Host Deborah Simpkin King this Sunday (11/3 at 2 pm) shares selections from Considering Matthew Shepard by composer Craig Hella Johnson. The concert-length "fusion oratorio" relates the story of Matthew Shepard, the young, gay university student who was kidnapped in Laramie, Wyoming, beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in a field in October 1998. Conspirare performs in this recording.
Deborah Simpkin King, Ph.D., is a choral conductor, new music advocate, and master teacher. She plays an active role in the vibrant Manhattan choral scene and serves the national and international music community through her guest conducting and body of published work.