Keyna Wilkins

Keyna Wilkins is an Australian/British composer-musician. Her compositions are published and distributed by Wiripang Music. Wilkins was a finalist in the Australian Music Centre and APRA AMCOS 2021 Art Music Awards in the category Award for Excellence in Experimental Music, for “recording and developing new projects in 2020”. She was also a finalist in the 2018 Art Music Awards, in the category Award for Excellence by an Individual, for her “activities in original art music throughout 2017 as a composer-musician including releasing three original albums”. Wilkins is passionate about supporting refugees being detained in Immigration Detention. In 2021 she collaborated with visual artist and poet Jalal Mahamede, who is currently being held in Brisbane’s immigration detention centre. They have released an album, featuring original music by Wilkins and poetry by Mahamede. Education Wilkins holds a Master of Music Composition from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her thesis is titled Astronomical Phenomena in Music Composition and explores “the astronomical phenomena in music composition”. Prior to moving to Australia, Wilkins studied at Bristol University (UK) where is obtained a MA