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Saxophone Studio Audition Repertoire

To schedule an audition, please visit our audition information page.


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
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