Solo Pieces Suitable for HSC (6th Grade and above and composed in last 25 years by Australian composer)
 
Title of work: Buleria Fiero
Duration: 4’00
Scoring:  unaccompanied solo flute
Grade: 8th Grade - Diploma
Tempo: Fast
Genre: Neo-romantic, Spanish
Composer: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description: A virtuosic flight of fancy based on the 12/8 rhythms of the Buleria flamenco dance, with a short section of structured improvisation.
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
 
Title of work: Any 2-3 pieces from Sky Pieces book of piano solos
Duration: 4’-5‘
Scoring:  solo piano
Grade: 6-7th Grade
Tempo: Varied, sometimes vert fast
Genre: Neo-Romantic, Neo-Classical
Composer: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description: A collection of melodic piano miniatures depicting aspects of the sky such as clouds, fog and distant horizons.
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
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/sky-pieces-2nd-ed
 
Title of work: Star Dance (part of Wirripang’s Anthology of Piano Music by Women Composers Vol II )
Duration: 3’15’’
Scoring:  solo piano
Grade: 7th Grade
Tempo: Varied, sometimes very fast
Genre: Neo-romantic, Spanish
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description: A lyrical piece with sections based on flamenco dances and dramatic changes in time signatures.
Youtube (trio version with improvisation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msSKF3hBmSA
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
 
Title of work: Mars – Movt 1 and 2
Duration: 4’30’’
Scoring:  double bass and piano accompaniment
Grade: 8th Grade - Diploma
Tempo: Varied, sometimes very fast
Genre: Atonal, Neo-Romanitc
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description:  Inspired by the different aspects of planet Mars, inspired by NASA's Mars Rover Missions.
Youtube (including an improvised section): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTk_iNfp2qA
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
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/mars-double-bass
 
Title of work: Mars – Movt 1 and 2
Duration: 4’30’’
Scoring:  tuba and piano accompaniment
Grade: 8th Grade - Diploma
Tempo: Varied, sometimes very fast
Genre: Atonal, Neo-Romanitc
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description:  Inspired by the different aspects of planet Mars, inspired by NASA's Mars Rover Missions.
Youtube (version for double bass including an improvised section): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTk_iNfp2qA
Soundcloud (version for double bass): 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
Sheet music published by Wirripang and available for purchase: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/mars-tuba
 
Title of work: Any 2 of Bulerias, Fandangos de Huelva or Farucca from Flamenco Etudes
Duration: 4’00
Scoring:  unaccompanied solo flute
Grade: 7th - 8th Grade
Tempo: Fast
Genre: Neo-romantic, Spanish
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2017
Brief description: A virtuosic flight of fancy based on the various traditional flamenco dances
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
 
Title of work: Any 2 pieces from The Reverie Collection book of piano solos
Duration: 4’-5’
Scoring:  solo piano
Grade: 6-7th Grade
Tempo: Varied, sometimes very fast
Genre: Neo-Romantic, Neo-Classical
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2019
Brief description: A collection of melodic piano miniatures based on Keyna Wilkins’ improvised piano solos and film and theatre music 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: https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/collections/composers-and-authors/products/reverie-collection-the
 
Title of work: Rhipidura Leucophrys
Duration:  4’45’’
Scoring:  solo unaccompanied flute
Grade: 8th Grade - Diploma
Tempo: Very fast
Genre: Atonal, Neo-Romantic, Neo-Classical
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2019
Brief description: A flute flight of fancy based on the musical tweeting of the Australian Willie Wagtail bird
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
 
Title of work: Full Moon
Duration:  4’00’’
Scoring:  solo unaccompanied flute
Grade: 7th Grade
Tempo: Moderate
Genre: Atonal, Neo-Romantic, Neo-Classical
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description: Inspired by images of NASA's Grail Mission to map the moon in 2012.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URB2SwWLHJI
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
 
Title of work: Full Moon
Duration:  4’00’’
Scoring:  solo unaccompanied trumpet
Grade: 7th Grade
Tempo: Moderate
Genre: Atonal, Neo-Romantic, Neo-Classical
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description: Inspired by images of NASA's Grail Mission to map the moon in 2012.
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
 
Title of work: Full Moon
Duration:  4’00’’
Scoring:  solo unaccompanied clarinet
Grade: 7th Grade
Tempo: Moderate
Genre: Atonal, Neo-Romantic, Neo-Classical
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description: Inspired by images of NASA's Grail Mission to map the moon in 2012.
Youtube (version for flute): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URB2SwWLHJI
Soundcloud (version for flute): 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-clarinet
 
Title of work: Floating in Space
Duration:  5’00’’
Scoring:  solo flute with accompanying CD of nebulae sounds compiled by astronomer Paul Francis)
Grade: 6th Grade
Tempo: Slow-Moderate
Genre:  Neo-Romantic, Zen
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2012
Brief description: A meditative piece on the nature of being and void with space sounds.
Youtube (version for flute): 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
 
Title of work: Star Trance
Duration:  4’32’’
Scoring:  solo bass flute with accompanying CD of star sounds compiled by astronomer Paul Francis)
Grade: 7th Grade
Tempo: Slow-Moderate
Genre:  Neo-Romantic, Zen
Composer/Arranger: Keyna Wilkins  
Composition Date: 2018
Brief description: A meditative 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