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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Music and Dance

Alan Mattingly
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Alan Mattingly
Assistant Professor
amattingly2@unlnotes.unl.edu
(402)472-2492
Dr. Alan F. Mattingly is Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Nebraska, where his duties include the private instruction of the horn studio, conducting the horn choir, performing with the Moran Wind Quintet and the UNL Brass Quintet, and teaching music theory and aural skills classes. Prior to his appointment at UNL, Mattingly was the horn professor at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC, where he performed with the Smoky Mountain Brass quintet and was principal horn with the Spartanburg (SC) Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hendersonville Symphony, and associate principal/third horn with the Asheville (NC) Symphony Orchestra.

Mattingly received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Alabama and his Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees from Florida State University where his principal teachers were Charles Snead and William Capps, respectively.

While attending the University of Alabama, where he was twice a concerto competition winner, Mattingly played third horn with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. While at Florida State University, he was principal horn with the Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestra and second horn in the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. He also took first prize at the state and regional rounds of the MTNA Collegiate Artist Competition and had a second place finish in the University Division of the American Horn Competition. His other orchestral engagements have included the Owensboro (KY) Symphony Orchestra and the Paducah (KY) Symphony Orchestra. Mattingly has performed throughout the United States, Canada, England, and Russia with major performances at conventions of the International Horn Society, the International Trumpet Guild, the Spoleto Festival, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.