ARTICLES/PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian-British composer-musician-teacher, with a passion for astronomy, improvisation, human rights and free expression. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS). She performs her solo show and in ensembles around the world and her music is published by Wirripang. Keyna also presents lectures/workshops at conferences/festivals/universities and writes articles for music magazines around the world including USA, Australia, Spain, UK and global online festivals. Topics include intuitive improvisation, entrepreneurship in the arts, how to incorporate improvisation at all stages of learning, improvisation as a catalyst for composition, astronomy and music, and collaborating with musicians from non-western cultures. She also held a position as Associate Lecturer in Music at Bridgwater College Somerset UK for three years and has a Professional Graduate Certificate of Education. She has been managing her private studio of piano, flute composition and theory students beginner to advanced for 20 years, teaching traditional classical and jazz technique alongside improvisation and composition, for which she has developed her own teaching techniques. While classically trained in UK, Germany and Sydney Conservatorium, she has branched into jazz, flamenco, live theatre and has studied intuitive conceptual improvisation with Tibetan Buddhist musician Tenzin Cheogyal.
WORKSHOPS
2023: Improvisation Workshop for Oately Public School, NSW
2023: Intuitive Improvisation Workshop for Teachers and Students for Music World Music School, Melbourne, VIC
2023: Intuitive Improvisation Workshop for Teachers and Students for St Cloud University, Minnesota, USA
2021: Improvisation for Kids Workshop and Performance for Tempest Arts Festival, Ashfield, NSW
2022: Intuitive Improvisation for Flute Workshop for Top Notes Studio, Sydney NSW
2021: Making It In The Arts: The Portfolio Career for Wollongong University Creative Arts Course, NSW
2019: Ad Libitum: semi-structured improvisation at all stages for Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, University of Queensland
2019: Improvisation As A Catalyst For Composition for MLC Australian Music Day, Burwood, NSW
2019: Composing For The Flute for Australian Flute Festival at Sydney Conservatorium
2004-2007: 100's of performance and composition workshops as Associate Lecturer in Music for Bridgwater College, Somerset, UK
PRESENTATIONS
2023: Entrepreneurship in the Arts for St Cloud University, Minnesota, USA
2023: Collaborations with Global Creatives for St Cloud University, Minnesota, USA
2023: Making My Music Mean Something: Flute Collaborations with Refugees Imprisoned for 9 years by the Australian Government Without Charge or Trial, Spirit, Stars and Australian Birds: Keyna Wilkins' Flute Compositions, Ad Libitum: Incorporating Improvisation Games Into Flute Lessons Beginner to Advanced, Flute and Didgeridoo Improvisation Project "Yulugi" : The Joy of Working With Non-Western Trained Musicians, 21st Century Solo Flute Recital: Exploring improvisation, loop pedal and projections - for Babel Global Flute Convention
2021: Trailblazer Women In Music series for Sydney Women's Club
2017: Sky Pieces original piano compositions for Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, Adelaide University
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
2023: Intensely Here and Now for Loudmouth Music Trust Magazine
2023: Making My Music Mean Something: Flute Collaborations with Refugees Imprisoned for 9 years by the Australian Government Without Charge or Trial, Spirit, Stars and Australian Birds: Keyna Wilkins' Flute Compositions, Ad Libitum: Incorporating Improvisation Games Into Flute Lessons Beginner to Advanced, Flute and Didgeridoo Improvisation Project "Yulugi" : The Joy of Working With Non-Western Trained Musicians, 21st Century Solo Flute Recital: Exploring improvisation, loop pedal and projections - for Babel Global Flute Convention
2021: Improvisation Should Be A Democracy for Limelight Magazine
2021: My Lockdown Album Collab with Jalal Mahamede for Australian Music Centre's Resonate Magazine
2021: What I Learned About Life from Refugee Jalal Mahamede for Limelight Magazine
2020: Entrepreneurship in Music for Bath Spa University Magazine
2018: Music and Astronomy in University of Valencia's Revista De Investigacion de Musical (Journal of Musicological Studies, Spain).
QUALIFICATIONS
2017: MMus Composition @ Sydney Conservatorium supervised by Prof Anne Boyd and Dr Rosalind Page
2008: MA Flute Performance @ Bristol University, UK
2007: Professional Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) @ Bridgwater College, UK
2006: LRSM Flute Performance, UK
2003: BA Mus (Hons) Flute and Composition @ Bath Spa Uni (1st Yr at Sydney Conservatorium, 2nd Yr Jazz Piano Performance at Hildesheim Uni, Germany, 3rd Yr at BSU)
WORKSHOPS
2023: Improvisation Workshop for Oately Public School, NSW
2023: Intuitive Improvisation Workshop for Teachers and Students for Music World Music School, Melbourne, VIC
2023: Intuitive Improvisation Workshop for Teachers and Students for St Cloud University, Minnesota, USA
2021: Improvisation for Kids Workshop and Performance for Tempest Arts Festival, Ashfield, NSW
2022: Intuitive Improvisation for Flute Workshop for Top Notes Studio, Sydney NSW
2021: Making It In The Arts: The Portfolio Career for Wollongong University Creative Arts Course, NSW
2019: Ad Libitum: semi-structured improvisation at all stages for Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, University of Queensland
2019: Improvisation As A Catalyst For Composition for MLC Australian Music Day, Burwood, NSW
2019: Composing For The Flute for Australian Flute Festival at Sydney Conservatorium
2004-2007: 100's of performance and composition workshops as Associate Lecturer in Music for Bridgwater College, Somerset, UK
PRESENTATIONS
2023: Entrepreneurship in the Arts for St Cloud University, Minnesota, USA
2023: Collaborations with Global Creatives for St Cloud University, Minnesota, USA
2023: Making My Music Mean Something: Flute Collaborations with Refugees Imprisoned for 9 years by the Australian Government Without Charge or Trial, Spirit, Stars and Australian Birds: Keyna Wilkins' Flute Compositions, Ad Libitum: Incorporating Improvisation Games Into Flute Lessons Beginner to Advanced, Flute and Didgeridoo Improvisation Project "Yulugi" : The Joy of Working With Non-Western Trained Musicians, 21st Century Solo Flute Recital: Exploring improvisation, loop pedal and projections - for Babel Global Flute Convention
2021: Trailblazer Women In Music series for Sydney Women's Club
2017: Sky Pieces original piano compositions for Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, Adelaide University
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
2023: Intensely Here and Now for Loudmouth Music Trust Magazine
2023: Making My Music Mean Something: Flute Collaborations with Refugees Imprisoned for 9 years by the Australian Government Without Charge or Trial, Spirit, Stars and Australian Birds: Keyna Wilkins' Flute Compositions, Ad Libitum: Incorporating Improvisation Games Into Flute Lessons Beginner to Advanced, Flute and Didgeridoo Improvisation Project "Yulugi" : The Joy of Working With Non-Western Trained Musicians, 21st Century Solo Flute Recital: Exploring improvisation, loop pedal and projections - for Babel Global Flute Convention
2021: Improvisation Should Be A Democracy for Limelight Magazine
2021: My Lockdown Album Collab with Jalal Mahamede for Australian Music Centre's Resonate Magazine
2021: What I Learned About Life from Refugee Jalal Mahamede for Limelight Magazine
2020: Entrepreneurship in Music for Bath Spa University Magazine
2018: Music and Astronomy in University of Valencia's Revista De Investigacion de Musical (Journal of Musicological Studies, Spain).
QUALIFICATIONS
2017: MMus Composition @ Sydney Conservatorium supervised by Prof Anne Boyd and Dr Rosalind Page
2008: MA Flute Performance @ Bristol University, UK
2007: Professional Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) @ Bridgwater College, UK
2006: LRSM Flute Performance, UK
2003: BA Mus (Hons) Flute and Composition @ Bath Spa Uni (1st Yr at Sydney Conservatorium, 2nd Yr Jazz Piano Performance at Hildesheim Uni, Germany, 3rd Yr at BSU)
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Powerpoint Slides for Improvisation Workshop
