Woodwinds

Saxophone

Professors

About the saxophone class

The Fontys Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA) in Tilburg, hosts one of the largest international saxophone classes in Europe. It focusses on: finding the individual voice of the student; working on a solid basis in technique and music for performances; learning how to act in professional environment; playing lots of chamber music (including a 25 piece saxophone orchestra!); looking for different influences through international masterclasses by saxophone players and other instrumentalists.

The saxophone teachers at AMPA, both operating from different perspectives, but unified in their love for the instrument, consider the saxophone world to be the fore-runner in classical music and convey this in every way to their students.

A large number of successful and active alumni from the saxophone class, all operating from their own vision, underline the strength of this concept.

Major

Study activities for your major will consist of:
• individual and group lessons
• independent study
• concerts, projects and ensemble activities
• lessons and masterclasses from your personal budget

Assessment

You will perform in the following recitals and exams in order to complete work on your major:
• recital 1 at the end of the first year of the Master (45 minutes)
• final recital at the end of the second year of the Master (60 minutes)
• chamber music recitals in year 1 and 2 of the Master (15 minutes each)
• orchestral part exams in year 1 and 2 of the Master (15 minutes each)

Audition

Candidates living in the Netherlands/ Belgium/ Western Germany will do a live audition. Candidates from other countries will do an online audition.

You will be asked to submit a personal development plan, in which you outline your plans for the upcoming years of study and a CV.
Furthermore you have to prepare following pieces:
 Three Etudes of different character by for example Lacour (the Messiaen etudes), Ferling (the slow and the fast one), Londeix, etc.
 Two concert pieces with piano, like Desenclos, Prelude Cadence et Final, Ibert ,Concertino da Camera, Denisov Sonata.
 A piece for saxophone solo, like one of the Berio Sequenzas, Jolas Episode Quatrieme, the Bach Fluter Partita or a Lauba Etude.