2023-2024 Audition Date (for invited players) will be on Friday February 16, 2024.  Due to the number of auditionees and the necessary planning for a more beneficial experience, we do not make special accommodations regarding the audition date.  Besides, we normally have dinner with current studio members the night before and a luncheon with everyone on the day.  Please arrange accordingly.  If you are unable to attend due to unavoidable school/professional events, please let Dr. Tse know.  

The submission deadline for all applicants to file the SOM supplemental application will be January 16, 2024.  (Link to this form will be available soon) *Please make sure you apply to the U. of Iowa AND the School of Music BEFORE sending your recordings. Recordings without an application record will not be processed. 

Pre-Screening Audition Procedures:  All undergraduate and graduate saxophone applicants will be pre-screened through a recording/video.

• All applicants should submit links (audio or video) of the pre-screening materials on the School of Music form.
•  School of Music application and recording must be received no later than January 16, 2024.
• An invitation to audition, or otherwise, will be sent after your recording has been reviewed. Each recording will be reviewed carefully and no second try in the same audition period will be allowed. Therefore, please ensure your recording/video is of the highest quality in performance and audio.
• Due to the nature of audition and the number of applicants, we will not be able to provide individual comments. All decisions made will be final.

Requirements for the pre-screening recording:

• Time limit: no less than 10 minutes, no longer than 20 minutes
• Undergraduates ONLY: choose 5 scales, quarter-note = 88 x 4 sixteenths, articulation of your choice
• Repertoire: 2 contrasting movements from the same or different pieces. Unaccompanied works are allowed. Accompanied works MUST be performed with piano accompaniment (or pre-recorded track).
• Judging criteria: tone quality, musicianship, overall control, consistency, and fluency.

International applicants: Although it is recommended that you visit our campus, online videos are accepted in place of your live audition. You do NOT need to send in a pre-screening recording if you do not plan to come to the live audition.  For students in the USA, in-person live audition is required.

Live Audition Information
Undergraduate (B.M./B.A.):

Auditionees are expected to have had private instruction, but it is not a prerequisite. 
▪ All major and minor scales (as many versions as possible) at a minimum tempo of quarter note = 80 x 4 (sixteenth notes)
▪ Chromatic scale
▪ Two contrasting solo pieces (one lyrical and one technical) with or without piano. When pieces with piano are chosen, please bring an accompanist if possible. You may choose compositions from this list, or choose works that are of similar difficulty. It is important to choose works that showcase your strengths as a musician.
Sample repertoire:
ALTO/BARITONE
▫ Henk Badings: Concerto 
▫ Roger Boutry: Divertimento
▫ Paul Bonneau:Caprice en forme de valse 
▫ Herbert Couf: Introduction, Dance and Furioso 
▫ Paul Creston: Sonata
▫ Alexandre Glazunov: Concerto
▫ Ida Gotkovsky: Brillance 
▫ Jascha Gurewich: Concerto
▫ Walter Hartley: Petite Suite
▫ Bernhard Heiden: Sonata
▫ Bernhard Heiden: Diversion
▫ Jacques Ibert: Concertino da camera 
▫ Lawson Lunde: Sonata
▫ Paule Maurice: Tableaux de Provence
▫ Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche
▫ Alfred Reed: Ballade
TENOR 
▫ Jules Demersseman: Introduction and Variations 
▫ James DiPasquale: Sonata
▫ Walter Hartley: Poem
▫ Jean-Baptiste Singelée: Adagio et Rondo
▫ Hector Villa-Lobos: Fantasia

Graduate (M.A./D.M.A.):