UC Davis Department of Music
Sing With Pride
Thursday, June 5, 2025
7:00pm
Jackson Hall
Choruses of UC Davis
Nicolás Dosman, director
Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus
Alex Heetland, director
Considering Matthew Shepard, first performed in 2016, is a full-concert length modern-day oratorio, which honors and celebrates the life of Matthew Shepard. The choral work is fused together with different styles. The texts are from poets, including Rumi and Hildegard von Bingen, along with words from Shepard’s own journal. The Chicago Tribune wrote: “Moving among styles ranging from Lutheran hymnody to blues to Broadway, this modern-day Passion will move many listeners to tears even as it reaches beyond tragedy to peace, understanding and forgiveness.”
Concert run time: 2 hours with one intermission
This event is not eligible for a Mondavi Center subscription package and is not part of the UC Davis Student Rush deals.
Program List
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Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus
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Combined Choruses
Considering Matthew ShepardCraig Hella Johnson
Artists
Nicolás Dosman
Conductor
Nicolás Dosman
Nicolás Dosman is Director of Choirs at UC Davis. Previously, Dosman was the Director of Choral Studies and an associate professor of music at the University of Southern Maine. He was also the artistic director of the Community Chorus at South Berwick, the Chorus Master for the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Magic of Christmas series, and Opera Maine. He began his collegiate teaching career as the Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Colby College and worked as an adjunct voice professor at Molloy University.
Under his leadership, his choirs have appeared in Carnegie Hall, Merrill Auditorium, Vietnam, performed for the Governor of Maine and have been invited as a feature group at the ACDA and NAfME music conferences. Additionally, his choirs have recorded for a motion picture that is currently a semi-finalist for the American Prize in Choral Performance. He frequently conducts honor choirs and All-State choirs and has been invited to guest conduct in Vienna and Salzburg in 2024. Dosman has served as a choral clinician at Latin America choral festivals. He has also presented his research at national and international conferences.
His research includes choral pedagogy, social justice and policy in music education, and the evolution of gender and male recruitment in choral programs. He is currently under contract with Rowman and Littlefield to publish a choral pedagogy text in the coming months.