Spotlights: Female Improvisers in London

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"I see improvisation as instant (usually collaborative) composition....an important form of musical communication..."

"I had so much fun and felt so at home in this music... I knew immediately this was a music scene I wanted to be a part of."

"There are always times – in conversation as well as in improvisation – when the best response is silence..."

"Improvisation to me is a journey each time, that is followed by a memory"

"Improvised music accepts extreme and absurd parts of all of us"

"The opportunity to work solo but with a dancer or visual artist inspires me - when there is someone to bounce off"

"Immersing myself in free improvisation has given me a route back to myself."

"I’m strongly aware of being musically inspired by every-day stuff, overheard or chance conversations in the street..."

"I’m quite interested in blurring the so-called right and left brain; what’s rational and what’s intuitive..."

"Improvisation is life at its most alert and heightened."