WMHT: How Albany Pro Musica Brings Matthew Shepard Story to Life!

Learn about Albany Pro Musica’s upcoming concert featuring the oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard on WMHT’s AHA! A House for Arts.
Times Union Review: A cathartic ‘Considering Matthew Shepard’ from Albany Pro Musica

More than a concert, Albany Pro Musica’s performance on Sunday was an extraordinary communal gathering and a cathartic experience.
Troy Record: Albany Pro Musica Considers Matthew Shepard

On Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m., the choral group offers “Considering Matthew Shepard,” at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.
WAMC: Albany Pro Musica Presents the Premiere of Considering Matthew Shepard

The oratorio, “Considering Matthew Shephard,” reflects on the life, death, and legacy of Matthew Shepard, a young man whose murder in 1998 was a pivotal moment in the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights.
CBS 6: Albany Pro Musica performing “Considering Matthew Shepard” with current day in mind

“There was barely a dry eye in the group,” José Daniel Flores-Caraballo, Opalka Family Artistic Director, Albany Pro Musica, says the first read-through of “Considering Matthew Shepard” was emotional for their artists.
Saratogian: Albany Pro Musica Considers Matthew Shepard at Troy Music Hall

On Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m., the choral group offers “Considering Matthew Shepard,” at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.
Times Union: Albany Pro Musica concert connects Matthew Shepard to today

“Considering Matthew Shepard” has been on Flores-Caraballo’s radar since it debuted in 2015.
Voices Capturing the Human Spirit: The Transformative Power of Music

By José Daniel Flores-Caraballo, Opalka Family Artistic Director Albany Pro Musica’s singers, staff, and board are guided by a simple yet profound belief: music has the power to capture the […]
Mini review: Albany Pro Musica takes on massive Mass in B Minor

With nearly 100 musicians performing for about two-and-a-half hours, Albany Pro Musica’s performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor was a triumphant once-in-an-era undertaking.
Albany Pro Musica conductor celebrates 10 years with challenge of Bach’s Mass

Throughout Flores-Caraballo’s career — which began as a child growing up in Puerto Rico, where he started playing the organ at age 10 and conducting the choir at his father’s church by age 12 — jobs had a way of finding him.