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Peter Phippen
Peter Phippen has spent the past twenty years playing, collecting, and researching flutes from around the world. His connection to these instruments began when a friend gave him his first flute, an Indian Bansuri. Since then, Peter has had four CDs released by Canyon Records of Phoenix, Arizona. Phippen's Canyon recordings have brought his flute playing to the attention of critics and flute enthusiasts worldwide.
Released in 2006, "Shadows of Dawn"; was featured for five months in the top 25 on Public Radio International's syndicated program Echoes, peaking at #8. "Night Song" was a 2003 Native American Music Awards nominee in the Native Heart category. Peter's "Echoes of the Past" was a finalist in the 2000 Crossroads Music Awards. And the 1996 Canyon Records debut, "Book of Dreams", charted at #17 in the New Age Voice. Phippen has also played antique Native American and bamboo flutes on two releases for Lifescapes as well as three solo recordings with On Hold Productions/Music Design Specialties (with the kind permission of Canyon Records).
Aside from his time in the recording studio, Peter is a frequent performer and lecturer at universities, public schools, festivals and conventions throughout the United States. Peter has had the honor of being chosen as the featured world flute performer at each of the conventions of the International Native American Flute Association: 2001 at Kent State University in Ohio, 2003 at Taos, New Mexico, and 2006 in Belmont, California. His unique presentation on world flutes has been given at such locations as Dallas Community College, Dallas, Texas; University of Virginia at Newport News; and twice at the Wisconsin Music Educators Association Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Recent concert performances were played in Zion Canyon National Park, Springdale, Utah; Hood River, Oregon, and the historic Chautauqua Institution in New York state. Peter has shared the stage with such musicians as R. Carlos Nakai, Coyote Oldman (Michael Graham Allen), and Peter Kater. Since 1998, Phippen has taught world flutes to young students during College for Kids on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison, and currently at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Summer Institute.
Originally from Potsdam, New York, Peter currently resides in Eau Claire, WI. with his wife Julie. For more information, please visit: www.peterphippen.com |
