Described as brilliant and heartfelt, this is the final movement of Craig Hella Johnson's epic work Considering Matthew Shepard, a tribute to the young gay man who has become an American icon and a symbol for hope and redemption. With elements of hymnody, American folk and gospel music, this single movement will allow mixed choruses everywhere to come to understand and be lifted up by this powerful music.

Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

Described as brilliant and heartfelt, this is the final movement of Craig Hella Johnson's epic work Considering Matthew Shepard, a tribute to the young gay man who has become an American icon and a symbol for hope and redemption. With elements of hymnody, American folk and gospel music, this single movement will allow mixed choruses everywhere to come to understand and be lifted up by this powerful music.

Arranger: Craig Hella Johnson | Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

Four movements from the end of the Passion section of Considering Matthew Shepard we hear from a deer. It has been well established that Matt loved the outdoors and it is fitting that a deer should sing All night I lay there beside you, I cradled your pain in my care. The women sing this delicate text accompanied by three soprano soloists who bring the breeze and the hope of redemption.

Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

Four movements from the end of the Passion section of Considering Matthew Shepard we hear from a deer. It has been well established that Matt loved the outdoors and it is fitting that a deer should sing All night I lay there beside you, I cradled your pain in my care. The women sing this delicate text accompanied by three soprano soloists who bring the breeze and the hope of redemption.

Arranger: Craig Hella Johnson | Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

From the major work Considering Matthew Shepard, this is a song of comfort for Matthew's mother. As a stand alone piece it can be sung in a variety of contexts--general concert, holiday programs, memorial services. Conspirare performed this work for the interment service of Matthew at the National Cathedral where his ashes were laid to rest. The lilting 7/8 meter creates a feeling of rocking, of cradling. The violin solo represents a halo of light and took its original inspiration from the profoundly beautiful violin solo in Erbarme dich from Bach's St Matthew Passion.

Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

As the first movement of the Epilogue, here is movement number 30 from the major work Considering Matthew Shepard. This is the singers and the listeners first chance to begin the healing process. To meet me where the old fence ends and the horizon begins. We are reminded that There's a balm in the silence, There's a joy in the singing, and We'll sing on through the darkness. This is music that easily stands alone from the major work and lifts all our spirits in every context.

Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

As the first movement of the Epilogue, here is movement number 30 from the major work Considering Matthew Shepard. This is the singers and the listeners first chance to begin the healing process. To meet me where the old fence ends and the horizon begins. We are reminded that There's a balm in the silence, There's a joy in the singing, and We'll sing on through the darkness. This is music that easily stands alone from the major work and lifts all our spirits in every context.

Arranger: Craig Hella Johnson | Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

This 17th movement from the major work Considering Matthew Shepard is planted right in the middle of the passion. Remembering a time when life was full of promise and dreaming was an activity filled with hope, a tenor soloist opens this movement wondering where all of these promising times have gone. The full choir supports the soloist with the repeated question Where, O where? but an answer doesn't comes.

Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

This 17th movement from the major work Considering Matthew Shepard is planted right in the middle of the passion. Remembering a time when life was full of promise and dreaming was an activity filled with hope, a tenor soloist opens this movement wondering where all of these promising times have gone. The full choir supports the soloist with the repeated question Where, O where? but an answer doesn't comes.

Arranger: Craig Hella Johnson | Composer: Craig Hella Johnson