Jonathan Kingham must be doing something right. In his first several years on the scene, he quickly developed into a seasoned performer while sharing the stage with the likes of Shawn Colvin, Joan Osborne, Michael McDonald, Doug Stone, Vanessa Carlton, and Jonathan Brooke. He has toured with such diverse acts as Julio Iglesias Jr. and currently plays keyboard and guitar for the rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket.

But it’s not only his live performances that are winning him fans and accolades. He took first-place honors in the National Telluride Troubadour Songwriting Contest, The Unisong International Song Contest, as well as placing two years in a row in the top five of the John Lennon Song contest. He brought home the 1st Place award in the USA Songwriting Competition in the Folk Category as well as the Overall Grand Prize out of a worldwide field of 33,000 entries and was awarded First Place in the Gospel category of the ISC songwriting contest.

His singing has been featured in films, soap operas and on the WB network’s hit show “Felicity.” Based out of Nashville, he splits his time between touring the country and writing, recording, producing and conducting songwriting residencies. With a smooth blend of folk, pop, country and jazz, Jonathan Kingham comes armed with a quick freestyle wit and has become a favorite on the circuit.

Take a look at Jonathan singing and freestyling through Bobby Brown’s “Every Little Step.”

Cindy Morgan is a two-time GRAMMY® nominee and has garnered 13 Dove Awards, including the prestigious Songwriter of the Year trophy With 21 #1 radio hits to her credit, in addition to her own iconic discography she has penned songs for such artists as Echo Smith, India Arie, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Sierra Hull, Amy Grant, David Archuletta, Kris Allen, Gabe Dixon, Glen Campbell, Francesca Batistelli, Natalie Grant, Michael W Smith, The Getty’s, Sandra McCracken, Josh Garrells, Mandisa and many others. She is also half of the acclaimed pop duo St. Lola in the Fields, whose songs have been featured in One Tree Hill, Drop Dead Diva and Santa Baby.

Cindy has a song in the 2016 Alec Baldwin film, BLIND, which features iconic actor Robert Redford in his debut performance as a vocalist, singing “Bird in a Cage” in the film.

Cindy has also authored three books, “Barefoot on Barbed Wire” (Harvest House Publishers, 2001), “Dance Me Daddy” (HarperCollins, 2009), “How Could I Ask for More” (Worthy, 2015) and is releasing her debut novel, “The Year of Jubilee” (Tyndale House, spring 2023) which is a coming of age novel set in the turbulent south in 1963 in a small coal mining town in Kentucky.

Also performing as part of this concert will be our area songwriters, who Jonathan will work with all week on campus, so you won’t want to miss this performance to hear the songs they compose!

This event is free. No tickets are needed.

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