Rube Goldberg Variations (2016) by Thank You Scientist

arr. Hector Gil
arr. Hayden French and Roman Ramirez

Performed by Leah Baetcke, Paul Bartenfeld, Darrion Chandler, Rohan Chowla, Kevin Cooper, Helen Dunn, Cason Duszak, Hayden French, Ann Hall, Spencer Harris, Lauren Hong, Coby Lovelace, and Roman Ramirez, Rose Roché, Gabe Silverstein, and Will Simpson

A Night of Percussion by the UVA Percussion Ensemble
April 15th, 2023

Tom Monda is a guitarist, composer, educator, and a member of Thank You Scientist, a genre-bending seven-piece experimental rock band from New Jersey. Tom Monda performs on both fretted and fretless guitar, as well as digital guitar and shamisen. Monda has studied with Vic Juris, Ron Thal, and Dave Stryker and earned a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies from Montclair State University. Thank You Scientist was formed at the New Jersey Montclair State University’s music program, when Tom met saxophonist Ellis Jasenovic and trumpet player Andrew Digrius. Their musical taste for Frank Zappa, Harry Nilsson, the Beatles, and Mahavishnu Orchestra would later become an influence and a seed for Thank You Scientist. Rube Goldberg Variations is the eighth track of the band’s second album, “Stranger Heads Prevail”.
For more information, visit thankyouscientist.net.