Fantasia (1992/2008)
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

Composers are of two minds regarding revising older works: some think that you should never revise, others—like Pierre Boulez—revise constantly. This piece was moderately playable in its original form but had a few problems. I took pleasure in tweaking it, being careful to keep as much of the original music in tact. The revisions are mostly minimal and amount to a few changed dynamics, articulations and technical details. Fantasia is my first piece for marimba and another instrument and was written while I was studying with Christopher Rouse at the Eastman School of Music.

– Robert Paterson