Quvee Mock Masterclass Series
The QuVee Mock Masterclass Series was inaugurated in Fall 2024 as an exceptional opportunity for Kansas State University students to engage with world-class artists, made possible through the generous support of Jerry A. Hall.
Through this series, the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at the K-State School of Music, Theatre, and Dance brings acclaimed artists from around the globe to share their gifts with students in intimate and exclusive settings. Additionally, the series offers public learning opportunities, enriching the broader community and making K-State a destination for world-class performing arts education.
Upcoming Public Events
Spring 2026
Debra Nagy
Praised for her “dazzling technique and soulful expressiveness,” (Rocky Mountain News), and a musical approach that’s “distinctly sensual…pliant, warm, and sweet,” (New York Times), Debra Nagy is one of North America’s leading performers on the baroque oboe. She is principal oboe with Boston's Handel & Haydn Society and performs with ensembles around the country including the American Bach Soloists, Apollo’s Fire, Boston Early Music Festival, and others. Passionate about chamber music, Debra is the founder/director of Les Délices and also performs late-medieval music as a regular guest with Boston’s acclaimed Blue Heron and Chicago's Newberry Consort. Debra was recognized with a 2022 Cleveland Arts Prize (Mid-Career) and received the 2022 Laurette Goldberg Prize from Early Music America for her community outreach work with Les Délices on the acclaimed web series SalonEra. Additional awards recognizing her creative and scholarly pursuits include first-prize in the American Bach Soloists Young Artists Competition, a 2009 Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a 2010 Creative Workforce Fellowship from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company was born in 1982 out of an 11-year collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane (1948–1988). During this time, they redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form and social commentary that would change the face of American dance. The Company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in 40 countries on every major continent and is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance-theater world.
The repertory of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is widely varied in its subject matter, visual imagery and stylistic approach to movement, voice and stagecraft and includes musically-driven works as well as works using a variety of texts. The Company has been acknowledged for its intensely collaborative method of creation that has included artists as diverse as Keith Haring, Cassandra Wilson, The Orion String Quartet, the Chamber Society of Lincoln Center, Fred Hersch, Jenny Holzer, Robert Longo, Julius Hemphill and Daniel Bernard Roumain, among others. The collaborations of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company with visual artists were the subject of Art Performs Life (1998), a groundbreaking exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN.
Picture credit: Olivia Moon Photography courtesy of Bates Dance Festival
The Newberry Consort
The Newberry Consort brings together singers and instrumentalists of the highest caliber to create historically informed performances of music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, and beyond. By integrating historical performance and research with contemporary themes and multimedia, we inspire audiences, musicians, and scholars by providing a window into earlier times and diverse cultures. The Consort continues to uplift Chicago’s early-music community through mentorships, teaching, and engagement of local artists.
From the very start, The Consort has performed unusual repertoires and explored early music in new ways. Founded in 1986 by musicologist Howard Mayer Brown and early music pioneer Mary Springfels, The Consort began as the Newberry Library’s ensemble-in-residence. Now an independent organization, the Consort continues to offer an annual concert series that draws enthusiastic audiences from all over Chicagoland and beyond.