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Lyrics were written by Leslea Newman (from her 2012 book, also titled October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard) [40] 2016: Considering Matthew Shepard, a 100-minute oratorio for SATB chorus, piano and strings, was written by Craig Hella Johnson and premiered by Conspirare in Austin, Pasadena and Los Angeles in February 2016. [41]
In fact, "Considering Matthew Shepard" has been produced in as many as 225 cities and towns. At Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, students lined up to thank Johnson, also a product of the ...
This ballad tells the story of the kidnapping, torture, and homicide of 21-year-old University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, motivated by anti-gay sentiment. [1] [2] The image of a scarecrow was chosen because the bicyclist who found Matthew Shepard, tied to a fence, first thought that he was a scarecrow. The song criticizes hypocritical ...
DAVID CRARY. October 12, 2023 at 4:56 AM. It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and ...
Judy Shepard. Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. [ 1 ] He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe ...
The two-hour documentary special “The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime” airs Monday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. ET on ID (ahead of the 25th anniversary of Shepard’s death on Oct. 12).
In the spring of 2016, Collegium performed at the Boston ACDA Convention and sang the fusion-oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard under the direction of its composer, Craig Hella Johnson. Collegium's season concluded with a performance of Aaron Copland's In the Beginning with mezzo-soprano soloist Maddie Studt '16.
Mar. 21—The Gonzaga Chamber Chorus will perform Craig Hella Johnson's "Considering Matthew Shepard" in collaboration with Spokane Kantorei during an event livestreamed from the Myrtle Woldson ...