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Stonewall offers Considering Matthew Shepard
Posted 3/20/2023
On Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 PM, The Stonewall Chorale,
the nation’s first gay and lesbian choir, will present Craig Hella Johnson’s cantata
Considering Matthew Shepard at Holy Apostles Church (28th Street and 9th Avenue) in Chelsea.
Considering Matthew Shepard tells the story of Matthew Shepard, a young gay college
student from Laramie, Wyoming, who was beaten, tortured and left to die tied to a fence
in 1998.
Composer Craig Hella Johnson “wanted to create, within a musical framework, a space
for reflection, consideration and unity around [Matthew’s] life and legacy.” The
passion-style oratorio incorporates excerpts from Matthew Shepard’s diary, interviews
with his family and friends, and news articles.
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- New York Opera Alliance (NYOA), with support from OPERA America, has announced NYOANext, a new citywide opera series spotlighting local artists and companies in each of New York's five boroughs. The initiative begins with a spotlight on the Bronx with a three-day festival April 20, 22 and 23, 2023, celebrating the borough's vibrant and varied opera community. Opera companies from around the five boroughs, including the 56-year old Bronx Opera, will perform in the Bronx with local artists from the neighborhood. For details, visit NYoperaalliance.org. (2023-3-3)
- New recordings! Dessoff has released its world-premiere recording of Credo and Simon Bore the Cross, two cantatas by 20th-centtury African American composer Margaret Bonds. The recording, with full orchestra, is conducted by Malcolm J. Merriweather and features soprano Janinah Burnett and bass-baritone Dashon Burton. To listen and purchase, visit orcd.co/av2589. And Zulal, an a cappella trio of Armenian-American women, has released its fourth album, By the Shepherd's Clock. Visit linktr.ee/zulaltrio for more information. (2023-2-15)
- Join the New York Choral Consortium for its annual Membership Day on Saturday, February 11 from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. For details and to regsiter, visit www.newyorkchoralconsortium.org/events-dormant. (2023-2-3)
- Ron DeFesi is the new musical director of The Warwick Valley Chorale. (2023-1-7)
- James John artistic director of Cerddorion, leads "Pilgrimage" as part of Make Music Winter on Wednesday, December 21. Headlamp-clad singers will walk a route along Riverside Park making stops at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument and other landmarks to sing medieval melodies once sung on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. For details, visit makemusicny.org/2022-make-music-winter-schedule/pilgrimage. (2022-12-14)
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