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Digital Echoes: When Sound Travels Across Time, Space and Screens

The viola will take you on an intensive and immersive journey through space and time this January.

Prepare to have your senses bent and your expectations of music blown wide open with Digital Echoes, a mesmerising 55-minute journey into sound, space, and technology. Set to premiere exclusively at Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat, this one-of-a-kind concert invites you onto the stage itself, offering a rare, intimate perspective of a performance that defies conventional concert experiences.

Digital Echoes

When: Saturday January 31, 2026, 13:00 – 13:55 & Saturday January 31, 2026 19:30 – 20:25

Where: Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat

Tickets: Purchase here

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Conceived and realised by Aaron Wyatt in collaboration with the audacious percussion innovators of Speak Percussion, Digital Echoes fuses viola, electronics, and percussion in a live experiment of resonance and delay. Melodic fragments of a viola are sent across the internet to five different locations around Australia, then bounced back into the theatre to awaken percussion instruments, creating a soundscape that’s simultaneously precise and unpredictable. The result is music that feels alive, mapping virtual landscapes and the hidden pathways of our digital world.

Drawing inspiration from his previous work with Ensemble Dutala, Wyatt explores connection to country, translation, and what is gained—or lost—when sound travels across time, space, and code. Supported by JackTrip and Decibel ScorePlayer technology, the work bridges classical composition, percussive innovation, and avant-garde electronics. Audiences can expect haunting harmonics, cascading echoes, and a profound meditation on communication, history, and the future of sound.

Two performances are scheduled at Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat: a matinee at 1pm (bars open 12pm) and an evening show at 7.30pm (bars open 6.30pm). Early bird pricing is available until 31 December 2025, with tickets ranging from $32 full, $24 concession, $20 under 30, and $16 Mob Tix for self-identified First Nations attendees. The work is recommended for ages 15 and up.

With the blend of live electronic processing, immersive stage design by Jenny Hector, and the collaborative genius of Wyatt, Eugene Ughetti, Speak Percussion, and Alistair McLean, Digital Echoes promises a performance that’s part music, part installation, and entirely unforgettable. Don’t miss this regional exclusive, where sound, space, and human connection collide in a concert unlike anything else you’ll experience in 2026.

For tickets and more information, secure your spot before the early bird closes today, and prepare to step into a world where every echo tells a story here.