{"id":474,"date":"2018-05-02T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T21:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/musicadm\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:32:48","slug":"saxophone-audition-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/musicadm\/audition-repertoire-requirements-2\/saxophone-audition-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Saxophone (Alto\/Tenor) Audition Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>Music major applicants should submit the required repertoire shown below for the desired degree program. All music major applicants will be automatically considered for scholarships.<br \/>Non-music major applicants should submit the same repertoire as required for the BA music majors.<br \/>We would like to encourage you to consider a work by composers from historically underrepresented groups.<\/p>\n<h4>Classical Saxophone:\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p><strong>B.A. music major, music education, non-music major<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two contrasting movements <em>approximately 10 minutes total<\/em> from standard solo repertoire.\n<ul>\n<li>Selections should demonstrate lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency and should be by different composers. Suggested works include sonatas by Creston, Heiden, Eccles\/Rascher, or Handel\/Mule; concertos by Glazounov or Ibert; Maurice Tableaux de Proven\u00e7e; Villa-Lobos Fantasia or comparable works. As a solo movement substitute, one \u00e9tude from Voxman Selected Studies, Ferling 48 \u00c9tudes, Karg-Elert 25 Caprices or other work of comparable difficulty would be acceptable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Scales \u2014 ascending and descending, full range of instrument\n<ul>\n<li>Chromatic<\/li>\n<li>E major, F majorScales \u2014 ascending and descending, full range of instrument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>B.M. performance major<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two or three contrasting movements <em>approximately 10 minutes total<\/em> from standard solo repertoire.\n<ul>\n<li>Selections should demonstrate lyrical phrasing and technical proficiency and should be by different composers. Suggested works include sonatas by Creston, Heiden, or Hindemith; concertos by Dubois, Glazounov, or Ibert; Bozza Improvisation et Caprice; Maurice Tableaux de Proven\u00e7e; Milhaud Scaramouche; Noda Improvisation I; Villa-Lobos Fantasia; or other work of comparable difficulty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One \u00e9tude from any of the following books:\n<ul>\n<li>Voxman <em>Selected Studies<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ferling <em>48 \u00c9tudes<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Mule <em>18 Exercises d&#8217;apr\u00e8s Berbiguier<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Karg-Elert <em>25 Caprices<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Scales \u2014 ascending and descending, full range of instrument\n<ul>\n<li>Chromatic<\/li>\n<li>E major, F majorScales \u2014 ascending and descending, full range of instrument.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-cranberry\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/musicadm\/admissions-instructions\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Start your Music Application<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/admissions\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">St. Olaf Admissions<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-purple\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">St. Olaf Music Department<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music major applicants should submit the required repertoire shown below for the desired degree program. 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