2026 NASA Collegiate Solo Competition

Repertoire for the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) 2026 Collegiate Solo Competition, transcribed from the supplied guidelines.

Competition guidelines (PDF)

Preliminary Round

Submit a recorded video audition containing complete performances of:

• Rhapsodie by Lucie Robert.
• Additional music of the performer’s choice.

Time limit: 15 minutes of music will be adjudicated. The guidelines state that submissions with less or more recorded time are not penalized. The audio and video must be unedited. Live piano accompaniment is required where applicable.

Semi-Final Round

• Prélude, cadence et finale by Alfred Desenclos.
• Salleras Variations by Steven Banks.
• Additional music of the performer’s choice.

Stage time: 20 minutes, including walking on and off stage. Performers who exceed the time will be stopped without penalty.

Final Round

Choose one piece from Saxiana Presto: 7 Characteristic Pieces for Solo Saxophone (Billaudot):

• L’oiseau enfermé by Jun Nagao.
• Seti by Michel Lysight.
• Sax Hero by Philippe Geiss.
• Estudio Tongolele by Gabriela Ortiz.
• Hallucination by Polina Medyulyanova.
• Target by Luis Naón.
• Opus brevis by Vache Sharafyan.

Also required:

• Rhapsody by John Anthony Lennon, movement I, Drammatico only.
• Additional music of the performer’s choice.

Stage time: 30 minutes, including walking on and off stage. Performers who exceed the time will be stopped without penalty.

Programming Rules

• Required repertoire may be played only in the round in which it is required.
• Choice repertoire may not be repeated between the two live rounds.
• Choice repertoire from the recorded preliminary round may be used in a live round.
• Choice repertoire may consist of complete works or individual movements and may be played on any saxophone.
• Works composed with piano must be performed with piano.
• Each performer must provide one original copy of the score for each choice work in the live rounds. Original copies of the required repertoire are not required.
• Performers using a NASA staff pianist must consult the staff pianists’ repertoire lists. At least two of the three pianists must know each choice piece unless special permission is obtained from the Collaborative Artist Coordinator.
• In either live round, judges may request particular movements or excerpts because of time constraints.

SaxoBrain Catalog Notes

These editorial notes are supplied by SaxoBrain and are separate from the competition guidelines.

• Rhapsodie has no work page in this catalog. Its composer is linked above.
• The guidelines call Banks’s work Salleras Variations. Murphy Music Press, its publisher, lists Salleras Variation, the title used for the linked catalog entry.
• The guidelines name Lucie Robert, whose catalog entry is Lucie Robert-Diessel.
• The guidelines name Michael Lysight for Seti. Billaudot, the collection’s publisher, credits Michel Lysight, matching the existing catalog entry.
• The guidelines call Lennon’s work Rhapsody. It is linked to the existing Symphonic Rhapsody entry. A Music Teachers National Association competition program identifies Drammatico as its first movement.