UNH Vocal Arts Project
UNH Chamber Singers
Alex T. Favazza, Jr., conductor
Deborah Rentz-Moore, director
This performance contains historical descriptions, media coverage, images, language and concepts that may be disturbing. It is intended for mature audiences only.
This 2016 semi-staged dramatic oratorio in three-parts by
contemporary composer Craig Hella Johnson chronicles the 1998 heinous murder of
Matthew Wayne Shepard. The work is structured after the baroque Passions of
J.S. Bach and incorporates a variety of musical styles. Johnson sets a range of
texts by poets including Hildegard of Bingen, Lesléa Newman, Michael Dennis
Browne, and Rumi as well as passages from Matt’s personal journal, interviews
and writings from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard, newspaper reports and
additional texts.
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