Beyond the Instrument

Beyond the Instrument: A Repertoire Project is a personal initiative for Wheeler, grounded in a commitment to explore and share the saxophone’s expressive potential. Designed to expand the instrument’s repertoire, the project features performances and recordings of lesser-known works, arrangements, and transcriptions alongside newly commissioned pieces by composers representing a broad spectrum of voices, perspectives, and musical approaches. Through these collaborations, Wheeler seeks to cultivate a 21st-century saxophone canon that reflects diverse experiences and artistic viewpoints. Centered on communal and expressive music-making, Beyond the Instrument aspires to resonate widely—with saxophonists and non-saxophonists alike—inviting audiences and performers into a shared conversation about creativity, connection, and the saxophone’s remarkable versatility across styles and genres.

Beyond the Instrument: Repertoire List

    • As the Willow Tree Grows, Jordan VanHemert

    • Karpathia, alto saxophone and wind ensemble, Tolga Zafer Özdemir

    • Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Lawson Lunde

    • My Childhood is My Home, solo alto saxophone, Kakia Gkoudina

    • Μπαλάντα (Ballad)" — Κώστας Τσούγκρας (Costas Tsougras), alto saxophone and piano

  • Selected commissioned works that fit the scope of the Beyond the Instrument project.

    • Bird Songs, Jordan VanHemert

    • Conjure, solo saxophone, Anthony R. Green

    • Expressions, alto saxophone and fixed electronics, Emerson Sudbury

    • your silences will not protect you, two alto saxophones, Seare Farhat

    • 3 Poems of Kostas Kavafe, Άργύρης Κουνάδης (Argires Kounades), alto saxophone and piano

    • Asymptotes, Stella Dalampira, solo soprano saxophone

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