Fantasia for Tuba and Marimba (1995)
for tuba and marimba (six-mallets)

Duration: 5'00"
Instrumentation: tuba and 4 1/3 octave marimba (six-mallets)
Premiere: University of Vermont recital with Victoria Paterson, Burlington, VT, Bill Keck, tuba, Robert Paterson, marimba, December 31, 1994.
Publisher: Robert Paterson Music (ASCAP)

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Program Notes

Fantasia for Tuba & Marimba is my first work for marimba and another instrument. A fantasia for these two unwieldy instruments might seem humorous at first, but it's not. This combination actually sounds quite good.

– Robert Paterson