Concert Band Auditions – Spring 2022Saxophone Audition Material

Scales: in extended range (as wide as you can play)

C MajorE Major

Ab MajorG Harmonic Minor

Scales should be played from memory and at a minimum of sixteenth notes at 60 BPM.

Students should prepare the following material from Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, andHindemith's Sonata for Saxophone (Londeix supplement).

(There are five total pages to this document.)

There will also be sight-reading on the audition.

For Gershwin: Prepare each of the excerpts for ALTO SAXOPHONE 1 unless you are playing tenorin the audition (in which case prepare the tenor saxophone parts). It is recommended to play alto if

possible. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you gain familiarity with the music from qualityrecordings as you prepare for your audition. You will have MUCH more success in your audition with

aural experience in addition to work in the practice room.

For Hindemith: Prepare the entire page up to whatever tempo you can play evenly and accurately.The maximum tempo is the indicated on the sheet music. If you seek out recordings of this

movement, be aware that in many recordings, this material may be played by the piano (instead ofthe saxophone) at the beginning of the movement.