Jon Larson is a pianist from Hermiston, Oregon who began playing at the age of 13. He graduated from Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR in 2013 with a Bachelor’s in Music Education. After college, Jon enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a musician, serving 8 years as a jazz and pop keyboardist performing all over the country and covering a wide range of contemporary styles on electric keyboards.

After his service, Jon and his wife moved to New Bern, where they currently reside. He accompanies choirs around town, plays solo gigs, tunes pianos, has done musicals with the New Bern Civic Theatre (Rocky Horror ’23, Grease ’24, Lizzie ’25), and plays keyboards and bass guitar with various groups around town. He is also an Information Technology professional, currently working for Craven Community College.

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Outside of music and work, Jon likes to run, watch pro baseball, and spend time with his wife, Laura; daughter, Daisy; and cat, Roo.