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Second Year

Technique

The Scale Series: completely memorized by the end of the first semester
Beginning altissimo

Études

27 Melodious and Rhythmical Exercises J. L. SmallBuy the book

Exercices d’intonation Jean-Marie LondeixBuy the book

Solo repertoire

28 pieces

Each semester, choose one piece from each category. In the spring, choose a different piece in each category than you played in the fall.

Virtuosic

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Sonata Alto
Lawson Lunde
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Rumba Alto
Maurice Whitney
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Sonata Alto
Bernhard Heiden
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Scaramouche Alto
Darius Milhaud
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Adagio & Rondo Tenor
Francois Devienne
Score
Sonatina Soprano Tenor
William Schmidt
Score
Sonata No. 6 in G minor Alto Tenor
Antonio Vivaldi
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Spruce Shadows Tenor
Edgar Zorbel
Score

French

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Improvisation et Caprice Alto
Eugène Bozza
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Fantasie—Impromptu Alto
André Jolivet
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Cinq Danses exotiques Alto
Jean Françaix
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Sonate Alto
Marc Eychenne
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Tableaux de Provence Alto
Paule Maurice
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Romantic

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Three Romances, Op. 94 Soprano Alto
Robert Schumann
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Choral Variée Alto
Vincent d'Indy
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Fantasie sur des Motifs du Frieschutz Alto
Jérôme Savari
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Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 90, D. 899 Tenor
Franz Schubert
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Walther’s Prize Song Tenor
Richard Wagner
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Heureux Temps… Soprano Tenor
Paul Jeanjean

Contemporary

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Gavambodi 2 Alto
Jacques Charpentier
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Valse Vertigo Alto
Walter Hartley
Score
Concertino: III. Aeolian Song Alto
Warren Benson
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Deux Pièces Alto
Edison Denisov
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Pitt County Excursions Tenor
William Duckworth
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Octophonie Tenor
Guy Lacour
Score
Sonatina Tenor
Walter Skolnik
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Incantation and Ritual Tenor
Dana Wilson
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Quiet Time Soprano Tenor
Ronald Caravan
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Looking for something else? The catalog lists 215 second-year pieces. See them all →

Reading

This year’s focus: The instrument’s history

Fall

Ch. 1: “Invention and Development” The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, by Thomas Liley

The life of Adolphe Sax and how the instrument changed in its first decades.

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Spring

Ch. 2: “In the Twentieth Century” The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, by Don Ashton

How instruments and mouthpieces changed along the way.

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Listening

Next Steps: Classical Saxophone

SonatasArno Bornkamp Listen
HybridRobert Young Listen
NotturnoTimothy McAllister Listen
A la FrançaiseClaude Delangle
- Also listed as Koechlin: Etudes for Alto Saxophone and Piano
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Grieg, Glazunov, DvořákQuatuor Habanera Listen