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