CAS CONNECT 2019

STORY ZACH KLUVER | PHOTOS JASON WALLACE AND GARY LAWSON A BEACON OSU’s new McKnight Center for the Performing Arts is bringing top-tier entertainment to Stillwater A fter almost three years of construction, palatial glass and steel concert hall The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University is on the verge of opening. And for its first performances, it has a lineup so impressive one could be forgiven for thinking New York’s Carnegie Hall had been suddenly teleported to Oklahoma. The opening will begin Oct. 11 with the renowned New York Philharmonic, which has not performed in Oklahoma in over 30 years. The Philharmonic will also lead a master class that will be free to students and the public. 26 CONNECT 201 9