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2020

60. Celestial Emu - Didgeridu Concerto
Based on the Gamilaroi Northern NSW First Nation people's legend of Emu in the Sky constellation, written in collaboration with Gumaroy Newman
Youtube: coming soon!
Soundcloud: coming soon!
Length: 20'00"
Premiere: 7/3/2020 @ Everest Theatre Seymour Centre performed by The Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams with didgeridu soloist Gumaroy Newman


59. Scorched Earth - Solo Oboe

A lament for Australia's devastating bushfires 2019-2020
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sQSkc34ufc
Length: 4'20"
Sheet music soon to be published by Wirripang
Premiere: 21/1/2020 @ Tempo Rubato (Melbourne) performed by Briana Leaman


2019


58. The Reverie Collection book of piano solos
A collection of piano solos based on Keyna Wilkins’ film, dance and theatre compositions.
Youtube (Titan Tango with improvised sections): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnOZ9sIaZ8
Soundcloud: Titan Tango: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/titan-tango-1?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky, Callisto: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/callisto?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky, In An Empty Warehouse: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/in-an-empty-warehouse?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky , Cobblestones: 
https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/cobblestones?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky Chasing Clouds: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/chasing-clouds-by-keyna?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/solo-piano-compositions-and
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/reverie-collection-the
Length: 20’00
Level: 6-8th Grade

Premiere: book launched at Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference at Queensland University 2019


57. Perseid Meteor Shower - chamber group (various arrangements)
Inspired by the bright shower of meteors in the constellation Perseus that occurs around August every year.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/perseid-meteor-shower
Sheet music published by Australian Jazz Realbook: https://australianjazzrealbook.com/artists/keyna-wilkins/
Level: 8th Grade
Premiere: 6/9/2019 @ Red Rattler Theatre performed by Ephemera Ensemble - Elsen Price (double bass), Carl St Jacques (viola), Will Gilbert (trumpet) and Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute)


56. Thirri Thirri - Solo Flute
Based on the distinctive rhythmic chirping of the Willie Wagtail Australian native bird, "Thirri Thirri" in Kamilaroi - First Nation Northern NSW people.
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjxua-XkQQ&t=9s

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/rhipidura-leucophrys-willie-wagtail?fbclid=IwAR3X0qs87n3ruBnix3Tqm5E8tfH5xUHLcLm5Bd0dIS7vbCW3R8onN6kGhto
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/rhipidura-leucophrys?_pos=1&_sid=d89f0dcf6&_ss=r&fbclid=IwAR3jWLMtX7Ro-vsmMuXinmHrfi3Sar6OBKMVxcDeMyu4iqDh19WjvCh-2Rk
Length: c 4'33''
Level: 8th Grade/A Mus
Premiere:
Dec 2019 in Ensemble Muse concerts performed by Jessica Scott

55. Chiron - Solo Viola
Inspired by Chiron, a minor planet in our solar system, which orbits the sun every 50 years erratically between Uranus and Saturn.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_TdlqOoCAM&feature=youtu.be
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/chiron-solo-viola

Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/chiron?_pos=1&_sid=174e2d308&_ss=r
Length: c 7'00''

Level: 8th Grade/A Mus
Premiere: 9/2/2019 @ Woodburn Creatives (Redfern) performed by Carl St Jacques

54. Mercury Vista - Solo Double Bass
Inspired by the landscapes of planet Mercury.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U-XWz6qPTU&feature=youtu.be
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/mercury-vista-double-bass

Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/mercury-vista?_pos=1&_sid=872629927&_ss=r
Length: c 7'40''
Level: 8th Grade

Premiere: 9/2/2019 @ Woodburn Creatives (Redfern) performed by Elsen Price

2018

53. The Preston Suite: A Suburban Symphony - Symphony Orchestra
Inspired by the Melbourne suburb of Preston.
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3vVpHyhbvE&feature=youtu.be
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/06-preston-iii
Commissioned by: Preston Symphony Orchestra (Melbourne)
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: 4'23''
Level: Professional Orchestra
Premiere: 25/11/2018 @ Preston Town Hall (Melbourne) performed by Preston Symphony Orchestra


52. Dunes of Pluto - Solo Double Bass
Inspired by the deep dunes on the terrain of minor planet Pluto.
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/dunes-of-pluto-double-bass
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/dunes-of-pluto
Length: c 3'22''
Level: 5th Grade

Premiere: 10/8/2018 St Stephen's Church (Sydney) performed by Elsen Price

51. Star Trance - Bass Flute and Star (sounds courtesy of astronomer Paul Francis)
A piece set to the heartbeat-like sounds of Star KIC7671081B Sounds from NASA's Kepler Mission.
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/star-trance-bass-flute-and-star
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/star-trance

Length: c 4'32''
Level: 7th Grade

2017

50. Onyx - 4 flutes OR 4 Saxophones
Inspired by the layers of different shades of black, white and grey swirls in the Onyx semi-precious stone.
4 Flutes VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oGMfFpNUbU
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/onyx?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/onyx
Length: c 6'03''
Level: 3rd - 6th Grade (different parts are different levels)

Premiere: 11/11/17 @ Flute Tree Studio (Leichhardt, Sydney) performed by Keyna Wilkins (flute), Angus McPherson (flute), Nicole Samsa (flute), Isaac Lombard (flute)
Recorded: Air in Motion solo flute album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
(originally composed in 2001, redevised in 2017)
4 Saxophones VERSION
Premiere: 10/1/2018 at Melbourne Saxophone Academy performed by the Australasian Saxophone Quartet (Joseph Lallo, Jay Byrnes, Simon Brew) 

40-49. Flamenco Etudes (book) - Solo Flute
A book of studies Preliminary - Grade 8 based on various flamenco dances such as Bulerias, Fandangos, Tangos and Farucca.
Soundcloud: Bulerias: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/bulerias?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion and whole book: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/sets/flamenco-flute-etudes
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/flamenco-etudes
Length: c 14'00''
Level: Prelim - 8th Grade
Premiere: 11/11/17 @ Flute Tree Studio (Leichhardt, Sydney) performed by Keyna Wilkins
Recorded: Air in Motion (just Bulerias from collection) solo flute album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify


38. Orbital Waltz - chamber group (various arrangements)
Inpsired by Go-Pro camera footage on the back of a satellite launching into orbit.
Youtube (quartet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlbcCoMTbE&feature=youtu.be
Youtube (trio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ljpFQY-hpo
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/orbital-waltz-double-bass-piano-trumpet?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music published by Australian Jazz Realbook and available for purchase: https://australianjazzrealbook.com/tunes/orbital-waltz/

Level: 4th-8th Grade (different parts are different levels)
Length: c 4'05''

Premiere: 25/05/17 @ Foundry 616 performed by Ephemera Ensemble: Will Gilbert (trumpet), Elsen Price (double bass), Keyna Wilkins (piano)
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify


37. Ephemeral Time - spoken voice and any combination of instruments
Poem written by Keyna Wilkins, to be whispered, about the nature of time with a loose collection of notes for performers.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouh6nXiav0w
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/ephemeral-time?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 4'41''
Level: 5th Grade

Premiere: 11/11/17 @ Flute Tree Studio (Leichhardt, Sydney) performed by Keyna Wilkins, Angus McPherson (flute), Nicole Samsa (flute), Isaac Lombard (flute)
Recorded: Air in Motion solo flute album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

36. Blackhole - Trumpet, Double Bass and Piano or 3 Flutes and Piano
"What happens at the event horizon of a black hole? Time is so extremely warped there that it flows in a direction you would have thought was spatial; it flows downward towards the singularity.” astronomer Kip Thorne in Interstellar (book).
Trumpet, Double Bass and Piano VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IITcyeh3ZQ
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/blackhole-trumpet-flute-piano-double-bass-soundtrack?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 7'12''
Level: 5th-8th Grade
Premiere: 25/05/17 @ Foundry 616 (Ultimo, Sydney) performed by Ephemera Ensemble: Will Gilbert (trumpet), Elsen Price (double bass), Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute)
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
3 Flutes and Piano VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXg0_Qqvem8
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/blackhole?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion 
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 9'12''
Premiere: 11/11/17 @ Flute Tree Studio (Leichhardt, Sydney) performed by Keyna Wilkins (flute), Angus McPherson (flute), Nicole Samsa (flute), Isaac Lombard (flute)
Recorded: Air in Motion solo flute album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify


35. New Galaxy - various arrangements and Nebulae (sounds courtesy of astronomer Paul Francis)
Inspired by the birth of a galaxy.
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moZOQG8DCn4
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/new-galaxy-double-bass-trumpet-flute-soundtrack?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/new-galaxy?_pos=1&_sid=7da6d02b2&_ss=r&fbclid=IwAR3ubfMaxi3tIlUBWvQdYl1tjvT6sDcn_fvWmakMa42L8EYy95Z4gRogEWk
Length: c 3'09'' 
Level: 5th Grade

Premiere: 25/05/17 @ Foundry 616 (Ultimo, Sydney) performed by Ephemera Ensemble: Will Gilbert (trumpet), Elsen Price (double bass), Keyna Wilkins (flute)
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
ALSO re-devised for Double Bass, Violoncello, Nebulae 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/new-galaxy?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/compositions-for-duos

ALSO re-devised for Clarinet, Piano, Nebulae 
Premiere: 6/2/2019 @ Beamonte house, Adelaide, part of Lillith Night (Maryanne Piper and Gabriella Smart) concert series around Poland, Berlin, Canada and Australia  


2015

34. Titan Tango - various arrangements

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and primarily composed of water ice and rocky material with a dense atmostphere. These space themes are framed within the tango dance structure.
Alto Saxophone, Cello and Piano VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2brDpZCcPI
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/titan-tango-extended-for-piano-cello-and-alto-saxophone
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/titan-tango
Premiere: 26/2/2018 Collide Trio (Joseph Lallo, Yasmin Rowe and Yelian He) @ Melba Hall Melbourne Conservatroium 2018
Length: c 4'07''
Level: 7th-8th Grade
Cello, Piano and Double Bass VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMI9eFMmpXc
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/titan-tango?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music published by Australian Jazz Realbook and available for purchase: https://australianjazzrealbook.com/tunes/titan-tango/
Premiere: 12/12/15 @ Seymour Centre performed by Ephemera Ensemble: Damian de Boos Smith (violoncello), Elsen Price (double bass) and Keyna Wilkins (piano)
Trumpet, Piano and Double Bass VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sl09OmRDek
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/titan-tango-piano-double-bass-trumpet?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
Viola, Trumpet, Double Bass and Piano VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uYPK3acRds&feature=youtu.be
Solo Piano VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOSmJteQ0w
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/titan-tango-1?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase as part of Reverie Collection of 5 solo piano pieces: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/reverie-collection-the
Recorded: Keys Across the Sky solo piano album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

Alto Saxophone and Piano VERSION
Premiere: 11/8/2018 @ Singapore Saxophone Symposium performed by Joseph Lallo

2013

33. Callisto - various arrangements
Inspired by rugged heavily cratered terrain of Jupiter's moon, Callisto.
Youtube (quartet):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFxP2YPkIPk&feature=youtu.be
Youtube (trio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74REhaolHFM
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/callisto-for-trumpet-piano-and-double-bass?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music published by Australian Jazz Realbook and available for purchase: https://australianjazzrealbook.com/tunes/callisto/
Premiere: 2/8/13 @ The Newsagency by Noise Ensemble: Zane Banks (guitar), Elsen Price (double bass), Will Gilbert (trumpet), Keyna Wilkins (piano)
Length: c 4'17''
Level: 4th-7th Grade (different parts and different levels)
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
Solo Piano VERSION
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/callisto?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase as part of Reverie Collection of 5 solo piano pieces: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/reverie-collection-the
Recorded: Keys Across the Sky solo piano album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify



32. Circus Waltz - cabaret singer and small orchestra
Written in a musical theatre/cabaret style with lyrics in French by Francesca Vencken about a circus.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCBnhAj1Osg
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/circus-waltz?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/theatrical-songs
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 4'07''
Premiere: 5/12/13 @ The Basement (Sydney) by Pickpockets Orchestra, Francesca Vencken (voice)

31. Star Dance - various arrangements
Inspired by the idea of a dance of the stars across the sky.
SOLO PIANO VERSION

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/star-dance?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky
Sheet music published by Wirripang part of Wirripang's Piano Anthology of Women Composers Volume 2 and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/australian-women-composers-piano-anthology-volume-ii
Length: 3'45''
Level: 7th Grade
Recorded: Keys Across the Sky solo piano album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
TRIO VERSION (Trumpet, Piano, Double Bass)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msSKF3hBmSA
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/star-dance-trumpet-piano-double-bass?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
MODERN FLAMENCO ENSEMBLE VERSION (Guitar, Cajon, Saxophone, Electric Bass, Piano, Flamenco Dancer)
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM20BFBam9c
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/luna-llena-for-flamenco-ensemble?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/quartets-larger-ensemble
Premiere: 13/6/13 @ The Basement (Sydney) performed by Pena Flamenca: Keyna Wilkins (piano), Byron Mark (cajon), Trevor Brown (saxophone), Chris Duff (guitar), Chachy Penlaver (flamenco dancer) and Tom Burns Brown (electric bass) 

ANOTHER FLAMENCO ENSEMBLE VERSION (Piano, Flute, Cajon, Violoncello, Violin and Flamenco Dancer)
Premiere
La Luna sobre tierras catalanas: 21/10/13 @ Sydney Conservatoirum Recital Hall West for Spanish Encounters Piano Symposium performed by Natalia Ricci (piano), Susan Collins (violin), Keyna Wilkins (flute), Byron Mark (cajon), Chachy Penlaver (dance) Tieje  Hylkema (violoncello)


30. In An Empty Warehouse - Solo Piano
Composed for experimental theatre piece, Fred and Ginger, about an isolated social misfit.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/in-an-empty-warehouse?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase as part of Reverie Collection, a book of 5 solo piano works by Keyna Wilkins: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/reverie-collection-the
Length: c 4'06''
Level: 5th Grade
Premiere: 29/9/13 @ Old 505 Theatre (Sydney) for Marquez Laundry Theatre Company's Fred and Ginger production for Sydney Fringe Festival 2013, performed by Keyna Wilkins
Recorded: Keys Across the Sky solo piano album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify


29. Hypnotic Struggle - Solo Piano
Composed for experimental theatre piece, Fred and Ginger, about an isolated social misfit. 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/hypnotic-struggle?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky
Length: c 4'06''

Level: 7th Grade
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Premiere: 29/9/13 @ Old 505 Theatre (Sydney) for Marquez Laundry Theatre Company's Fred and Ginger production for Sydney Fringe Festival 2013, performed by Keyna Wilkins

Recorded: Keys Across the Sky solo piano album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

28. Haze - Solo Flute
Inspired by the idea of fog and misty vision.
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/haze?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion
Length: c 1'48''
Level: 5th Grade
Recorded: Air in Motion solo flute album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

ALSO devised for Guitar, Double Bass, Trumpet, Piano
Premiere: 2/8/11 @ The Newsagency (Sydney) by Noise Ensemble: Zane Banks (guitar), Elsen Price (double bass), Will Gilbert (trumpet), Keyna Wilkins (piano)

2012

27. Dinner Party - 13 piece Saxophone Orchestra
Based on the idea of a lively discussion at a dinner party.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/dinner-party?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/quartets-larger-ensemble
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/dinner-party
Length: c 4'33''
Level: 6th Grade
Premiere: 12/10/12 @ Sydney Conservatorium Verbruggen Hall performed by Sydney Conservatorium Saxophone Orchestra
 

26. Floating in Space - Flute and Nebulae (with Nebula sounds compiled by astronomer Paul Francis on accompanying CD)
A meditive piece on the nature of being and void.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLLZypTFwUs
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/floating-in-space-for-flute-and-nebulae?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/floating-in-space
Length: c 5'41''
Level: 6th Grade

Premiere: 12/12/15 @ Seymour Centre (Sydney) performed by Keyna Wilkins
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

25. Buleria Fiero - Solo Flute
Based on the Bulerias flamenco dance in 12/8 time with distinctive accents
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAQO-4E0a6k
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/buleria-fiero?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/buleria-fiero
Length: c 4'40''
Level: 8th Grade/A Mus
Premiere: 3/7/12 @ Sydney Conservatorium Recital Hall East performed by Alison Mitchell
Recorded: Air in Motion solo flute album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify


24. Craters of Rhea - Solo Double Bass
Inspired by the jagged shapes of craters on Rhea, a moon of Saturn.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSAcY3YhR_I
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/craters-of-rhea?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/craters-of-rhea-double-bass

Length: c 10'00''
Level: A Mus

Premiere: 21/3/14 @ Annandale Village Church (Sydney) performed by Elsen Price
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify


23. Aurorae Sinus - Flute, Trumpet and Double Bass OR String Quartet
Inspired by the largest crater on Mars, also known as the Eye of Mars, Aurorae Sinus
Flute, Trumpet and Double Bass VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUzqK_zjApg
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/aurorae-sinus-for-flute-trumpet-double-bass?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/aurorae-sinus-trio
Length: c 4'40''
Level: 5th Grade

Premiere: 14/12/16 @ Seymour Centre (Sydney) performed by Ephemera Ensemble: Will Gilbert (trumpet), Elsen Price (double bass) and Keyna Wilkins (flute)
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
ALSO devised for STRING QUARTET

Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/aurorae-sinus-string-quartet

22. Mars Part 1 (Red Dirt), Part 2 (Red Mysteries) and Part 3 (Red Children) - Double Bass or Tuba and Piano
Inspired by the different aspects of planet Mars, from the NASA's Mars Rover journies, to the idea of a future colony on the red planet.
Double Bass and Piano VERSION
Youtube: Pt 1 and 2 -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTk_iNfp2qA, Pt 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9fcb163uo
Soundcloud: Pt 1 - https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/mars?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera Pt 2 - https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/mars-part-2-red-mysteries-double-bass-piano?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera, Pt 3 - https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/mars-for-trumpet-piano-double-bass?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/mars-double-bass
Length: c 9'50''
Level: 8th Grade

Premiere: 12/12/15 @ Seymour Centre performed by Ephemera Ensemble: Elsen Price (double bass), Keyna Wilkins (piano)
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

Tuba and Piano VERSION
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/mars-tuba


21. Full Moon - Solo Trumpet, or Flute, or Clarinet
Inspired by images of NASA's Grail Mission to map the moon in 2012.
TRUMPET VERSION - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0InW0rU8wY
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/full-moon-solo-trumpet?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ephemera
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/full-moon-trumpet
Length: c 4'01''
Level: 6th Grade
Premiere: 12/12/15 @ Seymour Centre performed by Will Gilbert
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

ALSO devised for SOLO FLUTE
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URB2SwWLHJI&list=PLpTylrzldroJvZSz6BXuWuYCriP879oVN
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/full-moon?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/air-in-motion
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/full-moon-flute
Recorded: Air in Motion solo flute album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

ALSO devised for SOLO CLARINET
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/full-moon-clarinet

20. Hot Chocolate - Jazz Band + Singer
Inspired by a love of chocolate.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/hot-chocolate-voice-keys-bass-drums?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ballads
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 2'47''

Premiere: 24/3/12/ @ Royal Easter Show Main Stage performed by Martini Rouge: Nicole Martini (voice), Keyna Wilkins (piano) and Emanuelle Nicolella (double bass)

2011

11-19. Sky Pieces (book of 8 short pieces) - Solo Piano
Inspired by the expanse of cloud formations in the sky.
Soundcloud: Cloud - https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/cloud?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky
, Breeze - soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/breeze?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky, Distant Horizon - https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/distant-horizon?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky, Glow In The Fog - https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/glow-in-the-fog?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky. Wind - https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/wind-from-sky-pieces?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/solo-piano-compositions
Length: c 14'00''
Level: 4th - 7th Grade
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/sky-pieces-2nd-ed

Premiere: 4-8/11 @ Flute Tree Studio (Leichhardt, Sydney) Synchrone concerts performed by Keyna Wilkins
Recorded: Wind by Kosmas Lapatas' "66 Shades of Piano" album 20117 - on bandcamp
and a selection in Keys Across the Sky solo piano album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify


10. Clear as a Bell - Soprano and Piano
About by a broken heart.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/clear-as-a-bell-2?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ballads
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 4'03''

Premiere: 11/11/11 @ Art Gallery of NSW opening Picasso Exhibition performed by Les Violettes: Eleanore Maurri (voice), Elodie Sablier (piano) and Keyna Wilkins (flute)
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/clear-as-a-bell-2?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ballads

9. Andalucian Fantasy - Solo Piano
Inspired by flamenco from Andalucia.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/andalucian-fantasy-solo-piano?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/solo-piano-compositions
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 7'51''
Premiere: Synchrone concerts April 3rd 2011 at the Flute Tree Studio (Leichhardt), performed by Keyna Wilkins

Recorded: Itunes and Spotify

8. She is Smiling - Soprano, Piano and Flute
Based on a poem by keyna Wilkins about sadness.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/she-is-smiling-1?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ballads
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 2'31''

Premiere: 11/11/11/ @ Art Gallery of NSW opening Picasso Exhibition performed by Les Violettes: Eleanore Maurri (voice), Elodie Sablier (piano) and Keyna Wilkins (flute)

7. Mirage - Soprano, Flute and Piano
Based on lyrics by Keyna Wilkins based on having the skin condition eczema.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/mirage-voice-piano-bongos?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/ballads
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 4'39''
Premiere: 4/8/11 @ El Rocco Room (Kings Cross, Sydney) performed by Eleanore Maurri (voice), Elodie Sablier (piano), Keyna Wilkins (flute)

6. Spider Girl - Voice, Melodica and Piano
Based on a lyrics by Keyna Wilkins about a quirky friend.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/octopus-and-spider?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/theatrical-songs
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 3'57''
Premiere: 4/8/11 @ El Rocco Room (Kings Cross, Sydney) performed by Eleanore Maurri (voice), Elodie Sablier (piano) and Keyna Wilkins (melodica)

5. Haunted Castle Turrets - Solo Flute
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/haunted-castle-turrets?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/compositions-for-solo-flute
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 5'22''
Premiere: 3/4/11 Synchrone concerts @ Flute Tree Studio (Leichhardt, Sydney), performed by Keyna Wilkins

2010

4. Becoming a Refugee - Tenor and Piano
Inspired by a poem of the same name written by Sudanese refugee Deng Adut, who now resides in Sydney.
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/becoming-a-refugee-for-tenor-and-piano?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/contemporary-classical-1
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 5'11''
Premiere: 10/10/10 @ Venue 505 (Sydney), performed by Greg McCloud (tenor), Keyna Wilkins (piano)


2008

3. Distant Pulsar - Trumpet OR Flute, Double Bass and Piano
Inspired by the idea of pulsars, which are highly magnetized rotating neutron stars.
Trumpet, Double Bass and Piano VERSION
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIl4y--1nsM
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/distant-pulsar-trumpet-piano-double-bass
Sheet music published by Australian Jazz Realbook and available for purchase: https://australianjazzrealbook.com/tunes/distant-pulsar/

Premiere: 11/11/08 @ Bridgwater Arts Centre (UK), performed by Alexandra Evans (piano), Keyna Wilkins (flute)
Recorded: Ephemera's Orbits and Riffs album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify
Flute and Piano VERSION
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/incantation-for-flute-and-piano?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/compositions-for-solo-flute


2005

2. Cobblestones - Solo Piano
Written for short film Lavish Gizzards - a quirky English romance.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhahi4lfc0M
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/cobblestones?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/keys-across-the-sky
Published by Wirripang as part of Reverie Collection of 5 solo Piano Pieces: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/reverie-collection-the
Length: c 2'06''
Premiere: 6/10/06 for short film Lavish Gizzards made by Dan Gale for The Engine Room (UK) and screened @ Bath International Film Festival 2006

Recorded: Keys Across the Sky solo piano album 2017 - on Itunes and Spotify

2001

1. The Transaction - Soprano and Piano
Music theatre-style piece inspired by the trashy fashion journalism, words also by Keyna Wilkins.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WiMo7n3lBo
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keyna-r-wilkins/the-transaction?in=keyna-r-wilkins/sets/theatrical-songs
Sheet music available on request by emailing keynawilkins@gmail.com
Length: c 4'51''

Premiere: 20/6/02 @ Bath Spa Recital Hall (UK) performed by Silia Gaitanzi (soprano) and Keyna Wilkins (piano)
SOUNDCLOUD RECORDINGS
Keyna R Wilkins · Ballads/Jazz/Cabaret songs
Keyna R Wilkins · Theatrical Songs
Keyna R Wilkins · MUSIC FOR SCREEN
Keyna R Wilkins · Dark Genesis
Keyna R Wilkins · Large Ensemble and Quartet Compositions
Keyna R Wilkins · Double Bass Compositions
Keyna R Wilkins · Trumpet Compositions
Keyna R Wilkins · Flute Compositions
Keyna R Wilkins · Trio Compositions
Keyna R Wilkins · Duet Compositions
Keyna R Wilkins · Contemporary Classical Songs
Keyna R Wilkins · Piano Compositions
Keyna R Wilkins · So What Bach: 6 piano jams on Bach favourites
Keyna R Wilkins · Flamenco Flute Etudes: Preliminary - Grade 8

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