Steve is often a featured artist at international festivals. He also gives invited lectures at universities and conservatoires. He offers a wide range of lectures and classes across the areas of composition, performance, and post 1900 guitar repertoire. He has made films and presented livestreams for Tonebase and is frequently a keynote speaker at guitar research events. Steve also sits on many international juries for guitar and composition competitions.

Recent festivals

Guitar Foundation of America Convention
Festival Homenaje, Padua, Italy
Groningen Guitar Festival, Netherlands
Folkwang International Guitar Festival, Essen, Germany
Campamento de Guitarra, Colombia
Paganini Guitar Festival, Parma, Italy
Leo Brouwer Festival, São Paulo, Brazil
Iserlohn Guitar Symposium, Germany
Koblenz International Guitar Festiva, Germany
Altamira Guitar Festivals in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, China
Veria Guitar Festival, Greece

Recent invited lectures

Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts
National University of Colombia
Gnesin’s Academy, Moscow, Russia
National University of Mexico
Manhattan School of Music, New York, USA
Robert Schumann Hochschule, Germany
Janáček Academy, Brno, Czech Republic
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Arizona State University, USA
University of Denver, USA