Prescreening required; must be video format. Prescreening may or may not include accompaniment at the discretion of the applicant.
If possible, prescreening repertoire should be separated into different video files. It is also acceptable to upload a single video file that contains all required prescreening repertoire. Please see the Graduate Application for more information.
Fall 2025 Audition Dates:
February 7, 14-15
For Prescreening:
- Spoken introduction which includes your name, current institution, teachers, and brief information about your background on the saxophone.
- Two contrasting études by Bozza, Lacour, Koechlin, Karg-Elert, Ferling, or other études of similar difficulty
- Two complete solo works of contrasting styles, including at least one work from the standard repertoire.
For Final Audition:
- All major and harmonic minor scales, full range; major scales in 3rds; chromatic scale.
- Approximately 30 minutes of music that represents both a diversity of musical styles and your interests as an artist. At least one selection should be from the standard repertoire. Selections should represent both musical and technical accomplishment.
- Optional: If you have a background in jazz that you would like to demonstrate, you may present jazz selections such as a transcription, jazz étude, and/or improvisation.