As a classically trained clarinetist and conductor, my "free time" largely consists of playing in two wind symphonies and conducting two more...
Or it did, anyway. It's been over a year and could easily be another. But it has to be this way, very few things are more conducive to spreading COVID than a two hour music rehearsal in a crowded room.
I hope music comes back in a reasonable way. Thanks for writing about it.
P.S. I am a bit of a sports fan, including Aussie Rules Football, but I'd be a hell of a lot happier if the musicians of the Sydney Opera were paid as well as the players of the Sydney Swans...