BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260215T003000Z DTEND:20260215T023000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Jazz Orchestra to Sweeten Valentine’s Day at the Woodward Opera House DESCRIPTION:The Woodward Opera House\n\nThe Knox Community Jazz Orchestra\n\nCONTACT: Dena Hess\, Woodward Opera House Managing Director\n\n740-462-3163\n\nTed Buehrer\n\ninfo@knoxcommunityjazz.org\n\nDATE: January 21\, 2026\n\nFOR RELEASE: Immediately\n\n \n\nJazz Orchestra to Sweeten Valentine's Day at the Woodward Opera House\n\n \n\nMOUNT VERNON\, Ohio The Woodward Opera House is offering a sweet treat and perfect date night for Valentine's Day this year: a performance by the Knox Community Jazz Orchestra\, featuring big-band classics with an emphasis\, of course\,on love.\n\n\n\nThe concert\, titled "In the Mood (for Love)\," begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday\,\n\nFebruary 14. Tickets\, available at the door or through the Woodward's website\, cost $15.\n\n\n\nTo further sweeten the evening\, cookies will be provided by Birds of a\n\nFeather Bake Shop and Boutique\, which is co-sponsoring the concert. Coffee and tea will be available as well.\n\n\n\n"We can promise wonderful music that's great for both listening and dancing\,\n\nand the Woodward's dance floor will be open for anyone so moved\," said Ted\n\nBuehrer\, the band's leader and a professor of music at Kenyon College. "We'll also be featuring a gifted young vocalist\, Benjamin Priestland\, who has sung with us before."\n\n\n\n"We're delighted to once again present the jazz orchestra\," said Dena Hess\, managing director of the Woodward Opera House. "The Woodward is a great venue for this talented local group. We make an effort to keep our theater available to local talent and the KCJO fits into our mission perfectly."\n\n\n\nThe program will include perennial favorites like Irving Berlin's "I've Got My\n\nLove to Keep Me Warm\," Richard Rodgers's "My Funny Valentine\," Jerome Kerns's "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\," and Isham Jones's "It Had to Be You."\n\nPriestland\, a junior at Kenyon College\, will sing "Fly Me to the Moon\," in the\n\nversion made famous by Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra in 1964\, as well as the George and Ira Gershwin classic\, "Our Love Is Here to Stay." Priestland last performed with the jazz orchestra in its November 2025 concert benefiting Food for the Hungry Knox county.\n\n\n\nBuehrer\, who also plays trumpet with the group\, founded the Knox\n\nCommunity Jazz Orchestra in 2017. Since then\, the 20-member ensemble which includes a number of local music educators has won a devoted following with its ever-expanding repertoire of big band numbers\, from Swing Era classics to pieces from the jazz scene in later years. The big band regularly plays at Ariel-Foundation Park\, the Woodward Opera House\, and other local venues.\n\n\n\nFor more information about the Valentine's Day concert\, and to buy tickets\n\nonline\, see the Woodward Opera House website at thewoodward.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Woodward Opera House
\nThe Knox Community Jazz Orchestra
\nCONTACT: Dena Hess\, Woodward Opera House Managing Director
\n740-462-3163
\nTed Buehrer
\ninfo@knoxcommunityjazz.org
\nDATE: January 21\, 2026
\nFOR RELEASE: Immediately
\n \;
\nJazz Orchestra to Sweeten Valentine&rsquo\;s Day at the Woodward Opera House
\n \;
\nMOUNT VERNON\, Ohio &ndash\; The Woodward Opera House is offering a sweet treat and perfect date night for Valentine&rsquo\;s Day this year: a performance by the Knox Community Jazz Orchestra\, featuring big-band classics with an emphasis\, of course\,on love.
\n
\nThe concert\, titled &ldquo\;In the Mood (for Love)\,&rdquo\; begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday\,
\nFebruary 14. Tickets\, available at the door or through the Woodward&rsquo\;s website\, cost $15.
\n
\nTo further sweeten the evening\, cookies will be provided by Birds of a
\nFeather Bake Shop and Boutique\, which is co-sponsoring the concert. Coffee and tea will be available as well.
\n
\n&ldquo\;We can promise wonderful music that&rsquo\;s great for both listening and dancing\,
\nand the Woodward&rsquo\;s dance floor will be open for anyone so moved\,&rdquo\; said Ted
\nBuehrer\, the band&rsquo\;s leader and a professor of music at Kenyon College. &ldquo\;We&rsquo\;ll also be featuring a gifted young vocalist\, Benjamin Priestland\, who has sung with us before.&rdquo\;
\n
\n&ldquo\;We&rsquo\;re delighted to once again present the jazz orchestra\,&rdquo\; said Dena Hess\, managing director of the Woodward Opera House. &ldquo\;The Woodward is a great venue for this talented local group. We make an effort to keep our theater available to local talent and the KCJO fits into our mission perfectly.&rdquo\;
\n
\nThe program will include perennial favorites like Irving Berlin&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;ve Got My
\nLove to Keep Me Warm\,&rdquo\; Richard Rodgers&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;My Funny Valentine\,&rdquo\; Jerome Kerns&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\,&rdquo\; and Isham Jones&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;It Had to Be You.&rdquo\;
\nPriestland\, a junior at Kenyon College\, will sing &ldquo\;Fly Me to the Moon\,&rdquo\; in the
\nversion made famous by Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra in 1964\, as well as the George and Ira Gershwin classic\, &ldquo\;Our Love Is Here to Stay.&rdquo\; Priestland last performed with the jazz orchestra in its November 2025 concert benefiting Food for the Hungry Knox county.
\n
\nBuehrer\, who also plays trumpet with the group\, founded the Knox
\nCommunity Jazz Orchestra in 2017. Since then\, the 20-member ensemble &ndash\; which includes a number of local music educators &ndash\; has won a devoted following with its ever-expanding repertoire of big band numbers\, from Swing Era classics to pieces from the jazz scene in later years. The big band regularly plays at Ariel-Foundation Park\, the Woodward Opera House\, and other local venues.
\n
\nFor more information about the Valentine&rsquo\;s Day concert\, and to buy tickets
\nonline\, see the Woodward Opera House website at thewoodward.org. LOCATION: UID:e.2893.11722 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260414T112741Z URL:http://knoxchamber.smartcms.site/events/details/jazz-orchestra-to-sweeten-valentine-s-day-at-the-woodward-opera-house-11722 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR