Tyler's Suite

Tyler’s Suite, a lauded nine-piece choral movement dedicated to Tyler Clementi, a young musician who died by suicide in 2010 after being bullied by his roommate during his first weeks of college. His death brought nationwide attention to the issue of cyberbullying and the struggles facing LGBT youth. Created under the leadership of multi-Tony® award-winning Composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin) and Dr. Timothy Seelig (Artistic Director of San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus), Tyler’s Suite explores the voices and experiences of Tyler and his family through music of nine of today’s top composers, including Schwartz (“Wicked”), John Corigliano (the opera “The Ghosts of Versailles”), Jake Heggie (the opera “Dead Man Walking”), as well lyricist Pamela Stewart and singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway. Violin is woven through the songs.