Saxophone Audition Requirements
- Bachelor of Arts (Education and General Music):
- 12 major scales and arpeggios.
- Chromatic scale (slurred; low Bb to high F or F#)
- 2 contrasting (lyrical/technical) selections: GMEA All-state etudes (http://www.gmea.org/) or movements/etudes from standard works of the instrument's repertoire. See individual instruments, below, for examples). Parts from band literature may not be used as audition material.
- Bachelor of Music in Performance (Classical):
- 12 Major scales and arpeggios.
- Chromatic scale (slurred; low Bb to high F or F#)
- A, D, G, C Natural minor scales and arpeggios.
- An etude (from the Ferling, Samie, Berbiguier etude books, or equivalent).
- One or more movements from a work from the standard repertoire (Sonata-Creston, Sonata-Heiden, Concerto-Glazunov, Aria-Bozza, or equivalent).
- Bachelor of Music in Performance (Jazz):
- 12 Major scales and Major 7th arpeggios.
- G Dorian scale and Minor 7th arpeggio. G Mixolydian scale and Dominant 7th arpeggio. G blues scale.
- An etude (from the Snidero, Fishman, Mintzer etude books, or equivalent)
- Standard tune (play the melody and improvise over the chord changes; using an Aebersold play-along is suggested).
- Master of Music in Performance (Classical):
- 12 Major scales and arpeggios, full range (16ths at quarter=100).
- 12 Melodic Minor scales and arpeggios, full range (16ths at quarter=100).
- Lyrical and technical etudes (from the Ferling, Berbiguier, Lacour etude books, or equivalent).
- 2 contrasting works from the standard repertoire (Sonata-Creston, Sonata-Heiden, Concerto-Glazunov, or equivalent).
- Master of Music in Performance (Jazz):
- 12 Major scales and Major 7th arpeggios.
- 12 Dorian scales and Minor 7th arpeggios.
- 12 Mixolydian scales and Dominant 7th arpeggios.
- Transcription performance, with recording.
- Perform "All The Things You Are" (play the melody and improvise over the chord changes; using an Aebersold play-along is suggested).
- Perform 2 contrasting standard tunes of your choice (play the melody and improvise over the chord changes; using an Aebersold play-along is suggested).
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