Forever Changed – Nat Bartsch
This live music concert is for kids and families – particularly neurodivergent people – featuring music from Nat Bartsch’s new album, Forever Changed.
The music in Forever Changed features lullabies that have been composed by pianist and composer Nat Bartsch with the specific needs of neurodivergent people in mind.
Working with music therapists and drawing from interviews with other neurodivergent people, as well as her own lived experience as neurodivergent, the music explores the unique sensory preferences and needs of autistic people and those with ADHD.
In Forever Changed, Bartsch has created a pool of musical concepts that inform her compositions and production techniques, intending to soothe the emotions and bodies of others with sensory seeking needs, as well as being enjoyable for people of all ages.
Bartsch’s lullabies are imbued with textured and detailed ambient effects, high-pitched melodies, low bass, grounding rhythms, and repetition. This album is designed in surround sound, enabling people to deeply immerse themselves in detailed, lyrical ambient sound that swirls around the listener. Nat describes the music as “like [her album] Forever, and No Time At All, but with glitter poured on top!”
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10am & 12pm performance
These sessions are open to all, please register using the Book Now button.
3pm relaxed performance
The 3pm show is a relaxed performance, providing extra supports for neurodivergent concertgoers. The space will be set up with moveable bean bags, so kids and families can move around as required. A quiet space will be made available. A social story will also be provided to ticket holders in advance of the event. The show will also be quieter with limited numbers, please register for this session using the Book Now button.
Content notes
The music will be performed by Nat Bartsch, who uses piano and keyboard, with some electronic sounds. Some screen animated visuals will accompany the performances.
About the artist
Nat Bartsch is a twice ARIA-nominated pianist, composer, producer and advocate from Melbourne, Australia. She is known for creating soothing, beautiful music that blends neoclassical composition with jazz harmony, improvisation and ethereal ambient effects. Her sound at the piano is distinctively gentle and warm, enriched by lyrical, ethereal melodies. Her music is played across the world by people from all walks of life, often in deeply personal moments: literally from the birthing suite, to the final hours before death.