THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
2025 Florida State University Guitar Festival
Stephen Mattingly, Guitar
Susana Frade Machado, Guitar
Friday November 7, 2025
7:30 p.m. | Dohnányi Recital Hall
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.
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PROGRAM
Moderato from Sonata in A major, Op. 21, No. 1 (1813) Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Three Inward Glances (2024)
Matthew Cochran
Prelude (b. 1976)
Prayer Allegro
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1965)
Roberto Gerhard
I. Reconnaissance (1896–1970)
II. Pablo and Pilar
III. Un galán y su morena – The Bell
IV. The Bridge
Largo from Sonatina (c. 1941)
Stephen Mattingly, guitar Stephen Mattingly plays and recommends D’Addario strings.
Una limosna por el amor de Dios
Chôro da saudade
Jazmín de mi casa
Divertimentos tropicales
INTERMISSION
Teresa de Rogatis (1893–1979)
Agustín Barrios (1885–1944)
Agustín Barrios
Ñico Rojas (1921–2008)
Eduardo Martín
I. Inevitable (b. 1956)
II. Chacumbele
III. Lobisón
Mirándote
Son del barrio
Susana Frade Machado, guitar
Guitarist Stephen Mattingly has been warmly received by audiences in Europe, Africa, and the Americas as a soloist and as a founding member of the Tantalus Quartet. He has appeared as soloist with the Albany Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, and Orchestra Kentucky. Stephen’s solo recital performances have taken him from venues such as Weill Hall to major festivals in Europe, Central America, and the U.S. An avid chamber music collaborator, he is a recipient of the prestigious Theodore Presser Award for recording the complete guitar chamber works by Franz Schubert, which are available in critical performance scores from Allegra-Zimmermann. His solo albums are available on SoundSet and a forthcoming release on Sacred Black Music features several world-premiere recordings.
Stephen enjoys a vibrant teaching career as a sought-after masterclass artist, chamber coach, lecturer, and professor. Since Fall 2025, he has served as Associate Professor of Guitar at the Florida State University where he nurtures the guitar legacy established by the esteemed Bruce Holzman. During his previous tenure as Professor of Guitar at the University of Louisville, Stephen was recognized as a distinguished professor for creative activity and hosted the Guitar Foundation of America convention three times. His students have won top prizes in competitions and have been accepted to graduate programs including the Eastman School of Music, Florida State University, Peabody Conservatory, Shenandoah Conservatory, and University of Texas at Austin, among others. Graduates of his studio hold teaching positions at high school and collegiate levels. Alumni also hold several service and teaching positions with the Guitar Foundation of America, the Louisville Guitar Society, and Cleveland Guitar Society.
In addition to his performing and teaching engagements, Stephen’s service to the profession extends from hosting guitar events and concerts in his local communities to serving international organizations such as the Guitar Foundation of America. Stephen served as chair for the GFA Board of Trustees from 2015-2020 and starts a new term in 2025.
Stephen pursues scholarly activities with research and frequent writings on issues of guitar pedagogy and history. Soundboard magazine published his article on Schubert and the Guitar. Stephen has judged, lectured, performed, and taught at international conferences including the Silesian Guitar Autumn Competition in Poland, the Guitar Foundation of America Convention, the Iserlohn Guitar Symposium in Germany, the Acadia International Guitar Festival in Canada, the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, the New York Summer Music Festival, and the College Music Society.
Stephen earned a Doctor of Music and a Theory Pedagogy Certificate at the Florida State University under the instruction of renowned pedagogue Bruce Holzman. Prior to his doctoral studies, Stephen completed a twoyear residence in Germany where he was awarded an Artist Diploma while studying with Dale Kavanagh at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. Stephen also studied with Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Prior to his work in Europe, Stephen studied with Nicholas Goluses at the esteemed Eastman School of Music where he earned a Master’s and a Bachelor Degree with distinction, a Certificate in Arts Leadership, and a Performer’s Certificate.
Recordings by Stephen Mattingly and by the Tantalus Quartet are available online at iTunes, CD Baby, and SoundSet Recordings.
Susana Frade is a Cuban classical guitarist whose career bridges performance, education, and the advancement of new repertoire. Born in Havana, she began her musical studies at the Manuel Saumell Conservatory and later graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte. She holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she studied with Dr. Matthew Dunne and Dr. Isaac Bustos, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Guitar Performance from Florida State University, where she also served as a teaching assistant under the guidance of Bruce Holzman.
Frade’s performances span Cuba, Mexico, the United States, Europe, and South America. She has appeared at major festivals including the Havana International Guitar Festival, the International Guitar Festival of Zihuatanejo (Mexico), the All-Guitar SummerFest (San Antonio), the International Guitart Festival (FIU), Florida State University’s Prism Festival, and the 2nd Festival Internacional de Guitarra in General Roca, Argentina. She has toured France with Duo Con-Trastes and Cuarteto Guitarras de La Habana, and in 2014 performed as a soloist at Paris’s American Cathedral.
Central to her artistry is a commitment to expanding the guitar’s presence in today’s concert life. She has appeared as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, the Symphonic Orchestra of the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory, and the Sonantas Habaneras Guitar Orchestra. She has also premiered numerous works for guitar and orchestra, including Concierto para guitarra y orquesta by Björn Raithel, Hologramas by Ariannys Mariño, and Mestizo by Edmundo Vásquez, a concert piece written especially for her.
Her achievements include the Love of Learning Award from Phi Kappa Phi, the Outstanding Guitar Performance Award at UTSA, the PEN & Inc Funds Award to develop a website based on her doctoral treatise “The Legacy of Isaac Nicola: Método de Guitarra (ProQuest),” first place in the Graduate Music Category at UTSA’s 20th Annual Spring Research Conference (2020), and top prizes in the National Guitar Competition “Isaac Nicola” in Cuba. She was also a finalist in the 2020 Ex-Aequo International Classical Guitar Competition. Frade has presented internationally, including a livestream lecture for the Tonebase platform on the Cuban School of Guitar.
Her recordings with Sonantas Habaneras for the Colibrí label include works by Jesús Ortega, featuring her as a soloist. She has also recorded with Duo Con-Trastes (Contrastes, 2014; Retratos, 2018), with Cuban singer Liuba María Hevia under the BisMusic label, and on the double album Jesús Ortega and the Cuban Guitar / Paisaje Cubano con Sonantas. In addition, as part of her master’s degree at UTSA, she produced the recording project “My Musical Journey.”
Today, Susana Frade continues to shape the guitar’s landscape as both performer and educator. She is a member of the International Suzuki Association, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and the FSU Classical Guitar Society, and teaches classical guitar and related courses at both college and entry levels. Through her performances, premieres, and teaching, she works to connect audiences with the rich traditions of the guitar.
Saturday, November 8
8:30am – Late check-in and warm-up, Housewright Music Building (HMU)
10am-noon – Masterclasses:
Celso Cano, HMU 110
Susana Frade Machado, HMU 125
Carlos Guevara, HMU 126
Kevin Manderville, HMU 111
Stephen Mattingly, KMU 112C
11am – Lecture by David Dolata: “A Tour through Tablature in Europe 1300–1750” HMU, Dohnányi Recital Hall (DRH)
1pm – Competition Semi-finals:
Recreational Division, HMU 110
High School Division, HMU 111
Open Division, DRH
4pm – Recital: Matthew Cochran, DRH
7:30pm – Recital: Kevin Manderville and Xavier Jara, DRH Competition Finalists announced at intermission.
Sunday, November 9
10am-noon – Masterclasses:
Matthew Cochran, KMU 240
Xavier Jara, DRH
1pm – Competition Finals (High School and Open Divisions), DRH
4pm – Recital: Kyle Khembunjong, DRH
6:30pm – Closing Ceremony, DRH