{{Short description|Australian musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Aaron Wyatt''' is a Noongar man, viola player, composer and conductor from Perth, Western Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-30|title=Noongar / Yamatji / Wongi / Western {{!}} Loud Mouth - The Music Trust Ezine|url=https://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/noongar-yamatji-wongi-western/|access-date=2022-02-18|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-09|title=Noongar conductor to lead Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on historic night|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2022/02/09/noongar-conductor-lead-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-historic-night1|access-date=2022-02-18|website=NITV|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lorenzon|first=Matthew|date=2022-02-10|title=Noongar man becomes first Indigenous conductor of an Australian state orchestra|url=https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/first-indigenous-conductor-of-australian-state-orchestra/13748906|access-date=2022-02-18|website=ABC Classic|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref name=Monash>{{Cite web|title=Aaron Wyatt|url=https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/aaron-wyatt|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Monash University|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-28|title=Aaron Wyatt: Viola Performer, Conductor and Academic (Victoria by way of Western Australia)|url=https://makingmusicwork.com.au/casestudies/aaronwyatt/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Making Music Work|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref name=Monash/> 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.<ref>{{Cite conference|last1=Hope|first1=Cat|last2=Wyatt|first2=Aaron|last3=Vickery|first3=Lindsay|date=2015-05-29|title=The Decibel Score Player - A Digital Tool for reading graphic Notation.|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290428203 |conference=Tenor 2015}}</ref>
== Awards == Wyatt was nominated for the 2019 Helpmann Awards in the category of "Best Music Direction" for his direction of "Speechless" by Cat Hope.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Nominees and Winners {{!}} Helpmann Awards|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2019/nominees-and-winners/industry/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=www.helpmannawards.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-13|title=Aaron Wyatt and Speechless Helpmann Award Nomination|url=https://www.tura.com.au/aaron-wyatt-helpmann-award-nomination/|access-date=2022-02-18|website=Tura New Music|language=en-US}}</ref>
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