrongelli (soprano), Nick Zoulek (saxophone), and Clare Longendyke (piano)
Presented by the Music in Bloom Festival
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Indianapolis, IN
September 12th, 2019
New Music Detroit Presents: Strange Beautiful Music 12
A Marathon of Contemporary Music
Performed by New Music Detroit
Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
June 28th, 2019
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Concert
(Presented by Eighth Blackbird)
Performed by Jocelyn Zelasko (soprano), Hunter Bockes (saxophone), and Lisa Kaplan (piano)
Holding House, Detroit, Michigan
May 30th, 2019
New Music Detroit Concert (NMD Debuts at Popps Packing)
Performed by Jocelyn Zelasko (soprano), Erik Rönmark (saxophone), and Justin Snyder (piano)
Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI
January 20th, 2018
“A Feast of New Music”
Performed by Rose Hegele (soprano), Zicheng Tang (saxophone), and Kevin Madison (piano)
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, Massachusetts
November 19th, 2017
“write HEAR right NOW:”
University of Michigan Student Composers Concert
Performed by Hayley Boggs (soprano), BethAnne Kunert (saxophone), and Mi-Eun Kim (piano)
Hankinson Rehearsal Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan
June 16th, 2017
New Music on the Point Student Composers’ Concert
Performed by Amy Petrongelli (soprano), Jan Berry Baker (saxophone), and Huizi Zhang (piano)
Salisbury Congregational Church, Salisbury, VT
