UFO TOFU
Béla Fleck (arr. Gierke)
Subtitle: Arranged for percussion ensemble and rhythm section
General Info
Year: 1992 / 2008
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Bluegrass Band
Publisher: Tapspace Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $45.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Timpani (also plays Wind Chimes)
Percussion, including:
- Bongos
- Drumset
- Electronic Pads
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba I-II-III
- Vibraphone I-II
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This popular Bela Fleck tune clocks in at 225 beats per minute with an upbeat cut-time feel which moves in and out through some advanced meter changes. It is scored for nine performers playing xylophone/bells, two vibraphone parts, three marimbas (one sharing two players), timpani and drum set. Multiple meters are constantly explored throughout this very advanced composition.
This arrangement first premiered at the DCI Individual & Ensemble Competition by the Santa Clara Vanguard Percussion Ensemble.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Waxahachie (Tx.) High School Wind Ensemble (Richard Armstrong, conductor) – 16 February 2018 (2018 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
- Lake Washington High School (Kirkland, Wash.) Percussion Ensemble – May 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Imposter
- Metric Lips (arr. Steinquest) (1987/1988)
- Sinister Minister (arr. Steinquest) (1990)
- UFO TOFU (arr. Gierke) (1992/2008)