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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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 |