At the Mary Pappert School of Music, you are challenged to connect historical practices with modern methods, blend the traditional with current technology, and explore your artistry, creativity, and ingenuity to the fullest extent. Saxophone students are currently majoring in music education, performance, music technology, music therapy, composition, and jazz.

Auditions:

Perform major scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats and a two octave chromatic scale. Prepare a total of 5 minutes of solo and/or or etude literature which demonstrates skill levels including expressive tone and phrasing, as well as technical passages including various articulations. Examples of solos would include transcriptions of Sonatas by Eccles, Handel, and Bach, or "Sonata for Saxophone" by L. Lunde or B. Heiden, "Aria" by E. Bozza, or "Concerto for Saxophone" by A.Glazanov. Etudes can be included from the "Selected Studies for Saxophone" by H. Voxman or "48 Famous Studies for Oboe or Saxophone" by W. Ferling.

Please contact Dr. Perry Roth for more information or questions at rothp2@duq.edu