ChapmanStickMusic.com: Home
Hello and welcome to my newly redesigned site! Hope you like it. My name is Michael Kollwitz and I've been playing The Chapman Stick since 1976. I was 19 yrs. old and fresh out of high school in Southern California when I first encountered Emmett Chapman (and the amazing new instrument he'd just invented) at The Barn coffeehouse at UC Riverside. I sat in utter disbelief and watched as Emmett played bass, chords, melody, leads (and even a percussive drumming sound) ALL AT ONCE! Wow- I thought to myself- I gotta get me one of those! A few months later, I was at Emmett's house picking up my new Stick and taking my first of many lessons over the years with Emmett. The Chapman Stick is capable of making music that has never been heard before (at least on this planet) and I think it's absolutely gorgeous. Hope you will, too! Click on "Music" to hear for yourself. ENJOY!!
P.S. I have an additional site and you can watch video clips, see a mini-documentary and read articles about my music on The Stick there, as well. After you check out ChapmanStick Music.com please visit: http://www.MichaelKollwitz.com
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