Jon McLaughlin Performs at JCCC
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Jon McLaughlin, the 25-year-old pianist/singer/songwriter with the major-label CD Indiana, will perform at 7:30 pm. Thursday, May 1, in Yardley Hall of the Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College. Tickets are $20 for the general public, $15 for students with a JCCC id, available by calling the Carlsen Center box office, 913-469-4445, or online at tickets.com.
McLaughlin was seen recently in the Oscar-nominated Disney movie Enchanted (starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey), in which McLaughlin performed the song So Close (written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz). The song received an Oscar nomination leading to McLaughlin’s performance at the 80th Academy Awards in February.
Coming from a musical family in Anderson, Ind., McLaughlin started playing classical piano at age 4. In June 2005, after graduating from Anderson University School of Music in his hometown, he recorded Songs I Wrote and Later Recorded. His major break came with the release of Indiana on the Island label followed by his film debut, both in 2007. He has performed in concert with artists Kelly Clarkson and Sara Bareilles and is slated to be heard on the album Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1, performing the track Something To Believe In with Jason Mraz and Van Hunt. His most recognizable song from radio play is Beautiful Disaster.
Sponsors for McLaughlin’s JCCC concert are Mix 93.3 radio station, the Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts and JCCC Student Activities. For more information, contact the Student Activities Desk, 913-469-3807.
