Ben Phipps, BM Cornish University

BBen began playing guitar as a teenager and was drawn to flamenco while studying classical guitar at Cornish College of the Arts, where he received his B.M.  He immediately began working with dancers and has been accompanying soloists and companies ever since.  In Seattle he was a member of gypsy swing band The Rez Trio, he has worked with Rubina Carmona's Peña Flamenca, and in Madison he has worked with solo dancer Tania Tandias.  During 2005-2006 he lived in Madrid where he studied guitar with Pepe Maya, Flavio Rodrigues, and was a student in the Conservatorio Flamenco Casa Patas.  Currently Ben teaches classical and flamenco guitar both in his home and at the Community Conservatory of Doylestown, he accompanies dance classes for Philadelphia-based company Pasión y Arte, and he performs as a soloist and with flamenco dancers.