'Thomas Flippin is a versatile American classical guitarist, published composer, and acclaimed educator.'

[Thomas Flippin]

On July 22 AfriClassical posted: “Flutronix and classical guitarists Thomas Flippin and Rupert Boyd in '2x2: Music for Pairs' at Gershwin Hotel, NYC July 27.” Today we take a look at the career of Thomas Flippin:

ThomasFlippin.com

“Thomas Flippin is a versatile American classical guitarist, published composer, and acclaimed educator. He has performed across genres with several of the leading figures of today’s American Chamber Music, Jazz, and New Music scenes. He has shared the stage with such talents as Eighth Blackbird’s Lisa Kaplan, soprano Alicia Hall Moran and jazz pianist Jason Moran, and the Juilliard composer collective Blind Ear Music. And he has been featured in notable venues like the 92nd Street Y, Le Poisson Rouge, the Norfolk Music Festival, The Kitchen, The Aspen Music Festival, and the Yale Guitar Extravaganza.

“Flippin graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with undergraduate degrees in Law and Music while studying with renowned guitarists Denis Azabagic and Dr. Julie Goldberg. He then received two graduate degrees from the Yale School of Music with the revered guitarist/composer Benjamin Verdery on a full scholarship. In 2008, Flippin’s guitar duo, Duo Noire, was awarded one of the first Alumni Ventures grants from Yale to perform and lecture to over 2,500 students throughout New England.

“Flippin has performed for and studied with several of the most distinguished classical guitarists and composers in the world, including: Sharon Isbin, Manuel Barrueco, and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and composers Martin Bresnick, Ingram Marshall, and John Anthony Lennon. He has also won top prizes in several competitions including: The Olga and Paul Menn Composition Prize, the National Federation of Music Clubs, and the East Carolina University Classical Guitar competition.”

Flutronix and classical guitarists Thomas Flippin and Rupert Boyd in '2x2: Music for Pairs' at Gershwin Hotel, NYC July 27

[Flutronix]

“Flutronix joins powerhouse classical guitarists Thomas Flippin and Rupert Boyd in 2x2: Music for Pairs. The program will feature the premiere of Juilliard composer and faculty member Ray Lustig's Figments for two guitars, original music by Flutronix and more.

“Wednesday, July 27th

8pm

Tickets $10 at the door ($5 for students with ID)

“The Gershwin Hotel

7 E. 27th St.

(N, R or 6 trains to 28th St.)”

Flutronix.com

“Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull are Flutronix, a critically acclaimed pair of fresh and eclectic flutists who are paving the way from their classical roots to the future of music. Performing the works of notable pioneers of new music alongside their own creations, Flutronix displays an innovative combination of flute and mixed media elements. Their original compositions, described by NewMusicBox as 'equally indebted to and comfortable in several musical lineages,' navigate daring forms of popular, experimental, and contemporary classical music while implementing electronics and digital effects. The duo pays tribute to groundbreaking work by exposing audiences to composers who have contributed to new bodies of literature that expand the language of the flute.

“Flutronix has performed at leading new music venues including Galapagos Art Space, The Tank and WNYC’s Greenespace. Hailed for their innovative programming, the duo produces Flutronix and Friends, a collaborative new music series hosted most recently at The Cell Theater. Their self-titled debut album, 'a masterful collage of electronic and acoustic music, woven into multi-faceted textures,' (Black Grooves, 2011) was released in October 2010 on the duo’s label. Flutronix recordings have been broadcast on WQXR’s Q2, WKCR and other stations nationally. Additionally, the duo has undertaken several entrepreneurial endeavors including the publishing of their original works and the launch and hosting of Real Flutists, an online web series sponsored by The Flute Center of New York.”