This document develops an analytical methodology which can be used in preparation for the performance of Christian Lauba’s saxophone etudes. This methodology is then applied to three of Lauba’s concert etudes: Worksong (2010), Flamenco (2013), and Steady Study on the Boogie (1995). Despite the prominence of Lauba’s concert etudes in saxophone repertoire, no such document exists which identifies and analyzes their key musical aspects of style/genre manipulation and expression. To examine these aspects, this document develops a bipartite methodology by synthesizing Bruno Alcalde’s framework for the analysis of musical hybridity and Robert S. Hatten’s theories of virtual agency in Western art music. The analytical insights using this methodology are aimed to help saxophonists in their preparation of Lauba’s works. In Chapter 1, Lauba’s concert etudes are contextualized within the overall development of saxophone repertoire, then their important musical aspects are explained. In Chapter 2, the concert etude’s history is explored using the development of concert piano etudes as a genre exemplar. The influence of Lauba’s concert etudes on saxophone repertoire is compared to the impact of Chopin, Liszt, and Ligeti’s etudes on piano repertoire. Chapters 3 and 4 outline important background information and the methodologies used to analyze the works in the Chapter 6. In Chapter 3, important concepts of style, genre, paratext, and the concert etude as a genre are discussed, followed by an outline of Alcalde’s framework for analyzing musical hybridity. This is followed by an explanation of how Lauba’s works are situated in this genre. In Chapter 4, different perspectives on musical agency are discussed, highlighting those of Hatten. Chapter 5 outlines the document’s methodology and explains the need for a synthesized framework to analyze Lauba’s concert etudes. In Chapter 6, the document culminates in three analyses using the methodology and considerations outlined in the previous chapters. Although grounded to music theory, this document intends for the methodology and analyses contained therein to be utilized by saxophonists in their performance preparations for any of Lauba’s concert etudes which include musical hybridity. Virtual agency as an analytical tool foregrounds this usage.