Recommended Solo Saxophone Repertoire
(to be selected from)
Freshman Year
Sophomore Year
Junior Year
Senior Year
Graduate Study (and beyond...)
Tenor Repertoire
Soprano Repertoire
Etudes and Methods
| 48 Famous Etudes | Ferling | Southern |
| 18 Studies after Berbiguier | Mule | Leduc |
| 27 Melodious & Rhythmical Etudes | J.L. Small | Carl Fischer |
| Selected Studies | Voxman | Rubank |
| Beginning Studies in the Altissimo Register | Lang | Lang |
| High Tones for Saxophone | Rousseau | Etoile |
| Voicing: An Approach to Third Range | Sinta/Dabney | Sintafest |
Repertoire
| Aria | Bozza | Leduc |
| Syrinx (unacc.) | Debussy | Leduc |
| Choral Varie | d'Indy | Durand |
| Sonata | Eccles/Rascher | Elkan-Vogel |
| Sonata | Fasch/Rascher | McGinnis & Marx |
| Cinq Danses Exotiques | Francaix | Schott |
| Sonata | Heiden | Schott |
| Sonata | Hindemith | Schott |
| Histoires | Ibert | Leduc |
| Sicilienne | Lantier | Leduc |
| Visions Fugitives | Prokofiev/Harrison | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Piece en forme de Habanera | Ravel | Leduc |
| Ballade | Reed | Southern |
| Chanson et Passepied | Rueff | Leduc |
| Three Romances | Schumann/Hemke | Southern |
| Romance | Still | International |
| Sonatine Sportive | Tcherepnine | Leduc |
| Introduction et Danse | Tomasi | Leduc |
| An Abstract | Ward | Southern |
| Six Studies in English Folk Song | Williams, R.V. | Presser |
| The Art of Saxophone Playing | Teal | Summy Birchard |
| 150 Ans de Musique pour Saxophone | Londeix | Roncorp |
Etudes and Methods
| Daily Studies for the Improvement of
the Saxophone Technique |
Teal | Etoile |
| Daily Studies | Kynaston | Etoile |
| 27 Virtuoso Studies | Iasilli | Carl Fischer |
| Les Gammes | Londeix | Lemoine |
| 10 Contemporary Etudes | Schmidt | WIM |
| Nouvelles Etudes Variees | Londeix | Leduc |
| Studies in the High Harmonics | Nash | Leeds |
Repertoire
| Sonata No. 6 (flute) | Bach/Mule | Leduc |
| Concertino | Benson | MCA |
| Improvisation et Caprice (unacc.) | Bozza | Leduc |
| Sonata | Creston | Shawnee |
| Rapsodie | Debussy/Rousseau | Etoile |
| Concerto | Glazunov | Leduc |
| Sonata No. 1 (flute) | Handel/Mule | Leduc |
| Duo | Hartley | Tenuto |
| Petite Suite (unacc.) | Hartley | Crescendo |
| Solo | Heiden | Associated |
| Fantasia Concertante | Heiden | Etoile |
| Fantaisie-Impromptu | Jolivet | Leduc |
| Sonatine | Pascal | Durand |
| Parable (unacc.) | Persichetti | Elkan-Vogel |
| Sonata Op. 167 | Saint-Saens/Teal | Etoile |
| Ballade | Tomasi | Leduc |
| Introduction and Samba | Whitney | Bourne |
| The Orchestral Saxophonist Vol. 1 & 2 | Ronkin & Frascotti | Roncorp |
| Sax and His Saxophone | Kochnitzky | NASA Publications |
| Saxophone Soloists and Their Music | Gee | Indiana Univ. Press |
Etudes and Methods
| Paradigms I | Caravan | Dorn |
| Contemporary Saxophone Studies | DeLibero | Dorn |
| 25 Capricen und Sonate (Bks. I & II) | Karg-Elert | Southern |
| 28 Etudes after Messiaen | Lacour | Billaudot |
| 53 Etudes, Book I | Mule | Leduc |
| Partita in A minor (flute unacc.) | Bach | Henle Verlag |
| Cello Suites I-VI | Bach/Londeix | Lemoine |
| Sonata | Beall | Southern |
| Caprice en forme de Valse | Bonneau | Leduc |
| Divertimento | Boutry | Leduc |
| Air and Scherzo | Cowell | Associated |
| Concerto | Creston | Schirmer |
| Concerto | Hartley | Presser |
| Elegie et Rondeau | Husa | Leduc |
| Concertino da Camera | Ibert | Leduc |
| Sonata | Karg-Elert | Southern |
| Tableaux de Provence | Maurice | Lemoine |
| Scaramouche | Milhaud | Salabert |
| Improvisation I, II & III (unacc.) | Noda | Leduc |
| Sonate | Robert | Leduc |
| Sonata (unacc.) | Rueff | Leduc |
| Sarabande and Gigue | Tull | Boosey & Hawkes |
Books
| Marcel Mule | Rousseau | Etoile |
| The Saxophonist's Bedside Book | Harvey | Dorn |
| Hello, Mr. Sax! | Londeix | Leduc |
Etudes and Methods
| 12 Etudes and Caprices | Bozza | Leduc |
| Mirrors IV | Diemente | Dorn |
| 53 Etudes, Book 2 | Mule | Leduc |
| 16 Finishing Studies | Ruggiero | Leduc |
| Canto IV | Adler | Dorn |
| Music for Saxophone | Bassett | Peters |
| Shadowplays (a.sax, pno, 3perc) | Beavers | Manuscript |
| Sonata in Eb | Brahms/Saiano | International |
| Pastoral | Carter | Merion |
| Gavambodi 2 | Charpentier | Leduc |
| Musique de Concert | M. Constant | Leduc |
| Deux Pieces | Denisov | Leduc |
| Prelude, Cadence et Finale | Desenclos | Leduc |
| Concerto | Larsson | Gehrmans |
| Distances Within Me | Lennon | Dorn |
| Ballade (alto) | Martin | Universal |
| Sonata | Maslanka | NASA Publications |
| Sonata | Muczynski | Schirmer |
| Mai (unacc.) | Noda | Leduc |
| Phoenix (unacc.) | Noda | Leduc |
| Concerto (sax & trpt) | Rivier | Pierre Noel |
| The Nature of this Whirling Wheel | Rogers | Dorn |
| Picnic on the Marne | Rorem | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Legende | Schmitt | Durand |
| Wings | Tower | Associated |
| Portrait | Wildberger | Universal |
| Les Sons Multiples aux Saxophones | Kientzy | Salabert |
Etudes and Methods
| 8 Etudes Brilliantes | Lacour | Leduc |
| Neuf Etudes Books I-IV | Lauba | Leduc |
| Tango-Etudes | Piazzolla/Delangle | Lemoine |
Repertoire
| Sonata | Albright | Peters |
| Whirled Series | Babbitt | Peters |
| Images (sopnino, sop, alto w/tape) | Babbitt | Peters |
| Duo Concertante | Bassett | Peters |
| Sequenza IXb (unacc.) | Berio | Universal |
| Panic | Birtwistle | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Concert Suite (a.sax & band) | Bolcom | Marks |
| Lilith | Bolcom | Marks |
| Concerto | Brant | Carl Fischer |
| Concertante | M. Constant | Ricordi |
| Concerto | Dahl | European American |
| Sonata | Denisov | Leduc |
| Sonata for sax and cello | Denisov | Leduc |
| Concerto Piccolo (satb w/ perc.) | Denisov | Leduc |
| Concerto (asax w/orch.) | Denisov | Sikorski |
| Concerto | Finney | Peters |
| Music for Alto Saxophone and Electronics | Furman | Manuscript |
| Concerto | Husa | Associated |
| Airline (a.sax & tape) | Krause | Manuscript |
| Holy Roller | Larsen | Oxford |
| Steady Study on the Boogie (unacc.) | Lauba | Billaudot |
| Sud | Lauba | Fuzeau |
| Symphonic Rhapsody | Lennon | Peters |
| Concerto | Martino | Dantalian |
| Concerto | Mays | Manuscript |
| Concerto | Mead | Manuscript |
| Scena (unacc.) | Mead | Manuscript |
| Hiatus Pitch | Moore | Manuscript |
| Concerto | Muczynski | Schirmer |
| GEN | Noda | Leduc |
| Arabesque III | Nodäira | Lemoine |
| Graffiti | Redgate | Lemoine |
| Le frene egare | Rosse | Billaudot |
| In Freundschaft (unacc.) | Stockhausen | Stockhausen Verlag |
| Concerto | Salonen | Hansen-Helsinki |
| Concerto | Schuller | Associated |
| Renewing the Myth | Shrude | Lemoine |
| In Two Worlds (sax w/ computer) | Subotnick | Manuscript |
| Urban Thoughts | Worley, Daniel | Manuscript |
| Divertimento | Wuorinen | Peters |
| Fuzzy Bird Sonata | Yoshimatsu | Billaudot |
Supplemental Repertoire
Tenor Saxophone Repertoire (Freshman through
Graduate)
| Sonata | Anderson | Dorn |
| Trigon, Op.31 | Cunningham | Etoile |
| Sonata | DiPasquale | Southern |
| Pitt County Excursions | Duckworth | Seesaw |
| Ballad in Time and Space | Duckworth | Seesaw |
| Poem | Hartley | Presser |
| Concertino | Hartley | Dorn |
| Sonata | Hartley | Dorn |
| Concertino | Hasquenoph | Heugal |
| Opcit (unacc.) | Hurel | Billaudot |
| Episode Quatriemme (unacc.) | Jolas | Leduc |
| Music for Tenor Saxophone | Karlins | Southern |
| Piece Concertante | Lacour | Billaudot |
| Hard (unacc.) | Lauba | Fuzeau |
| Ballade (tenor) | Martin | Universal |
| Periple (unacc.) | Mefano | Salabert |
| The Upward Stream | Peck | Pecktacular |
| Tre Pezzi (unacc.) | Scelsi | Salabert |
| Sonatina | Schmidt | Western International |
| Concerto | Schmidt | Western International |
| Fantasia | Villa-Lobos | Peer |
Soprano Saxophone Repertoire (Freshman through
Graduate)
| Phases Contra Phases | Arma | Lemoine |
| Accompanied Recitative | Babbitt | Peters |
| Sequenza VIIb (unacc.) | Berio | Universal |
| Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (oboe unacc.) | Britten | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Inner Song (oboe unacc.) | Carter | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Le Chant des Ténèbres | Escaich | Leduc |
| Concerto | Myers | N/A |
| Sonata in G Major | Platti/Rousseau | Etoile |
| Sonata (oboe w/ piano) | Poulenc | Schirmer |
| Concerto | Read-Thomas | Manuscript |
| Lessons of the Sky | Rogers | Dorn |
| Interplay | Ruggiero | Dorn |
| Tre Pezzi (unacc.) | Scelsi | Salabert |
| In Freundschaft (unacc.) | Stockhausen | Stockhausen Verlag |
| Sur la memoire | Sung | Lemoine |
| Distance | Takemitsu | Sikorski |
| Concerto | Torke | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Fantasia | Villa-Lobos | Peer |
| Sonata | Young | Dorn |