Saxophone Studio Audition Repertoire
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Undergraduate Students
- Prepare all major scales demonstrating the complete normal range of the instrument.
- Perform one etude from one of the following etude books: 48 Famous Studies by Ferling, 18 Studies after Berbiguier, Selected Studies by Voxman, or an etude of similar scope and difficulty.
- Perform one of the following works or a major work of similar scope and difficulty
(individual movements are acceptable):
- Bonneau, Suite
- Bozza, Improvisation et Caprice
- Bozza, Impromptu et Danse
- Creston, Sonata
- Creston, Concerto
- Decruck, Sonate
- Dubois, Concerto
- Ibert, Concertino da Camera
- Debussy, Rhapsody
- Eccles/Raschér, Sonata
- Francaix, Cinq Danses Exotiques
- Glazunov, Concerto
- Hindemith, Sonata
- Heiden, Sonata
- Maurice, Tableaux de Provence
- Milhaud, Scaramouche
- Noda, Improvisation I
- Schumann/Hemke, Three Romances
- Vaughan Williams, Six Studies in English Folk Song
- Villa Lobos, Fantasia
Graduate Students
- Prepare all major, natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales and arpeggios demonstrating the complete normal range of the instrument.
- Perform one etude from one of the following etude books: 28 Studies after the Modes of Oliver Messaien by Guy Lacour, Nouvelles Etudes Variees by Jean-Marie Londeix, or 53 Studies by Marcel Mule.
- Perform two of the following works or major works of similar scope and difficulty:
- Albright, Sonata
- Bassett, Duo Concertante
- Berio, Sequenza IXb or VIIb
- Bolcom, Lilith
- Constant, Musique de Concert
- Denisov, Sonate
- Desenclos, Prelude, Cadence et Finale
- Feld, Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
- Finney, Concerto
- Gotkovsky, Variations Pathetiques
- Harbison, San Antonio
- Husa, Concerto
- Husa, Elégie et Rondeau
- Larsson, Konsert
- Lauba, Neuf Etudes/Steady Study on the Boogie
- Lennon, Distances Within Me
- Lennon, Symphonic Rhapsody
- Martin, Ballade
- Maslanka, Sonata
- Robert, Cadenza
- Rossé, Le Frene Egaré
- Sancan, Lamento and Rondo
- Stockhausen, In Friendship
- Swerts, Klonos
- Wuorinen, Divertimento