Spring 2027

Advanced Saxophone

Advanced individual saxophone instruction covering technical proficiency, tone quality, intonation, rhythmic precision, and standard and jazz literature.

offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Walter Puyear

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Exhibit proficiency in the fundamentals of saxophone playing, including but not limited to technical proficiency, tone quality, intonation, and rhythmic precision.

  • Assess and diagnose technical issues.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of standard saxophone and jazz literature. This includes professional performance level, knowledge of historical context and importance, and pedagogical aptitude related to each work performed.

  • Strengthen critical listening and ear-training skills.

  • Exhibit versatility and ability to adapt to a variety of musical situations.

  • Apply efficient and productive practice techniques.

  • Make informed musical decisions that reconcile acquired knowledge with intuition.

  • Contextualize saxophone performance using reference to current and past practices.

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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MUS PERF 413

  • MUS PERF 413
MUSPERF 413 used by

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  • MUS PERF 413

Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

WALTER PUYEAR is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
IND 049Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 149Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Fundamentals of saxophone playing
  • Standard saxophone and jazz literature
  • Critical listening and ear-training

Skills

  • Saxophone technical proficiency, tone quality, intonation, and rhythmic precision
  • Knowledge of standard saxophone and jazz literature with historical context
  • Efficient and productive practice techniques

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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MUSPERF 413 · Spring 2027

Advanced Saxophone

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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