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Welcome to the official site of Jonathan Pearson! Jonathan is a native of Dallas, Texas. After moving to Branson, Missouri, when he was 10 years old, Jonathan performed for years around the Branson area in many shows, working with such entertainers as Debby Boone, Jerry Van Dyke and the late Ed McMahon. By the time he was 12 years old, he recorded two albums to "sell to the little old ladies" at the shows and had performed at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, during the Great American Music Festival. Jonathan performed in Branson for seven years while simultaneously getting his education. Upon graduating from high school, Jonathan headed to Kansas City to pursue his college education. Jonathan spent 2010 and 2011 in Branson performing at The Shoji Tabuchi Show! He now calls New York City home and is looking forward to an exciting 2012!
Jonathan has toured the United States, peforming in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Oklahoma City, just to name a few. He has studied piano, bassoon, trumpet and violin, winning numerous awards with his classical training. He was also a member of the Springfield Youth Symphony (which performed at Carnegie Hall) and the Conservatory Wind Ensemble at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
He recently graduated from UMKC with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Jewish studies with a $12,000 academic scholarship. He was also the Forum Editor and Asst. Production Manager of The University News, UMKC's independent student newspaper, now in it's 78th year. He recently published an article in the journal Young Scholars in Writing called "From Wellesley to Yale, 1969-1979: A Textual Analysis of Hillary Rodham's Early Written Rhetoric." Don't forget to add Jonathan on Facebook and MySpace! For more information, please visit this site reguarly for updates!
