THOMAS FLIPPIN is an original and versatile voice in the world of contemporary music. Whether premiering new works with his pioneering classical guitar ensemble\, Duo Noire\; performing avant-garde art songs on the theorbo as part of Alicia Hall Moran&rsquo\;s Motown Project\; playing otherworldly electric guitar in Heartbeat Opera&rsquo\;s The Extinctionist\; or plucking the banjo in the American Repertory Theater&rsquo\;s The Black Clown\, Flippin&rsquo\;s playing has been hailed as "lovely" (New York Times)\, and "spectacularly precise" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

Recent concert highlights include: premiering a new double concerto for classical and blues guitars by Chris Brubeck with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra\, performances at Carnegie Hall with Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran\, Lincoln Center&rsquo\;s Mostly Mozart Festival with the American Repertory Theater\, the 2022 Guitar Foundation of America Convention\, National Sawdust\, The Metropolitan Museum\, The Cleveland Orchestra\, Beijing&rsquo\;s Peking University\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, and Duo Noire premieri