After juggling work life as a pharmacist and musician, Jonny Ng happily hung up his lab coat 13 years ago to solely follow his passion – music. Jonny is a leading Brisbane-based performer and music educator. He is currently Principal Second Violin, Education Manager and Artistic Associate of Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, Strings Coordinator, upper strings/piano/theory teacher and accompanist at St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, AMEB Examiner (strings), violin tutor and audition panel for Queensland Youth Orchestras, runs a private teaching studio, regularly appears as guest conductor and accompanist for programs like Australian/State Honours Ensemble Program and Anglican Schools Music Festival, adjudicator, string workshop technician, violinist, pianist, violist, composer and arranger, and guest lecturer at the QLD Conservatorium of Music.

Jonny’s eclectic career has seen him perform with Camerata under the Tree Of Knowledge in Barcaldine, create and perform live an entire soundtrack for silent film Man With A Movie Camera at Australian Cinémathèque, perform with recording artists such as Bruce Springsteen, The Cat Empire, Lior and Neil Finn, play in the pit for musicals My Fair Lady (directed by Julie Andrews), The Lion King, Wizard of Oz and for Queensland Ballet productions, improvise with Tibetan monks and Tenzin Choegyal at the sunrise ceremony at Woodford Folk Festival, and accompany his St Margaret’s string orchestra on cajón at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna.

In his spare time, Jonny enjoys long walks along Brisbane River or the off-leash dog beach at Coolum with his dog Falkor, doing laps in the pool, a thought-provoking book, a captivating TV series, going to a live performance, baking, an epic film at the cinema, and visiting an exquisite art exhibition.