Aaron Wyatt is a Noongar man, viola player, composer and conductor from Perth, Western Australia.[1][2] Wyatt is recognised as the first Australian First Nations person to conduct one of the major orchestras in Australia, conducting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's performance of “Long Time Living Here” by Deborah Cheetham.[3]
Wyatt was a long-term, casual musician with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, musical director of the South Side Symphony Orchestra and conducted the Allegri Chamber Orchestra prior to relocating to Melbourne, Victoria.[4][5]
He is currently an assistant lecturer at The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music at Monash University and completing a PhD with a research focus on animated graphic notation.[4] Wyatt is the developer of the Decibel new music ensemble's animated score notation application, the Decibel ScorePlayer for iPad, that was released in 2012.[6]
Awards
editWyatt was nominated for the 2019 Helpmann Awards in the category of "Best Music Direction" for his direction of "Speechless" by Cat Hope.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Noongar / Yamatji / Wongi / Western | Loud Mouth - The Music Trust Ezine". 30 June 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Noongar conductor to lead Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on historic night". NITV. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Lorenzon, Matthew (10 February 2022). "Noongar man becomes first Indigenous conductor of an Australian state orchestra". ABC Classic. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Aaron Wyatt". Monash University. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Aaron Wyatt: Viola Performer, Conductor and Academic (Victoria by way of Western Australia)". Making Music Work. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Hope, Cat; Wyatt, Aaron; Vickery, Lindsay (29 May 2015). The Decibel Score Player - A Digital Tool for reading graphic Notation. Tenor 2015.
- ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Aaron Wyatt and Speechless Helpmann Award Nomination". Tura New Music. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.