Saxophone Audition Material

Master of Music

Applicants are required to submit prescreening recordings by December 1. Upload the videos to the Digital Portfolio section of the College of Music Supplemental Application. You will be given access to the Digital Portfolio after the College of Music Supplemental Application is submitted. The recording should contain two contrasting works and quality must be sufficient to make a reasonable judgment of ability. Recordings will be reviewed by a committee from the woodwind area beginning the week following the December 1 deadline. You will be notified via email as to whether or not you have been invited for a live audition. Recordings received after December 1 will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Live Audition:

• All major, natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales and arpeggios demonstrating the complete normal range of the instrument.
• Prepare two works, one a selection of your choice and one from the following list:
  • Albright, Sonata
  • Bassett, Duo Concertante
  • Berio, Sequenza IX b or VIIb
  • Bolcom, Lilith
  • Denisov, Sonate Leduc
  • Feld, Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
  • Finney, Sonata (Viola)
  • Gotkovski, Variations Pathetiques
  • Gotkovski, Brilliance
  • Husa, Concerto
  • Husa, Elegie et Rondeau
  • Lennon, Symphonic Rhapsody
  • Martin, Ballade
  • Martino, Concerto
  • Maslanka, Sonata
  • Robert, Cadenza
  • Ruggiero, Interplay
  • Sancan, Lamento and Rondo
  • Stockhausen, InFriendship
  • Subotnick, In Two Worlds
  • Swerts, Klonos
  • Villa Lobos, Fantasia
  • Wuorinen, Divertimento