UPCOMING EVENTS
JULY EVENTS
6th July: solo set at Hearts for Gaza fundraiser concert 4pM @ Woodlands studio ashbury
7th July: jam at BUDDHIST poetry and music performance 9.30am @ SGI BUDDHIST Centre homebush
7th July: jam at TANABATA TEA PARTY 2pm @ woodlands studio ashbury
12th July: launch of “Inner game of chance” improvisation guidebook 11.50am @ MONASH UNIVERSITY melbourne @ australasian Piano pedagogy conference - more info
13th July: IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP 3.30pm @ Music World East Malvern, Melbourne - email [email protected] for tickets
13th July: solo set RIFFS AND DREAMS 6pm @ the man cave Melbourne tickets here
28th July: solo set at PAVLE CAJIC AND CHLOE CHUNG album launch 4pm @ Woodlands Studio
29th July: IBID at Monday Night Confessions 8pm @ Church Street Studio Camperdown tickets here
Sat Mar 23rd: Laura Chislett performing Wilkins' composition "The Old Window" @ Church Street Studios
as part of CUT AND PASTE FESTIVAL - more info
Wed 3rd Apr 7pm: Ibid @ Butchers Brew Dulwich Hill - tickets here
Thurs 4th Apr 7pm: solo show with Keybroads at Gasoline Pony Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Apr 6th 7pm: Suena Cubano @ Gasoline Pony Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Apr 20th 10am: Improvisation Workshop at Music World Melbourne - (03) 9572 3391 or [email protected]
Sat Apr 20th 7pm: Ephemera Trio @ Montslavat, Eltham, Melbourne - tickets here
Wed 24th 8.30pm: EPHEMERA TRIO @ The Townie, NEWTOWN
Sat Apr 27th 8pm: HOPE album launch with Mohammad Ali Maleki @ Latvian Hall, Brisbane - tickets here
Thurs May 30th: IBID and Diego Idarraga Duarte and Foundry 616 Ultimo
Sun Jun 2nd 3pm: Synchrone - Samantha Mailer and Keyna Wilkins @ Flute Tree Studio Leichhardt
Sat 29th June: Suena Cubano and Mira Magdelana @ Lazybones Marrickville - tickets here
Mon 8th-Fri 12th Jul: presenting on Improvisation Games in Piano Lessons at the Australasian Piano pedagogy Conference at Monash University Melbourne
Wed Aug 14th 1.30-2.30pm: Ibid at Bondi High Tea for Waverly Council
Sun Aug 18th 3pm: Synchrone - Samantha Mailer and Keyna Wilkins @ Flute Tree Studio Leichhardt
Tues 22nd Oct: Laura Chislett performing Wilkins' composition "The Old Window" @ Sydney Conservatorium
Sat Oct 26th 7pm: Ibid and Mark Cauvin @ Seymour Centre Soundlounge Chippendale
Sun Nov 24th 3pm: Synchrone - Samantha Mailer and Keyna Wilkins @ Flute Tree Studio Leichhardt
PAST GIGS
Sat Mar 16th Suena Cubano @ Gladstone Park Balmain
Mar 9th Ephemera @ Seymour Centre Soundlounge
Fri Mar 8th: International Women's Day Panel at Danebank School 10-11.30am
Thurs Feb 29th 8pm: Di Cripps' Southern Comfort @ Johnson Street Jazz, Annandale, Sydney
Wed 28th Feb 5.30pm-6.30pm: solo show at art gallery photo exhibition opening
Sat 17th Feb 9pm: Cuban Social Club Band @ Lazybones Marrickville
Thurs 1st Feb 8.30pm: solo show at Foundry 616
2023
Thurs 28th Dec 8.30pm: Obba Laye Cuban Jazz @ Lazybones - tickets here
Fri 15th Dec 11.30am: duo with Samantha Mailer @ Royal North Shore Hospital (public free concert)
Sun 3rd Dec 7pm: Soulara @ Butchers Brew - tickets here
Thurs 30th Nov 7pm: Nadya Golski Brasiliera @ Django Bar - tickets here
Fri 24th Nov 8.30pm: Dianne Cripps album launch @ Foundry 616 - tickets here
Sun 19th Nov 10am: Improvisation Workshop with Shane Carpini and Connor Malanos @ Oatley Public School
Fri Sept 1st: George Doukas and the D Strings at Camelot Lounge, Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Sept 2nd 5pm: Solo Show @ Hopster's Brewery, Newtown - free entry
Sun 10th Sept 7pm: with Christian Ravello Band @ Butchers Brew, Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Sept 16th 6.30pm: Ephemera @ MONA Tasmania Nolan Gallery - tickets here
Sun Sept 17th 6.30pm : Ephemera @ Uptown Jazz Cafe, Melbourne - $20 cash tickets on entry
Mon Sept 18th 11am: Intuitive Improvisation Workshop at Music World East Malvern Melbourne - tickets here
Thurs Sept 21st 7pm: Ibid @ Gasoline Pony, Marrickville - tickets here
Sat 30th Sept 11am: Ibid @ Australian Flute Festival - Sydney Conservatorium . tickets here
Sun Oct 1st: Ironbark Ensemble performing Wilkin's composition "A Glimpse Into Eternity" at Tap Gallery Sydney
Thurs 5th Oct 8pm: Josh Shipton Improvisation Orchestra at Johnson Street Jazz
Thurs 5th Oct 9.30pm: Obba Laye Cuban Jazz at Django Bar
Sat 7th Oct 4pm: solo show + special guest Mohammad Ali Maleki poet and 9 year detained refugee @ Brisbane venue "Can you Keep A Secret" tickets here
Sat Oct 21st: Sirius Ensemble performing Wilkin's composition "Virago"
Sun Oct 22nd: collaboration with Inlay Ensemble
Fri 24th Nov: Di Cripps at Foundry 616
Mon Aug 21st - Sat 26th Aug: Solo Show collaboration exhibition with quilt artist Dianne Finnegan @ Crows Nest Uniting Church - performing solo show inspired by Finnegan's quilts on opening night Monday 21st Aug 5.30pm @ Crows Nest Uniting Church. Tickets here
Fri Aug 4th 8pm: Solo Show as part of "Keybroads" project at Meraki Arts Bar Darlinghurst
Thurs Jul 27th 8pm: Ibid at Johnson St Jazz - 81 Johnson St Annandale. Tickets here
Sun Jul 23rd 4 pm: Ephemera @ Riverside Theatre Paramatta including Q and A with the astronomer Dr Paul Francis who compiled real space sounds from NASA open source data, which are used throughout the show. Tickets here
Sat May 13th: "Cosmos: Within and Beyond" collaboration with Quart-Ed and Diego Idarraga Duarte @ Seymour Centre Soundlounge. Tickets here
6th July: solo set at Hearts for Gaza fundraiser concert 4pM @ Woodlands studio ashbury
7th July: jam at BUDDHIST poetry and music performance 9.30am @ SGI BUDDHIST Centre homebush
7th July: jam at TANABATA TEA PARTY 2pm @ woodlands studio ashbury
12th July: launch of “Inner game of chance” improvisation guidebook 11.50am @ MONASH UNIVERSITY melbourne @ australasian Piano pedagogy conference - more info
13th July: IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP 3.30pm @ Music World East Malvern, Melbourne - email [email protected] for tickets
13th July: solo set RIFFS AND DREAMS 6pm @ the man cave Melbourne tickets here
28th July: solo set at PAVLE CAJIC AND CHLOE CHUNG album launch 4pm @ Woodlands Studio
29th July: IBID at Monday Night Confessions 8pm @ Church Street Studio Camperdown tickets here
Sat Mar 23rd: Laura Chislett performing Wilkins' composition "The Old Window" @ Church Street Studios
as part of CUT AND PASTE FESTIVAL - more info
Wed 3rd Apr 7pm: Ibid @ Butchers Brew Dulwich Hill - tickets here
Thurs 4th Apr 7pm: solo show with Keybroads at Gasoline Pony Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Apr 6th 7pm: Suena Cubano @ Gasoline Pony Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Apr 20th 10am: Improvisation Workshop at Music World Melbourne - (03) 9572 3391 or [email protected]
Sat Apr 20th 7pm: Ephemera Trio @ Montslavat, Eltham, Melbourne - tickets here
Wed 24th 8.30pm: EPHEMERA TRIO @ The Townie, NEWTOWN
Sat Apr 27th 8pm: HOPE album launch with Mohammad Ali Maleki @ Latvian Hall, Brisbane - tickets here
Thurs May 30th: IBID and Diego Idarraga Duarte and Foundry 616 Ultimo
Sun Jun 2nd 3pm: Synchrone - Samantha Mailer and Keyna Wilkins @ Flute Tree Studio Leichhardt
Sat 29th June: Suena Cubano and Mira Magdelana @ Lazybones Marrickville - tickets here
Mon 8th-Fri 12th Jul: presenting on Improvisation Games in Piano Lessons at the Australasian Piano pedagogy Conference at Monash University Melbourne
Wed Aug 14th 1.30-2.30pm: Ibid at Bondi High Tea for Waverly Council
Sun Aug 18th 3pm: Synchrone - Samantha Mailer and Keyna Wilkins @ Flute Tree Studio Leichhardt
Tues 22nd Oct: Laura Chislett performing Wilkins' composition "The Old Window" @ Sydney Conservatorium
Sat Oct 26th 7pm: Ibid and Mark Cauvin @ Seymour Centre Soundlounge Chippendale
Sun Nov 24th 3pm: Synchrone - Samantha Mailer and Keyna Wilkins @ Flute Tree Studio Leichhardt
PAST GIGS
Sat Mar 16th Suena Cubano @ Gladstone Park Balmain
Mar 9th Ephemera @ Seymour Centre Soundlounge
Fri Mar 8th: International Women's Day Panel at Danebank School 10-11.30am
Thurs Feb 29th 8pm: Di Cripps' Southern Comfort @ Johnson Street Jazz, Annandale, Sydney
Wed 28th Feb 5.30pm-6.30pm: solo show at art gallery photo exhibition opening
Sat 17th Feb 9pm: Cuban Social Club Band @ Lazybones Marrickville
Thurs 1st Feb 8.30pm: solo show at Foundry 616
2023
Thurs 28th Dec 8.30pm: Obba Laye Cuban Jazz @ Lazybones - tickets here
Fri 15th Dec 11.30am: duo with Samantha Mailer @ Royal North Shore Hospital (public free concert)
Sun 3rd Dec 7pm: Soulara @ Butchers Brew - tickets here
Thurs 30th Nov 7pm: Nadya Golski Brasiliera @ Django Bar - tickets here
Fri 24th Nov 8.30pm: Dianne Cripps album launch @ Foundry 616 - tickets here
Sun 19th Nov 10am: Improvisation Workshop with Shane Carpini and Connor Malanos @ Oatley Public School
Fri Sept 1st: George Doukas and the D Strings at Camelot Lounge, Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Sept 2nd 5pm: Solo Show @ Hopster's Brewery, Newtown - free entry
Sun 10th Sept 7pm: with Christian Ravello Band @ Butchers Brew, Marrickville - tickets here
Sat Sept 16th 6.30pm: Ephemera @ MONA Tasmania Nolan Gallery - tickets here
Sun Sept 17th 6.30pm : Ephemera @ Uptown Jazz Cafe, Melbourne - $20 cash tickets on entry
Mon Sept 18th 11am: Intuitive Improvisation Workshop at Music World East Malvern Melbourne - tickets here
Thurs Sept 21st 7pm: Ibid @ Gasoline Pony, Marrickville - tickets here
Sat 30th Sept 11am: Ibid @ Australian Flute Festival - Sydney Conservatorium . tickets here
Sun Oct 1st: Ironbark Ensemble performing Wilkin's composition "A Glimpse Into Eternity" at Tap Gallery Sydney
Thurs 5th Oct 8pm: Josh Shipton Improvisation Orchestra at Johnson Street Jazz
Thurs 5th Oct 9.30pm: Obba Laye Cuban Jazz at Django Bar
Sat 7th Oct 4pm: solo show + special guest Mohammad Ali Maleki poet and 9 year detained refugee @ Brisbane venue "Can you Keep A Secret" tickets here
Sat Oct 21st: Sirius Ensemble performing Wilkin's composition "Virago"
Sun Oct 22nd: collaboration with Inlay Ensemble
Fri 24th Nov: Di Cripps at Foundry 616
Mon Aug 21st - Sat 26th Aug: Solo Show collaboration exhibition with quilt artist Dianne Finnegan @ Crows Nest Uniting Church - performing solo show inspired by Finnegan's quilts on opening night Monday 21st Aug 5.30pm @ Crows Nest Uniting Church. Tickets here
Fri Aug 4th 8pm: Solo Show as part of "Keybroads" project at Meraki Arts Bar Darlinghurst
Thurs Jul 27th 8pm: Ibid at Johnson St Jazz - 81 Johnson St Annandale. Tickets here
Sun Jul 23rd 4 pm: Ephemera @ Riverside Theatre Paramatta including Q and A with the astronomer Dr Paul Francis who compiled real space sounds from NASA open source data, which are used throughout the show. Tickets here
Sat May 13th: "Cosmos: Within and Beyond" collaboration with Quart-Ed and Diego Idarraga Duarte @ Seymour Centre Soundlounge. Tickets here
USA MINI-TOUR TICKET LINKS
Wed Apr 12th 7pm: Solo Show @ Studio Z, Minneapolis
Mon Apr 17th 9am: Guest lecturer in Flute/Piano Improvisation, Composition, and world music collaborations and live workshop of new piano sonata for Shannon Wettstein @ St Cloud University, Minnesota (not public)
Thurs Apr 20th 9pm: Solo Show with Dawoud the Renegade Sufi, and Sal Cataldi @ Williamsburg Music Centre, Brooklyn, NY
Thurs Apr 20th 9pm: Solo Show with Dawoud the Renegade Sufi, and Sal Cataldi @ Williamsburg Music Centre, Brooklyn, NY
Fri Apr 21st 5pm: Live Jam @ The Smooth Spot Studio, Manhattan, NY (not public)
Sat Apr 22nd 4pm: Concert with pianist-composer Peter Wetzler and poet-artist Julie Hedrick @ Church Des Artistes, 79 Wurts Street, Kingston, NY
Sat Apr 22nd 4pm: Concert with pianist-composer Peter Wetzler and poet-artist Julie Hedrick @ Church Des Artistes, 79 Wurts Street, Kingston, NY
Sun Apr 23rd 4pm: Live Jam @ Studio #305, New York, NY (not public)
Tues Apr 25th 9pm: Solo show @ Downtown Music Gallery, NY
Tues Apr 25th 9pm: Solo show @ Downtown Music Gallery, NY
Fri Mar 31st: Obba Laye cuban jazz @ Butchers Brew, Dulwich Hill
Sat Mar 4th: George Doukas and the D Strings on tour to Soubiaco Arts Centre, Perth WA
2022
- International Low Flutes Festival USA - performance of Wilkins' composition "Star Trance"
- European Piano Teachers' Conference in Portugal - world premiere of Wilkins' composition "Quokka Dance" for 2 pianos
- Leaps and Bounds Festival - performance of Wilkins' composition "Virago"
- Blue Mountains Village Festival SOLO SHOW with Shane Carpini
- Summer Festival Sydney City Council- Ephemera Jam
- Sydney Women's International Jazz Festival - SOLO SHOW
2021
- SIMA Summer Festival with YULUGI
- SIMA Harmony Day Festival with YULUGI
2020
-Berlin Independent Film Festival: composed music for "Remote Access" short film
- SIMA's Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival with SO WHAT BACH solo piano album launch
-Great Southern Nights Festival NSW with YULUGI
- Earfest with YULUGI
2019
- composed music for "Remote Access" short film which was screened at Imagine This Film Festival (New York, 2019 and 2020), Girl Power Film and Media Summit (New York) winning Best Short Film award, Female Feedback Film Festival (Toronto), Shetown Film Festival (Detroit), and Cinema Femme Magazine Anniversary Festival (Chicago) and Sydney Independent Film Festival at Event Cinemas, (George St, Sydney)
- Taos Falls Arts Festival (New Mexico, USA) - performance of piano compositions Leaf in the Wind, Soar and Cloud by Toas Piano Ensemble
- Woodford Folk Festival (Qld) - Yulugi
- Australiasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (Uni of Qld) - solo piano recital/lecture on original composition practice
- Australian Flute Festival (Sydney Conservatorium) - performed with Yulugi and solo flute recital of original compositions/improvisations loop pedal and space projections
- Sydney Fringe Festival - composed and produced music for play "Altered Love"
- Marrickville Festival - performed with Yulugi
2018
- Extended Play at City Recital Hall (Sydney) 2018 - performed with Ephemera
- World Saxophone Congress (Croatia) - re-devised original composition Onyx for Australasian Saxophone Quartet
- Singapore Saxophone Symposium - re-devised original composition Titan Tango for Joseph Lallo
-Melbourne International Saxophone Festival - re-devised original composition Onyx for Australasian Saxophone Quartet
2017
-Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (Adelaide Uni) - piano recital/lecture on original composition practice
- Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival - Ephemera
2013
- Darling Harbour Fiesta - performed with Pena Flamenca
- Spanish Encounters Piano Symposium (Sydney Conservatorium) - composed ensemble piece La Luna sobre tierras catalanas
- Sydney Fringe Festival - composed music for play "Fred and Ginger"
- Vivid (Sydney) - performed with Pena Flamenca
- Paramassalla (Sydney) - performed with Pena Flamenca
2012
- Adelaide Fringe Festival - performed with Flamenco Australia
2006
- composed music for "Lavish Gizzards" short film which was screened at Bath International Film Festival
2003-6
- Bridgwater Arts and Music Festival (UK)- musician in street theatre troupe
Sat Mar 4th: George Doukas and the D Strings on tour to Soubiaco Arts Centre, Perth WA
2022
- International Low Flutes Festival USA - performance of Wilkins' composition "Star Trance"
- European Piano Teachers' Conference in Portugal - world premiere of Wilkins' composition "Quokka Dance" for 2 pianos
- Leaps and Bounds Festival - performance of Wilkins' composition "Virago"
- Blue Mountains Village Festival SOLO SHOW with Shane Carpini
- Summer Festival Sydney City Council- Ephemera Jam
- Sydney Women's International Jazz Festival - SOLO SHOW
2021
- SIMA Summer Festival with YULUGI
- SIMA Harmony Day Festival with YULUGI
2020
-Berlin Independent Film Festival: composed music for "Remote Access" short film
- SIMA's Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival with SO WHAT BACH solo piano album launch
-Great Southern Nights Festival NSW with YULUGI
- Earfest with YULUGI
2019
- composed music for "Remote Access" short film which was screened at Imagine This Film Festival (New York, 2019 and 2020), Girl Power Film and Media Summit (New York) winning Best Short Film award, Female Feedback Film Festival (Toronto), Shetown Film Festival (Detroit), and Cinema Femme Magazine Anniversary Festival (Chicago) and Sydney Independent Film Festival at Event Cinemas, (George St, Sydney)
- Taos Falls Arts Festival (New Mexico, USA) - performance of piano compositions Leaf in the Wind, Soar and Cloud by Toas Piano Ensemble
- Woodford Folk Festival (Qld) - Yulugi
- Australiasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (Uni of Qld) - solo piano recital/lecture on original composition practice
- Australian Flute Festival (Sydney Conservatorium) - performed with Yulugi and solo flute recital of original compositions/improvisations loop pedal and space projections
- Sydney Fringe Festival - composed and produced music for play "Altered Love"
- Marrickville Festival - performed with Yulugi
2018
- Extended Play at City Recital Hall (Sydney) 2018 - performed with Ephemera
- World Saxophone Congress (Croatia) - re-devised original composition Onyx for Australasian Saxophone Quartet
- Singapore Saxophone Symposium - re-devised original composition Titan Tango for Joseph Lallo
-Melbourne International Saxophone Festival - re-devised original composition Onyx for Australasian Saxophone Quartet
2017
-Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference (Adelaide Uni) - piano recital/lecture on original composition practice
- Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival - Ephemera
2013
- Darling Harbour Fiesta - performed with Pena Flamenca
- Spanish Encounters Piano Symposium (Sydney Conservatorium) - composed ensemble piece La Luna sobre tierras catalanas
- Sydney Fringe Festival - composed music for play "Fred and Ginger"
- Vivid (Sydney) - performed with Pena Flamenca
- Paramassalla (Sydney) - performed with Pena Flamenca
2012
- Adelaide Fringe Festival - performed with Flamenco Australia
2006
- composed music for "Lavish Gizzards" short film which was screened at Bath International Film Festival
2003-6
- Bridgwater Arts and Music Festival (UK)- musician in street theatre troupe
