We have many different ensembles at Wilkins.
Fees
Annual Wilkins Music Association fee $80 (covers music purchases, teacher training, equipment purchases) NB: If your child is in more than one ensemble, you only pay this fee once.
Annual instrument hire $200 (includes general maintenance and servicing)
Private tuition: approx $40 for a half hour lesson (once a week) please check with individual tutors.
Rock Band, Junior Strings and Concert Band: as these ensembles have been outsourced, they attract an additional fee of $10 per student per rehearsal to cover the cost of the ensemble directors.
Instrument Tutors
| Clarinet and Saxophone |
Katie Sharpe | 0412 855 229 |
| French Horn | Rory Hodgson | 0490 477 993 |
| Guitar | Darrell Archer | 0433 225 494 |
| Flute & Saxaphone | Samantha Cheng | 0422 556 221 |
| Violin | Juliet Lochrin | 0421 636 050 |
| Piano | Melanie Herbert | 0420 409 229 |
| Abigail Hatherly | 0412 357 833 | |
| Alex Magliveras | 0424 607 106 |
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| Drums and Voice | Toby Graham | 0451 679 329
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| Cello | Ruby Brailer Teaches from home |
0480 417 145 |
How to hire an instrument
Email wilkins-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au who will send you an invoice to pay the hire fee. Once you have paid the instrument will be delivered to your child at school.
Note: If you hire an instrument from the school your child must participate in an ensemble.
The instruments that are not available for hire include: guitar, piano, keyboard and drums.
Practising
Students should be encouraged to practice daily, for a minimum of 10 minutes, even on the weekends. Care should be taken to clean the instrument after each practice session. Please let Mrs Mee know if your instrument is missing a cleaning cloth, polishing cloth, valve oil, cork grease, or a swab. Ask the tutor to demonstrate how to clean the instrument.
Problems with an instrument
Please email wilkins-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au ASAP and she will organise for the instrument to be repaired. Please do not try to fix instruments, it often causes more problems - just leave it to the experts!
Music Directors
- Recorder Consort: Mrs Mee
- Junior Choir: yr 3 and 4: Mrs Haifa/Ms Patch
- Senior Choir: yr 5 and 6: Mrs Mee/ Ms Bookallil
- String Orchestra: yr 4-6: Ms Juliet Lochrin/Mrs Mee
- Junior Strings: yr 1-4: Ms Juliet/ Mrs Mee
- Training Band: Ms Samantha Cheng
- Concert Band: Mr Joe Gould
- Rock Bands: Mr Darrell Archer
Please email contacts at wilkins-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Wilkins Music Ensembles 2025
Wilkins Public School is very fortunate to have a wide range of music ensemble opportunities available to its students. These include both instrumental and vocal ensembles.
Below are the teachers, rehearsal times, days and location for each music group.
| Stinglings TBA | |||
Rock Bands Yr 3 - 6 |
Mr Darrell Archer | Monday Lunch time |
Hall |
Infants Singing Club Yr K - 2
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Mrs Jo Smyth | Starting Term 2 Monday 3:05 - 3:45pm |
Music Room |
| Training Band | Ms Samantha Cheng | Tuesday 7:50 - 9:00am |
Hall |
| Recorder Consort | Mrs Mee | Tuesday 7:50 - 9:00am |
Music Room |
| Brasslets TBA | |||
String Orchestra Yr 4 - 6 |
Ms Juliet Lochrin/Mrs Mee | Wednesday 7:50 - 9:00am |
Hall |
| Rhythm Sticks TBA | |||
| Junior Strings | Ms Juliet/ Mrs Mee | Thursday 7:50 - 9:00am | Music Room |
Junior Choir yr 1 - 4 |
Mrs Haifa/Ms Patch | Thursday 3:10 - 4:00pm |
Music Room |
Senior Choir yr 5 - 6 |
Mrs Mee/ Ms Bookallil | Thursday 3:10 - 4:00pm |
Hall |
| Concert Band | Mr Joe Gould | Friday 7:50 - 9:00am |
Hall |
| Wild Winds TBA | Ms Samantha Cheng |