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Michael Kollwitz is an award-winning Billboard artist and one of the pioneer players and most prolific recording artists on a revolutionary stringed instrument known as The Chapman Stick®. Capable of astounding expressiveness and simultaneous multi-part arrangements, ‘The Stick’ combines elements of guitar, bass, keyboards, and percussion all into one instrument that is played more like a piano than a guitar. Michael has had 30 independent releases. ‘Serenity II’ ‘Serenity III’ and ‘Santa Plays The Stick’ have all charted as Top 10 albums on Billboard’s New Age Album charts. ‘Santa Plays The Stick’ won Best Holiday Album of 2019 from Zone Music Reporter. His music has received many awards, nominations, rave reviews and considerable international airplay. His music is played in spas, on airlines and in over a thousand hospitals on The CARE Channel.
At a chance meeting on Maui, Carlos Santana was visibly impressed and described Michael’s music as “a gift of the heart” that made him feel good the moment he heard it.
Two new albums were released on 11/19/21. ‘Calm Waters’ followed the peaceful, Solo Stick tradition of the ‘Serenity’ series. ‘The Friendly Snowman’ is another delightful, whimsical collection of holiday music, following the tradition of ‘Santa Plays The Stick’ (Winner of Zone Music Reporter’s Best Holiday Album of 2019) Both albums have since charted in both the United States and Europe and ‘Calm Waters’ won a medal in the prestigious Global Music Awards.
At a chance meeting on Maui, Carlos Santana was visibly impressed and described Michael’s music as “a gift of the heart” that made him feel good the moment he heard it.
Two new albums were released on 11/19/21. ‘Calm Waters’ followed the peaceful, Solo Stick tradition of the ‘Serenity’ series. ‘The Friendly Snowman’ is another delightful, whimsical collection of holiday music, following the tradition of ‘Santa Plays The Stick’ (Winner of Zone Music Reporter’s Best Holiday Album of 2019) Both albums have since charted in both the United States and Europe and ‘Calm Waters’ won a medal in the prestigious Global Music Awards.
