Guitar Studio
Dr. Stephen Mattingly Biography and Email
Read Stephen Mattingly's biography.
E-mail Stephen Mattingly - spmatt01@louisville.edu
Contact Dr. Mattingly by phone - (502) 852-5607
Upcoming Performances
November 8, 2008 - Tantalus Quartet premieres Guitar Quartet Concerto by Apostolos Paraskevas with the Albany Symphony.
December 14, 2008 - Tantalus Quartet performs on Mostly Music Series in Chicago.
March 19, 2009 - Tantalus Quartet performs on Troubador Series at Wafford College.
April 3, 2009 - Tantalus Quartet performs at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City.
June 18, 2009 - Tantalus Quartet performs at the Guitar Foundation of America Convention.
Recent CDs Released
Debut - Recording with the Tantalus Guitar Quartet. Available at CD Baby, http://cdbaby.com/cd/tantalus
Franz Schubert, Complete Chamber Music with Guitar - Available at ClearNote Publications, http://www.clearnote.net/Franz_Schubert.html and iTunes.
Web sites of the Tantalus Quartet and Stephen Mattingly
www.StephenMattingly.com - Hear live solo performances and read the latest news from Dr. Mattingly.
www.TantalusQuartet.com - Featuring Recordings, Links, and Updated concert schedule for the Tantalus Quartet.
www.myspace.com/TantalusQuartet - Connect with the Tantalus Quartet online as a MySpace friend. Page features live video and audio recordings.
Student Enrichment
The following organizations offer opportunities for student enrichment.
The Guitar Foundation of America, http://www.guitarfoundation.org
The Cincinnati Classical Guitar Society, http://www.cincinnatiguitarsociety.org
The Chicago Classical Guitar Society, http://www.chicagoclassicalguitarsociety.org
World Guitarist, http://www.worldguitarist.com
The Louisville Orchestra
Chamber Music Society of Louisville
The Cincinnati Symphony
Audition requirements
Prepared repertory should include three contrasting major works from different stylistic periods that best represent the applicant’s technical and artistic strengths.
The works listed below represent suggested repertoire for auditions to study classical guitar at the University of Louisville. Please contact Dr. Mattingly if you have any questions regarding audition repertoire.
Bachelor of Music (BM)
All applicants must present:
1. Major and minor scales (Segovia edition)
2. Giuliani 120 right-hand arpeggios
3. Knowledge of entire fingerboard
4. Adequate musical performance of such standard etudes as those of Aguado, Carcassi, Guiliani; selections from Sor Studies (Segovia edition); performance of shorter works by Milan, Bach, Tarrega.
Suggested repertoire:
Fernando Sor: One study from Segovia's Selected 20 Studies
H. Villa-Lobos: Prelude #4
H. Villa Lobos: Study #1
J.S. Bach: Prelude from Cello suite #1 (or work of similar difficulty by Bach)
All Composition, Music Education and Bachelor of Science applicants:
Fernando Sor: One study from Segovia's Selected 20 Studies
H. Villa-Lobos: Prelude #4
J.S. Bach: Prelude from Cello suite #1 (or work of similar difficulty by Bach)
Masters of Music (MM)
All graduate applicants must submit a repertoire list at the audition. Graduate auditions consist of an interview and a 20-minute performance including at least three stylistically contrasting works. All works must be memorized.
