WHAT’S UP? MUSICIANS’ UPDATE #17

How is everybody doing in these anonymous and isolated times, without performances? A small tour along the (Amsterdam) improvised music scene to find out.

FELICITY PROVAN (TRUMPET)

How do you feel?
On the one hand I worry and am apprehensive about where humanity is and where it’s heading but I also feel optimistic about new ideas and collective actions that I hope will energize us towards a more caring, balanced society.

I feel strangely grateful, happy and grounded in having had more time to myself in the last year but also feel ‘that it’s enough now!’ and certainly miss coming together in greater numbers, hug to hug with colleagues, friends & family.

How do you stay inspired?
Taking walks, having discussions, listening to recordings, reading, watching a film… And practicing! I’m inspired to improve and change and love having the space to focus. Learning completely new things inspires me too, such as creating short abstract movie clips from my own photos and videos.

In one word, how will it be when you can perform live again?
JOY