Choral Artists will perform the Sarasota premiere of Craig Hella Johnson’s “Considering Matthew Shepard ... Wyoming. He died several days after he was found. Holt said the piece will ...

“This is another way to say we are richer with diversity,” he said. “Considering Matthew Shepard” has been ... though investigators have not found evidence it was a hate crime.

postcards and home movies – because all three feared Matthew becoming an emblem known only for how he died. “We want to reconnect people with the Matt Shepard who lived – with all his flaws ...

In the many years he has led Choral Artists of Sarasota, Artistic Director Joseph Holt has rarely heard as strong a reaction as last year’s performance of “Considering Matthew Shepard” about ...

“I like to say that we’re all like Matthew Shepard.” Shepard, a 21-year-old college student, was killed in a hate crime because he was gay. Burns explained that the musical composition moves ...

Matthew Shepard was a 21-year old youth who was brutally murdered in Wyoming in 1998. The reason? He was gay. His death caused a uproar and led to the passing of a national hate law. Two years ...

The program consisted of one work, Craig Helia Johnson’s “Considering Matthew Shepard ... descriptions of Shepard emphasize his youth, goodness and generosity. He was also of a majority ...

Matthew Shepard was a 21-year old youth who was brutally murdered in Wyoming in 1998. The reason? He was gay. His death caused a national uproar and led to the passing of a national hate law.