Considering Matthew Shepard

NC State Department of
Performing Arts and Technology

presents

Considering Matthew Shepard

Performed by

NC State Choral Artists
NC State Chorale

Nathan Leaf, conductor

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• Welcome
  • A Message From Nathan Leaf
  • Libretto
• Concert Program
• Meet the Performers
  • NC State Choral Artists
  • NC State Chorale
  • Instrumentalists
  • Vocal Soloists
• Acknowledgments
• More From the Department

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WELCOME

Libretto

A limited number of printed copies are available in the lobby.

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PROGRAM

Please silence all cell phones. Taking photos or using recording devices during the performance is a distraction to the performers and to other audience members and is strictly prohibited.

• PROLOGUE
  • Cattle, Horses, Sky and Grass
  • Ordinary Boy
  • We Tell Each Other Stories

• PASSION
  • The Fence (before)
  • The Fence (that night)
  • A Protestor
  • Keep It Away From Me (The Wound of Love)
  • Fire of the Ancient Heart
  • We Are All Sons
  • I Am Like You
  • The Innocence
  • The Fence (one week later)
  • Stars
  • In Need of Breath
  • Pilgrimage

• EPILOGUE
  • Meet Me Here
  • All of Us
  • Reprise: This Chant of Life (Cattle, Horses, Sky and Grass)

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MEET THE PERFORMERS

NC State Choral Artists

* current NC State student
# NC State alumnus/alumnae
+ NC State faculty member

SOPRANO
Beth Allen-Gardner
Francesca Balestrieri #
Fran Bushman
Milo Clements
Ashley Holt
Rachael Lubbers
Maddie Martin #
Bianca Munoz

ALTO
Jennifer Beattie +
Maggie Hemedinger
Carol Ingbretsen
Evelyn McCauley
Jenn Myers
Jennifer Seiger
Valerie Wettlaufer

TENOR
Aaron Carlyle
Wade Henderson
Devon Olds *
Robert Sparks
Jaylen Spencer
Sam Wanamaker
Mark Woodcock

BASS
Bill Adams
Forrest Burris
Yi Chen *
Brad Croushorn
Josh Johnstone #
Kurt Marsden +
Lewis Moore
Jonathan Pelletier #

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NC State Chorale

* Section Leader

SOPRANO
Patricia Costes
Lucy Grindstaff
Cecilia Harrison
Sam Hayes
Sloane Hovey
Izzy Humphreys
Nina Kudlak
Sofia Leander
Ellie Link
Margaret Lucas
Emily Morris
Anna Muchukot *
Lottie Parker
Anna Rushing
Katherine Swindell
Chloe Tackett
Abby Trantham
Jade Vogelsong *

ALTO
Kathryn Adams
Sophia Ayers
Janani Bhave
Elise Boorom
Elizabeth Davis
Abigail Dayton
Alex Fountain
Sammie Graff
Kira Hageness
Katherine Hunt
Anna Powell *
Niasha Kodzai
Maggie Quinn
Anna Russell
Ophelia Sin
Day Steed *
Julia Thompson
Sara Trimech

TENOR
Nick Abbate
Jonny Grigg
Sooyoung Kim
Jimmy Kinsella
Troy Larsen
Ian Livengood
Spencer Long
Dylan Magistrado *
Evan McCaskill
Jack Medlock
Devon Olds
Thomas Radford
Mason Sluder *
Ty Smoak
Samuel Tucker

BASS
Niko Ayers
Elijah Ball
Perry Beamer
Ian Borgiel
Yi Chen *
Matthew Clark
Elisha Daugird
Michael Izzo
Trevor Libner
Thomas Morgan
Graham Otten
Bennett Perry *
Landon Perry
Benjamin Radspinner
Ben Rutledge
Sullivan Schwartz

Instrumentalists

+ NC State faculty member

Leah Peroutka, violin
Emi Mizobuchi, viola
Lauren Dunseath, cello
Emily Rupp Buccola, bass
Marianne Breneman, clarinet
Rich Bono, percussion
Drew Lile, guitar
Tom Koch, piano +

Vocal Soloists

Cattle, Horses, Sky and Grass
Sam Wannamaker
Ordinary Boy
Jennifer Seiger, Evelyn McCauley, Yi Chen, Wade Henderson
We Tell Each Other Stories
Fran Bushman
The Fence (before)
Bill Adams
The Fence (that night)
Bill Adams
Keep It Away From Me
Jennifer Beattie
Trio: Maddie Martin, Ashley Holt, Carol Ingbretsen
Fire of the Ancient Heart
Bill Adams
The Innocence
Jaylen Spencer
The Fence (one week later)
Milo Clements
In Need of Breath
Wade Henderson
Pilgrimage
Beth Allen Gardner, Lewis Moore, Bill Adams, Jennifer Seiger, Aaron Carlyle, Rachael Lubbers, Milo Clements, Fran Bushman, Valarie Wettlaufer, Carol Ingbretsen
Meet Me Here
Jennifer Seiger
All of Us
Trio: Milo Clements, Fran Bushman, Valerie Wettlaufer
Reprise: Cattle, Horses, Sky and Grass
Sam Wanamaker

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This performance is made possible through the efforts of many people. In particular, we would like to express our gratitude to the following:

Doneka Scott
Vice-Chancellor and Dean of University College
Stuart Benkert
DPA&T Department Head
JoAnne Sutton
Paula Riddle
LilyGrace Wolfe
Wendy Roa
Dan Monek
Mu Beta Psi-Alpha Chapter
Jean Marie Whaley
Lewis Copulsky
The Unitarian Universalists Fellowship of Raleigh
The Matthew Shepard Foundation

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