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  Woodwinds

  Bassoon
  

  • major and minor scales
  • An etude from Weissenborn Fifty Advanced Studies
  • At least two movements (one slow, one fast) from a sonata, concerto, or similar work, preferably from the Baroque or Classical period

  Clarinet
  

  • Major and minor scales and chromatic scale
  • Any etude at the level of Rose 32 Studies
  • Two contrasting movements from the concerto, sonata, and/or solo literature

  Flute
  

  • Demonstrate scales, two octaves, in varied articulation
  • An etude at the level of Anderson Opus 33, or a Boehm Caprice
  • A Baroque sonata or Classical concerto
  • A Twentieth-Century piece

  Oboe
  

  • Major and minor scales, in varied articulations
  • A Ferling study (any fast one)
  • Two movements (one slow, one fast) from a Baroque sonata

  Saxophone (classical)
  

  • Major and minor scales
  • Two prepared etudes (one slow, one fast) from either Ferling 48 Études for Saxophone or Voxman Selected Studies for Saxophone
  • Two complete works (all movements) from among the following:
    • Lunde Sonata
    • Jacobi Sonata
    • Eccles Sonata (arr. Rascher)
    • Handel Sonata #3 (arr. Rascher)

  Applicants wishing to concentrate on tenor saxophone should prepare the following:

  • Two selections (one slow, one fast) from Voxman Selected Studies
  • Two complete works (all movements), one each from among the following pairs:
  • Galliard Sonata No. 4 or Telemann Sonata in C minor
  • Tuthill Sonata or Schmidt Sonatine

  Applicants wishing to concentrate on baritone saxophone should prepare the following:

  • Two selections (one slow, one fast) from Voxman Selected Studies
  • Two complete works (all movements) from among the following:
    • Caravan Sonata
    • Presser Preleude
    • Sonata #3 Handel (arr. Rascher) or Fasch Sonata (arr. Rascher)