While residing in New York City, he served as concertmaster and soloist with many of the City's finest orchestras, performing across the United States, Europe and the Far East.

Dr. Wilkins was recently invited to perform as soloist with the Shumen Philharmonic in Bulgaria as well as the Marienbad Philharmonic in the Czech Republic. In 1988 he was a featured performer at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.

Founder and first violinist of the Hampshire String Quartet, Wilkins toured extensively across the United States and Europe, performing and commissioning new compositions for string quartet. These concerts culminated in a Carnegie Hall debut, recordings with Opus One, Musical Heritage Society, CMS and CRI records as well as concerts at Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall and the 92nd St. "Y". In addition, the quartet became artists in residence at Columbia University and City College of New York.

A versatile and multi-genre performer, Wilkins has performed for such diverse events as the 350th Anniversary of Harvard University, the Montreal Comedy Festival, Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" and the PBS Film "Bach to the Future". He has even been spotted performing with several orchestras on the Musical Saw and a fishing pole!

He has been a member of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra since 1982. In 1989, he was a founder of the Chautauqua Chamber Music Society, which performs at Chautauqua Institution, The Eastman School of Music, the Anchorage Festival of Music, and Nazareth College.

As a soloist, Wilkins has performed with the Shumen, Bulgaria Phiharmonic, the Erie Philharmonic, I Musici de Montreal, the Anchorage Symphony, the Alaska Festival of Music, The Chautauqua Symphony, The Rochester Philharmonic, The Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, the Chautauqua Chamber Orchestra, the Fredonia Chamber Players, the Scranton Bach Festival, the June in Buffalo orchestra, the Fairfield Chamber Orchestra, the Erick Hawkins Dance Company orchestra and the EPOCH Ensemble.

Wilkins' solo performances have been described by the New York Times as "magical" and " elevated to a level of enchantment." His former teachers include Ivan Galamian, Dorothy DeLay and Josef Gingold.

As an educator, Dr. Wilkins has been a full-time Professor of Music at Mercyhurst College, Allegheny College and The Eastman School of Music. He holds a Bachelor and Master of Music Degree from Indiana University-Bloomington and a Doctorate from SUNY-Stony Brook.

As a composer, he has written a full-length comic Ballet, "The Little Mermaid" which has been performed by three different Ballet companies since 1993. In addition, Wilkins composes educational and humorous pieces for symphonies, school orchestras and chamber groups.

As a conductor, he has conducted the Erie Philharmonic, the Chautauqua Chamber Orchestra, the Peoria Ballet, Central Illinois Ballet, the Allegheny College Civic Symphony, the Fredonia Chamber Players, the Anchorage Festival of Music Orchestra, the Scranton Bach Festival orchestra, the Western State College orchestra, the Mercyhurst College Symphony and Ballet orchestra, the Chautauqua Regional Youth Orchestra, the Jamestown Civic Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Regional High School Orchestra Festival.