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"Pux" / Jonathan Yasuda is composer, performer, director, and producer of pop-quirky, fun, original music and video. The official website, www.puxinatux.com, is based upon the lovable and inspirational groundhog, Punxutawney Phil. As a law school student in Boston, Jonathan is actively involved with the Arts and Business Council's Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing low cost and pro bono legal services to artists across all disciplines.

In an age where intellectual property laws are facing some of the biggest changes in US history, Jonathan assists legislators and attorneys across the country to help "the suits" make better informed decisions. Protecting the living artist is always in the foreground of Jonathan's mind. Artists will inevitably face some sort of legal dilemma in life, so if you're about to sign that film agreement or exclusive management contract, or your landlord is kicking you out because you really signed that commercial lease, Jonathan will try his best to point you in the right direction with the best firms in the country. How many non-profits give away $1 million dollars of free legal services each year? Visit www.vlama.org.

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Jonathan was born in Boston, grew up in Wellesley, and began studying piano at the age of five. He was a student at the All Newton Music School under Mrs. Susan Osberg, and winner of the school's concerto competition at age eleven, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. Jonathan enrolled in the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, studying first with Mrs. Jean Stackhouse for three years and then with Mr. Jonathan Bass. After being awarded first place in the 1998 Preparatory School's Concerto Competition, Jonathan performed Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.1 in Jordan Hall. Upon graduation, he received the 2001 Theory Department Award, Chamber Music, and Piano Department Award.

Jonathan graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, class of 2005. He was the Brooks Scholar for his class, receiving a full tuition merit based scholarship, majoring in Music with a minor in Economics-Accounting and a Pre- Law concentration. As a sophomore Jonathan performed Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with the Holy Cross Orchestra.

Jonathan does not limit himself to the classical world. He frequently performs for venues as a jazz pianist as well. He is open to all genres so long as it broadens his musical horizon. In his opinion, every piece of music is like a message in a bottle: it can be from all the way around the world, but it’s for the artist to open the bottle and read the letter to the world.

When he is not in front of a piano, Jonathan can often be found sailing or ferrying on the water. He is a certified United States Sailing Instructor and a Coast Guard licensed Merchant Marine Officer. Jonathan is composing, performing, and teaching in the Boston area. Please visit his chamber music society's website: www.worcesterchambermusic.org.

Currently, Jonathan is living in Boston and pursuing his Juris Doctorate at the New England School of Law.