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The course of study for the student of saxophone at Northwestern University divides into the following classifications:

A. Interpretive and Technical Materials
      1. Etude and method books
      2. Memorized scales and arpeggios
      3. Special techniques

B. Repertoire
      1. Concerti
      2. Sonatas
          a. Transcribed early sonatas
          b. Original sonatas
      3. Solo literature
          a. Saxophone with piano
          b. Unaccompanied
      4. Chamber Ensemble
          a. Saxophone with other instruments
          b. Saxophone quartet

The saxophone student must complete the listed methods during each school year. Students are also required to satisfactorily present the required scale and arpeggio materials.

Ten compositions are to be chosen from each repertoire list and developed to a performance level. Deviations from this list may be requested and are subject to consent by the instructor. Participation in a saxophone quartet of with other instruments in the performance of chamber music is especially stressed and will be demanded of students who have attained an acceptable performance level.

Accepted majors in tenor or baritone saxophone are expected to complete all required methods. Repertoire will be chosen from appropriate alto saxophone literature, unaccompanied works, chamber music, and other transcribed and original compositions.

All compositions written for saxophone and piano must be performed in the studio with piano. Completion of any composition will occur when the work has been mastered and one movement or a major section of a work has been performed in the studio from memory and with piano, where applicable.

Freshman Year--Three Quarters

Methods

18 Studies after Berbiguier -- M. Mule	Leduc
Exercises Transcendants -- M. Perrin	Leduc
Selected Studies -- H. Voxman	Rubank
24 Easy Atonal Etudes – G. Lacour	Billaudot
48 Etudes after Ferling -- M. Mule	Leduc
Neuf Etudes Transcendantes -- N. Samyn	Billaudot

Repertoire

Aeolian Song -- W. Benson	MCA
Three Romances -- R. Schumann-Hemke	Southern
Tango et Tarentelle -- M. Dautremer	Leduc
Chanson et Passepied -- J. Rueff	Leduc
Canzonetta -- G.Pierne-Mule	Leduc
Introduction et Danse -- H.Tomasi	Leduc
Sonatine Sportive -- A. Tcherepnin	Leduc
Sicilienne -- P.Lantier	Leduc
Improvisation I,II,III -- R. Noda	Leduc
Choral Varié -- V. D’Indy	Durand
Sonata #4 -- J.S. Bach-Mule	Leduc
Three Short Pieces -- R. Myers	Artisan
Sarabande and Gigue -- F. Tull	Boosey
Suite -- P. Bonneau	Leduc
An Abstract -- D.Ward	Southern
Sonata No. 6 (flute sonata) -- Bach-Mule	Leduc
Sonata -- R. Snyder	Tenuto
Sonata -- P. Creston	Shawnee
Sonata-- P. Hindemith	Schott
Piece Concertante -- H. Reutter	Schott
Concertino -- E. Bozza	Leduc
Concerto in E Flat -- A. Glazounov	Leduc
Concerto -- P. Vellones	Lemoine

Sophomore Year--Three Quarters

Methods

53 Etudes Book I -- M. Mule	Leduc
20 Etudes after Sivori, Rode, Fiorillo, Capelle	Leduc
30 Exercises after Sousman -- M. Mule	Leduc
Etudes Journaliers -- Terschak-Mule	Leduc

Repertoire

Cadenza -- L. Robert	Editions Francaises
Divertimento -- R. Boutry	Leduc
Fantaisie -- J. Demersseman	Billaudot
Music for Alto Saxophone -- M.W. Karlins	Southern
Sonata No.1 (flute sonata) -- Handel-Mule	Leduc
Rhapsodie Brettone -- R. Barbier	Leduc
Improvisation et Caprice -- E. Bozza	Leduc
Quinze Etudes -- C. Koechlin	Editions Francaises
Ballade -- H. Tomasi	Leduc
Quattro Liriche Brevi -- J. Orrtego-Salas	Peer
Parable -- V.Persichetti	Elkan-Vogel
Picnic on the Marne -- N. Rorem	Boosey & Hawkes
Rhapsodie pour Saxophone-- C. Debussy	Durand
Two Memorials – M.A. Turnage	Schott
Sonatine -- C. Pascal	Durand
Sonata -- J. Absil	Lemoine
Sonata -- P.M. Dubois	Leduc
Seven Epigrams -- R. Snyder	Southern
Concerto -- H. Badings	Donemus
Concerto -- W. Hartley	Presser

Junior Year--Three Quarters

Methods

Etudes Varies -- M. Mule	Leduc
53 Etudes Book II -- M. Mule Leduc
20 Etudes after Sivori, Rode, Fiorillo, Capelle, Book II -- M. Mule	Leduc
6 Etudes -- A. Massis	Leduc
28 Etudes-modes de Messiaen -- G.Lacour	Billaudot

Repertoire

Duo -- W. Hartley	Tenuto
Duo Concertante -- L. Bassett	Peters
Tableaux de Provence -- P. Maurice	Lemoine
Fantasia -- H. Villa-Lobos	Southern N.Y.
Response -- E. Diemente	Seesaw
Sarabande (Soprano) – M.A. Turnage	Schott
Divertissement -- P.M. Dubois	Leduc
Air and Scherzo -- H. Cowell	Associated
Brillance -- I. Gotkovsky	Billaudot
Mai -- R. Noda	Leduc
Phoenix -- R.Noda	Leduc
Legende -- F. Schmitt	Durand
Neuf Etudes -- C. Lauba	Leduc
Scaramouche -- D. Milhaud	Durand
Piece Concertante -- G. Lacour	Billaudot
Sonata – R.R. Bennett	Chester Novello
Sonata -- D.Diamond	Southern
Sonata -- B. Heiden	Schott
Sonata -- S. Karg-Elert	Zimmerman
Sonata -- R. Muczynski	Schirmer
Sonate -- J. Rueff	Leduc
Hot Sonate -- E. Schulhoff	Schott
Concerto One -- B. Beerman	ACA
Concerto -- H. Tomasi	Leduc
Concerto-- P. Bonneau	Leduc
Concerto -- P. Creston	G. Schirmer
Concertino -- W. Benson	M.C.A.
Concerto -- P.M. Dubois	Leduc

Senior Year--Three Quarters

Methods

12 Etudes-Caprices -- E. Bozza	Leduc
Etudes Expressives -- A. Ameller	Peters
53 Etudes, Book III -- M. Mule	Leduc

Repertoire

Ballade -- F. Martin	Universal
Two Elegies Framing a Shout – M.A. Turnage	Schott
Impromptu -- M.W. Karlins	Southern
Homage a Sax -- R. Bernier	Leduc
Caprice en Forme de Valse -- P. Bonneau	Leduc
Dialogue -- K. Korte	Galaxy
In Freundschaft -- K. Stockhausen	Universal
Seven Pieces for Saxophone and Organ -- A. Stout	Southern
Hard Fairy – G.Fitken	www.fitkin.com
Variations -- R. Snyder	Leduc
Gavambodi II -- J. Charpentier	Leduc
Prelude Cadence et Finale-- A. Desenclos	Leduc
Divertimento -- C.Wuorinen	Peters
Variations Pathétiques -- I. Gotkovsky	Billaudot
Elegie et Rondeau -- K. Husa	Leduc
Holy Roller -- L. Larsen	Oxford
Music for Saxophone -- L. Bassett	Peters
Renewing the Myth -- M.Shrude	ACA
Musique de Concert -- M. Constant	Leduc
Fuzzy Bird Sonata -- T. Yoshimatsu	Billaudot
San Antonio-- J. Harbison	Associated Music Pub.
Sonata-- J. DiPasquale (tenor)	Southern
Sonata-- J. Franco	Composers Facsimile Ed.
Concerto -- J. Feld	Etoile
Concerto -- I. Gotkovsky	Leduc
Concerto -- R. Challan	Leduc
Concerto-- P.M. Dubois	Leduc
Concerto for Trumpet and Saxophone -- J. Rivier	Pierre Noel
Concertino da Camera -- J. Ibert	Leduc

(Advanced seniors may select material from the Graduate Listing.)

Graduate Study*

Methods

8 Etudes Brillantes-- G. Lacour	Leduc
53 Etudes Book II-- M. Mule	Leduc
6 Etudes-- A. Massis	Leduc
Exercises Journaliers-- Terschak-Mule	Leduc
Traits Difficiles Books I, II, III	Leduc
28 etudes sur les Modes d' Olivier Messiaen-- G. Lacour	Billaudot

Repertoire

True Confessions – C. Stolte	Southern
Canzona da Sonare -- T. Mason	Southern
Distances Within Me-- J. Lennon	Dorn
Music for Tenor Saxophone -- M.W. Karlins	Southern
Sonata -- W. Albright	Peters
Sonata -- E. Denisov	Leduc
Sonata- - D. Maslanka	NASA
Lilith -- W. Bolcom	E.B. Marks
Wings -- J.Tower	Associated
Sequenza VIIb-- L. Berio	Universal
Sequenza IXb-- L. Berio	Universal
She Sings She Screams -- M. Engebretson	Manuscript
Steady Study on the Boogie -- C. Lauba	Billaudot
Hard -- C. Lauba	Billaudot
Gate (Soprano) – G. Fritkin	www.fitkin.com
Concertino -- G. Raphael	Breitkopf & Hartel
Concerto -- H. Brandt	Carl Fischer
Concerto-- I. Dahl	M. C. A.
Concerto -- R.L. Finney	Peters
Concerto -- P. Hasquenoph	Presser
Concerto -- K. Husa	Associated
Concerto -- E. V. Koch	Eriks Musikhandel Forlag
Concerto -- L. E. Larsson	Gerhmans
Concerto -- J. Rueff	Leduc
Concerto-- M. Torke	Boosey & Hawkes

* Entering Graduate students who did not major in saxophone as an undergraduate at Northwestern University are advised that a performing knowledge of representative undergraduate repertoire is necessary before beginning the graduate level repertoire. Graduate students who have accomplished the repertoire in the Graduate Study listing may select unperformed material from the undergraduate lists or prepare newly composed/published repertoire with Professor’s approval.