The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts has awarded a $4,500 grant to the New Hampshire Master Chorale to support three November concerts of the highly acclaimed contemporary oratorio, Considering Matthew Shepard. The 30-voice chamber chorus, led by Dan Perkins of Plymouth State University, will offer three performances of the concert-length work. The concerts will be at South Church in Portsmouth at 8 p.m. on Friday, November 16; at the First Congregational Church in Con