{"id":119036,"date":"2020-02-05T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=119036"},"modified":"2021-10-14T11:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T17:01:23","slug":"celebrate-valentines-day-with-jazz-vocalist-kat-edmonson-at-the-ent-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=119036","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day with jazz vocalist Kat Edmonson at the Ent Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kat-edmondson.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kat-edmondson-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Kat Edmonson\" class=\"wp-image-119037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kat-edmondson-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kat-edmondson-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.uccspresents.org\/1312\/1313\" style=\"background-color:#cfb87c\">Buy tickets<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hailed as &#8220;fresh as a spring bouquet&#8221; by the New York Times, Kat Edmonson  will bring her vocal talents to the Chapman Foundations Recital Hall at the Ent Center for the Arts for a 7 p.m. Valentine&#8217;s Day performance. Tickets are on sale through the UCCS Presents Box Office <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.uccspresents.org\/1312\/1313\">online<\/a>, by phone at (719) 255-3232 and at <a href=\"mailto: tickets@uccspresents.org\">tickets@uccspresents.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edmonson&#8217;s new album &#8220;DREAMERS DO&#8221; will be released Feb. 7. Her 2018 album &#8220;Old Fashioned Girl&#8221; was inspired by the classic movies of the 1940s and her live performances reflect the energy and nostalgia of that era with a modern twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKat Edmonson\u2019s vocals are beautiful and incomparable.  I can\u2019t wait to see what Kat does next and am thrilled to introduce this rising star to Colorado Springs.,\u201d said Aisha Ahmad-Post, director of the Ent Center for the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edmonson has earned top spots on the Billboard jazz charts and appeared in multiple film and soundtracks and on NPR, &#8220;Austin City Limits&#8221; and &#8220;A Prairie Home Companion.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UCCS Presents Artist Series brings the world to Colorado Springs by leveraging the Ent Center for the Arts to connect world-class performers with the people of southern Colorado. 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