Karen Ng (musician)
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Karen Ng | |
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| Instruments | Saxophone, clarinet |
| Website | missngmusic |
Karen Ng is a Canadian improvisational musician, teacher and event organizer based in Toronto, Ontario. Best known as a saxophonist, she is a multi-instrumentalist who has performed internationally with acts including Andy Shauf, Do Make Say Think, and L CON. A former programmer and board member of Somewhere There, she is the co-founder of TONE Festival and joined the Guelph Jazz Festival in 2018 as the Assistant Artistic and General Director.
Ng was born in Toronto, Ontario, and spent her childhood in Hong Kong. She began playing the guitar in Grade 6 and eventually learned to play the piano, flute, clarinet, and saxophone. Predominantly self-taught, Ng holds a BFA from York University.[1] In addition to taken courses Humber College, she has studied privately with Sundar Viswanathan, Mike Murley, Kelly Jefferson, Don Palmer, and Pat Labarbara, and has been awarded numerous professional development grants. In 2015, Ng received a Chalmers Professional Development Grant from the Ontario Arts Council, which allowed her to study with ICP Orchestra saxophonists in Amsterdam and Berlin.[2][1] The same year she was Jazz.FM91's artist of the week.[3] Ng was awarded a second grant by the Ontario Arts Council as part of the 2018 National and International Residency Projects program.[4][5]