The North Country Chorus presents "Considering Matthew Shepard" in their 74th spring concert on Saturday, May 6, at 7:30 pm and Sunday, May 7, at 3 pm. Both concerts are at South Church Hall on the campus of St. Johnsbury Academy.
Admission is by donation.
Alan Rowe, head of the Academy's music department, directs the 67 singers in the community chorus and an eight-piece chamber ensemble.

Matthew Shepard was a gay student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie who, in October of 1998, was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. Eighteen hours later, Shepard was discovered by a bicyclist. While he lay in a coma in the hospital on total life support, candlelight vigils were held in countries around the world. Six days later, Matthew Shepard succumbed to the trauma to his brain.