Nick Collins:  

Life I was one of those people who didn't really seem to "fit in" with any particular group of people at all. If anything, I was mostly a loner. I (for those who knew me and probably don't remember) spent a great deal of my free time in the choir and band rooms. It was in there, that you'd find me sitting at the piano, playing some sort of (if you want to call it) music, usually getting on someone's nerves (evil grin). I (for those of you who care) have been composing piano music over the last 17 years (Yes, I have improved that much!!). I am currently playing in a community band in Seattle called the Rainbow City Band. I play several instruments of the woodwind persuasion (i.e. clarinet, bass/contrabass clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophones and flute, to name a few)! We are both a concert band (Fall through spring) and a marching band (in the summer only). I have also moved from the Baritone saxophone chair in our newly formed Jazz Ensemble called the 'Purple Passion Swing Band, to t...Expand for more