Founded by Laurent Estoppey and Nicholas Rich, COLLAPSS (Collective for Happy Sounds) is a group of composers and musicians willing to present new music in collaboration with all forms of art, @Empire Books, 1827 Spring Garden st, Greensboro.
Brianna Taylor_dance
Steve Stusek, Laurent Estoppey_saxophone
Nick Rich_guitar
Steve Landis_double bass
Corey Denham_percussion
Guests: Cynthia Lee, Danielle Kinne, Elisa Foshay_dance / Jared Steward_percussion / Chris Cassidy, Samantha DiRosa, Jonathan Wall_video / Jonathan Wall_video / Alejandro Rutty _ piano
Collapss 1 May 10 2013
Collapss 2 Aug 23 2013
Collapss 3 Oct 4 2013
Collapss 4 Nov 22 2013
Collapss 5 Dec 20 2013
Collapss 6 Feb 7 2014 (part of Fringe Festival)
Collapss 7 March 28 2014 followed by the I - 85 tour in Charlotte (April 2) Atlanta (April 3) Westminster (April 4)
Collapss 8 April 25 2014
always something there to rewind me (version 2)
composed by Nicholas Rich for saxophone and electronics,
premiered @collapss 2, Aug 23 2013, recorded Sept 19 2013