Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Considering Matthew Shepard
Penny Stamps Lecture Series
by Craig Hella Johnson
Considering Matthew Shepard was performed under the direction of award winning conductor Eugene Rogers, acclaimed stage director Matt Kunkel, and Emmy-award winning film producer Bob Berg. The Stamps Event Series’ premiere of the video will be followed by a conversation between Rogers and the piece’s composer, Craig Hella Johnson.
Johnson wrote the piece as a tribute to Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who in 1998 was beaten by strangers, tied to a fence, and left for dead. Shepard’s death, along with the murder of James Byrd Jr. by white supermacists a few months earlier, led to Congress passing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009.
watch the live broadcast at https://myumi.ch/Nm1eM
Considering Matthew Shepard was performed under the direction of award winning conductor Eugene Rogers, acclaimed stage director Matt Kunkel, and Emmy-award winning film producer Bob Berg. The Stamps Event Series’ premiere of the video will be followed by a conversation between Rogers and the piece’s composer, Craig Hella Johnson.
Johnson wrote the piece as a tribute to Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who in 1998 was beaten by strangers, tied to a fence, and left for dead. Shepard’s death, along with the murder of James Byrd Jr. by white supermacists a few months earlier, led to Congress passing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009.
watch the live broadcast at https://myumi.ch/Nm1eM
Cost
- Free and open to all - online only
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