BCCM Ensemble Auditions 2021

Saxophone

Please be prepared to play the following at your audition. You may use

any voice of the saxophone family. It is recommended that you audition

on the alto saxophone if possible. Placements will be made based off

1. Major Scales - You will be asked to play 1-3 major scales. Please play

them full range, all slurred, at a tempo that best represents your

technique.

2. Chromatic Scale - Play one chromatic scale starting on Low D, up to

High F/F#, and ending on Low Bb. Slurred at your best, most

accurate tempo.

3. Excerpts on following pages. Start with #1.

4. Sight reading

Concerto for Alto Saxophone—Lars-Erik Larsson

Sonata #1 for Flute—Anna Bonn di Venzia * Please note that this piece has no articulations or other musical

markings. You will need to add your own based on the late baroque or early classical style. This excerpt is

from the “Adagio” movement. Please note that grace notes were sometimes played as an appoggiatura.

Harkstow Grange is the second movement of Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger. It is

traditionally played with rubato. Please be sure to study recordings and arrive at your own

interpretation.

Excerpt from “Wings” by Joan Tower