Past Highlights:
2022 -
2/14-2/19 U.C. Berkeley, California with Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, Tania Leon et al.
September 1st, 2022 - Flippin chosen for the inaugural composers fellowship in a joint venture by Juilliard, The New York Philharmonic, and the American Composers Forum. Learn more here.
6/27/2022-7/2/2022 - Guitar Foundation of America Convention: Duo Noire Recital
February - Northern Illinois University: Duo Noire Recital
February - Seattle Classical Guitar Society Streaming solo concert
March - Cleveland Classical Guitar Society Duo Noire residency
March - Austin Classical Guitar Society Duo Noire Residency
Oberlin College, Ohio. Duo Noire concert
April 30 - St Louis Classical Guitar Society premieres Flippin’s new ensemble piece “Delmar Blvd Blues” at the All-Metro Guitar Day.
June 17th: Benjamin Verdery performs Flippin’s new composition Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep @ Tenri Cultural Center NYC.
June 19th - Cleveland Classical Guitar Composer-in-Residence Juneteenth event. Premieres of all 14 of Flippin’s new 14 Études on the Music of Black Americans.
July 5th, Ben Verdery performs Flippin’s Nocturne in his annual Maui masterclass.
August 28 - Phil Goldenberg performs Flippin’s Not One Shall Leave for the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society
September 8-11 With Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, and many more: Mississippi Museum of Art.
September 17, 4pm: Benjamin Verdery performs Flippin’s Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep @ California International Guitar Festival San Luis Obispo.
September 20th: Benjamin Verdery performs Flippin’s Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep @ Coil School for the Arts 7 p.m, Riverside California.
October Duo Noire Residency St. Louis Classical Guitar
October 15: Ben Verdery performs Flippin’s composition Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep at Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley NY.
October 1: Ben Verdery performs Flippin’s composition Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep at Pequot Library Southport CT.
November 29: Ben Verdery performs Flippin’s composition Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep at University for Music and Theatre, Rostock Germany.
Cancelled due to covid:
January - Joe’s Pub Weeklong Residency with Alicia Hall Moran et al.
5/13/2022 - Ben Verdery gives the U.S. premiere of Flippin’s Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep at the Long Island Guitar Festival. https://www.ligfest.net/
3/18/2022 - Ben Verdery premieres Flippin’s new work “Nocturne for People Who Can’t Sleep” at the Guitar Alla Grande festival at the University of Ottawa.
2/2022 - Flippin’s new work Not One Shall Leave premiered by Ex-Aequo guitarist Phil Goldenberg.
1/2022 - Flippin’s new solo work completed for use as Yale School of Music 2022 guitar department audition set piece.
1/2022 - Flippin’s new ensemble work completed for St. Louis Classical Guitar Society.
11/19/21 - Flippin’s chamber piece Passacaglia for Minneapolis performed at the All Virginia Guitar Ensemble concert with Martha Masters conducting.
10/9/21 - Florida Solo Recital for Timicua Arts Foundation.
11/15/21 - Flippin lectures on guitar composition for the Société de guitare de Montréal.
11/01/21 - New composition completed for Cleveland Classical Guitar Society: 14 Etudes on the Music of Black Americans.
09/01/21 - New composition published by Productions d’Oz: American Soul.
08/2021 - NYC Classical Guitar Society Zoom Workshop on Composition. Link.
05/2021- HeartBeat Opera in residence for two weeks at PS-21. Premiering The Extinctionist in Chatham, NY.
04/2021- Duo Noire recording for Cleveland Classical Guitar and The Cleveland Orchestra. Cleveland, OH.
04/2021- Workshop for the Guitar Foundation of America on interpreting new music.
04/2021- April in Santa Cruz stream with Duo Noire for U.C. Santa Cruz.
04/2021- NYC Classical Guitar Society Livestream concert.
03/2021 - Livestream for St. Louis Classical Guitar and workshop on guitar composition.
02/19/2021- Duo Noire broadcast for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Balcony Bar From Home Series.
Past Events:
12/2020 - Concert Recording with Alicia Hall Moran, Steven Herring, for the Public Theater’s 2021 Under the Radar Festival.
11/2020 - Yale Masterclass with Duo Noire.
Fall 2020- Flippin commissioned to write several new solo and chamber works featuring guitar for Cleveland Classical Guitar & The Cleveland Orchestra, the Guitar Foundation of America, and the Ex-Aequo guitarists collective.
Fall 2020- Flippin performs Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Davis’ Malcolm X aria on electric guitar with HeartBeat Opera. Digital stream info here.
10/24/2020 - Duo Noire @ Classical Guitar Corner GuitOber Fest. Details Here.
10/2020 - Flippin Pacific Lutheran University digital masterclass and discussion with Duo Noire.
8/1/2020 - Solo digital recital on guitar and theorbo. Austin Classical Guitar Society. 9pm EDT. RSVP Information.
6/23-6/27 - Guitar Foundation of America Digital Convention. Panel discussion on race and inclusion (Tuesday 11am PDT); Duo Noire video premiere performance. (Thursday 3pm PDT); Video premiere of Flippin’s composition Beyond Ferguson (Friday 3pm PDT),
6/14-6/21 - The Holland Festival with Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran & others. Digital performance video.
*CANCELLED/Rescheduled due to Covid-19 Virus* 4/3/2020
4/3/2020 - University of California, Santa Cruz. April in Santa Cruz Festival with Duo Noire. Premiering a new work by Karlton Hester.
*CANCELLED/Rescheduled due to Covid-19 Virus* 4/25/2020
4/25/2020 - Hoch Chamber Series featuring Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet, Elizabeth Dutton et al. Guitar duets w/ Rami Vamos. TICKETS.
*CANCELLED/Rescheduled due to Covid-19 Virus* 5/17/2020
05/17/2020 -San Francisco Center For New Music with Duo Noire.
*CANCELLED/Rescheduled due to Covid-19 Virus* 6/20/2020
06/2020 - Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Convention. Indianapolis, IN. Duo Noire recital.
06/2020 - Duo Noire in Residence, Massachusetts (TBA).
06/2020 New Commission: GRAMMY-nominee Nathalie Joachim of Eighth Blackbird and Flutronix writes a new work for Duo Noire.
02/28/2020 - Faculty Recital. Diller Quaile School of Music. NYC 7pm. Free admission.
02/16/2020 - Stamford CT, with Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, Curtis Stewart & Chala Yancy. Union Baptist Church.
02/15/2020 - Yale Guitar Extravaganza with Duo Noire. Featuring Grammy-winner David Russell et al. TICKETS.
2/7/2020 - Thomas Flippin Masterclass. Diller Quaile School of Music, NYC.
11/16 & 11/17 2019- Flippin performs Concierto de Aranjuez with the Stamford Symphony. Stamford, CT.
8/23/2019 & 8/24/2019 - Duo Noire concerts at the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. New York City 5pm.
7-24-7/27 - LINCOLN CENTER Mostly Mozart Festival presents: The Black Clown. @ Lynch Theater of John Jay College, NYC. Tickets.
3/30/19 - CARNEGIE HALL main stage - Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration w/ Jason & Alicia Hall Moran, Imani Winds, and more.
2/14/19 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Family Benefit celebrating the reopened Instruments Gallery.
12/21/18 - Duo Noire’s album “Night Triptych” named Best of 2018 Contemporary Classical Music by I Care if You Listen.
11/1/18- Duo Noire feature article in newest Classical Guitar Magazine (Fall 2018), “Who’s Afraid of New Music.”
11/4/18 - @ Concordia College Osilas Gallery w/ percussion (Yousif Sheronick) and violin (Emanouil Manolov). Works by Lauro, Harrison, Falla et al.
11/30 - Faculty recital. The Diller Quaile School of Music. NYC.
8/31-9/23: Harvard's American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) production, The Black Clown, based on the poem by Langston Hughes. Featured in the Boston Globe.
6-22-18 - ALBUM RELEASE: Duo Noire's NIGHT TRIPTYCH on New Focus Recordings.
ALBUM RELEASE: Duo Noire's "NIGHT TRIPTYCH."
Out June 22, 2018 on New Focus Recordings.
Featuring premiere recordings of music by women composers: GRAMMY-nominee Clarice Assad, Courtney Bryan, ECM Artist Golfam Khayam, Mary Kouyoumdian, Gity Razaz & Gabriella Smith.
3/9/19 - Duo Noire with Quince Vocal Ensemble. DiMenna Center for Classical Music. NYC. 8pm.
2/27/19 - The Metropolitan Club, NYC. Diller Quaile School of Music Annual Gala.
2/23/19 - Norton Museum w/ Alicia Hall Moran, Brandon Ross, and J.T. Lewis. Miami, FL.
July 29/30 - New Mexico with Alicia Hall Moran,
Jason Moran, and Brandon Ross.
Opera Southwest and the New Mexcio Jazz Festival.
Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
6/16-6/17 - Kindred Spirits Series, Milford PA.
Duo Noire performs two concerts.
@ the Grey Tower National Historic Site.
6/5 - Diller Quaile School of Music
NYC - Private Performance.
5/22/18 - Black Wall Street, Oklahoma City, OK
Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, Brandon Ross,
Thomas Flippin, and Gene Peters perform music
relating to the 1921 race riots in Tulsa OK.
5/24/18 - Black Wall Street, Tulsa OK
Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran, Brandon Ross,
Thomas Flippin, and Gene Peters perform music
relating to the 1921 race riots in Tulsa OK.
5/1/18 - Private Performance, New York City.
With Alicia Hall Moran & Kaoru Watanabe
3/26-3/29 - Utica, NY
Outreach tour with Bridge Arts Ensemble
2/5-2/9 - Greenwich, NY
Outreach Tour w/ Bridge Arts Ensemble
12/1/17 - Faculty Recital
Diller Quaile School of Music
New York City, 7pm. Free admission.
11/12-11/16 - Upstate New York
Outreach Tour with the Bridge Arts Ensemble.
10/29-11/3 - Upstate New York
Outreach tour with the Bridge Arts Ensemble.
September 29, 2017
Duo Noire @ Georgetown
Performing new music by women composers.
https://performingarts.georgetown.edu/FMS_Fall2017
7/5-7/7- Omaha Under the Radar Festival
Duo Noire Recital of new works, TBA.
6/25-6/30 - Recording Sessions
Duo Noire records a new album of commissioned works.
Santa Cruz, CA.
5/24/17 - New York City Classical Guitar Society
Duo Noire recital of works by female composers.
Diller Quaile School of Music, 7:30pm
Tickets:
5/8-5/11 - Bridge Arts Ensemble Tour
School outreach performances in upstate NY.
4/29/17 - 92 St Y
Assad Brothers pre-concert talk with Ben Verdery, Joao Luiz, and Simon Powis. @ 7pm.
4/28/17 - April in Santa Cruz Festival
Duo Noire premieres newly commissioned works.
Works by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Gity Razaz, & Gabriella Smith
Santa Cruz, California @ 7:30pm - Free Admission
More Info: http://arts.ucsc.edu/series/april-in-santa-cruz-2017
3/20/17 - Princeton University
Private Performance.
2/15/17- "TOMORROW WILL STILL BE OURS" FESTIVAL
Performance w/ Alicia Hall Moran (soprano)
"Religion In A Changing America," panel
Gavin Brown's Enterprise Gallery in Harlem @ 6:30pm
1/17/17 - Philadelphia
The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own
Televised (C-SPAN) performance w/ soprano Alicia Hall Moran
Panel Discussion featuring: Veronica Chambers, Benilde Little, Alicia Moran and Damon Young
Free Library of Philadelphia: Parkway Central, 7:30 pm.
1/24-1/29- St Louis Classical Guitar Society
Duo Noire returns for their 4th Artist Residency.
Providing workshops in schools, giving a masterclass,
performing a recital on the Great Artists Series 1/28 &
World premieres of new pieces by Clarice Assad & Courtney Bryan.
TV performance and interview on Late Night with Pascal on ABC 30.
10/21 - Charleston, South Carolina
Colour of Music Festival
Flippin plays solos and duets w/ violinist Romuald Grimbert-Barré
Avery Research Center - McKinley Washington Auditorium 6pm.
11/12-11/17 - Upstate New York
Bridge Arts Ensemble Outreach Tour
10/2 - Bronxville NY
Art of War Exhibit
Music of Bogdanovich, Koshkin & Dowland
w/ Soprano Sun Young Chang & Violinist Emily Kalish
OSilas Gallery, Bronxville NY.
7/25-7-31 - Avaloch Farm Music Institute
Duo Noire awarded a summer residency
Working on the new music of Raymond Lustig,
Courtney Bryan, and Clarice Assad.
6/27-7/1 Diller Quaile Summer Music Institute
6/19-6/20 - River to River Festival
Alicia Hall Moran's: Black Wall Street
Federal Hall, Wall St. NYC 7pm
6/8 - Center for Constitutional Rights
The Dream Unfinished Chamber Concert
6/1-6/3- Upstate New York
On tour with the Bridge Arts Ensemble.
5/19 - National Sawdust
Alicia Hall Moran's: The Five Fans part III
The Ice Project
Brooklyn, 7pm
5/11- National Sawdust
Spring Gala
Honoring Alicia Hall Moran & David Lang.
Featuring Renee Fleming
5/1-5/5 - Upstate New York
On Tour with the Bridge Arts Ensemble.
3/31 - Juilliard
Duo Noire class lecture.
3/21 - Schomburg Center
Alicia Hall Moran presents: Black Wall Street
Featuring Brandon Ross, Shalini Lakshmi, Prasanna,
Jason Moran, & Tony Scherr.
Women's Jazz Festival, directed by Toshi Reagon.
Harlem NYC, 7pm
3/3 - Art Institute of Chicago
Histories Remixed: Performance and Discussion
w/ Alicia Hall Moran and Brandon Ross.
Fullerton Hall, 6pm.
1/18-1-22 - Bridge Arts Ensemble Tour
Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
1/11/16 National Sawdust
Alicia Hall Moran presents: Black Wall Street
w/ Jason Moran (piano), Kaoru Watanabe (taiko),
Brandon Ross (guitar), Prasanna (guitar) & Shalini Lakshmi (vocals).
Brooklyn, 8pm.
December 2015
12/6/15 National Sawdust
"Heavy Blue" album feature.
w/ Alicia Hall Moran, Brandon Ross, Mary Halvorson, Jason Moran,
Marika Hughes & Tony Scherr.
November 2015
11/7/15 Hoch Chamber Series - A Night in London
Featuring Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet.
Works of Purcell w/ sopranos Sheri Hammerstrom & Sun Young Chang.
Concordia College, Bronxville 7pm. Get Tickets:
11/13/15 Faculty Recital
Diller Quaile School of Music
New York CIty, 7:30PM
October 2015
10/19/15 - National Sawdust
w/ Alicia Hall Moran (soprano), Brandon Ross (electric guitar), et al.
80 North 6th St, Brooklyn, 8pm. Get Tickets.
10/28/15 Solo Recital
Downtown at Grace Concert Series. 12pm.
33 Church Street, White Plains, NY 10601
September 2015
Flippin has joined the roster of the new Bridge Arts Ensemble.
Touring in upstate New York throughout the year.
June 2015
6/26-6/27
H. Lawrence Freeman's "Voodoo" Opera
First revival performance since 1928
Featured in the New York Times
Miller Theater at Columbia University
6/12/15 Blue Note Jazz Festival
w/ Alicia Hall Moran, Jason Moran & Steven Herring.
Produced by Jill Newman.
Highline Ballroom, NYC
431 West 16th Street bxn 9th & 10th.
May 2015
5/21-5/25: Duo Noire China Tour
5/21- 19:30, The Bookworm, Beijing
5/22- 19:00, Peking University, Beijing
5/23- 19:30, Inside-Out Theatre, Beijing
5/24: 15:30, The Clubhouse, Chateau Regalia, Beijing
April 2015
4/12/15 Flippin's new composition is published.
Beyond Ferguson: Based on a Melody by Michael Brown
is featured in the newest issue of Soundboard by the Guitar Foundation of America.
4/17/2015 Diller-Quaile Spring Gala
Honoring the President of Juilliard
University Club, 1 West 54th St
New York City.
March 2015
3/6/2015 - Flippin interviewed on CLASSICAL GUITAR INSIDER w/ Bret Williams.
Podcast available on iTunes here.
February 2015
2/1-2/7 - Duo Noire Residency
St Louis Classical Guitar Society. Nine Outreach concerts.
A world premiere performance of Beyond Ferguson at the 10th St. Gallery.
A recital at the Tavern of Fine Arts.
January 2015
1/24/15 Duo Noire on the Cover of Soundboard.
Published quarterly by the Guitar Foundation of America.