May Festival: Festival Extra: Considering Matthew Shepard
Corbett Center for the Performing Arts 290 CCM Blvd, Cincinnati, OHMatthew Shepard, the victim of one of the worst anti-gay hate crimes in history, has inspired this oratorio by Grammy-winning conductor and composer Craig Hella Johnson. He conducts from the piano, incorporating a variety of musical styles with Matthew Shepard's journal entries and other poignant texts. This transcendent work leads us to "a higher understanding …