Ashley Ng Conner, MM

Ashley Ng is a Los Angeles–based Chinese American cellist and Bay Area native whose musical interests span both performance and teaching. She freelances across Los Angeles and Orange Counties in live events, band shows, and session work. Though classically trained, her recording credits range from chamber, orchestral, and operatic projects to musical theater, indie singer-songwriter, video games, film scores, and spoken word.

Notable projects include the Super Bowl LIII teaser featuring Magic Johnson, a fashion video for Boot Barn, a performance with Jacob Collier during his MIT residency, and appearances on The Golden Bachelorette and The Bachelor (Season 29). She has also performed with Pacific Opera Project and can be heard on recordings by Americana/folk artist Kris Angelis.

Ashley has concertized widely throughout the Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles and made her international debut in Hong Kong in 2015 alongside acclaimed pianist Stephen Wong. She is the cellist of The Apex Duo, a percussion–cello collaboration with her husband Caleb, whom she met as an undergraduate at APU. A lifelong musician, Ashley began studies at age four with her mother, a music educator, and grew up performing piano and singing in choirs.

She currently sings with the Sterling Ensemble and previously performed with Crystal Children’s Choir, appearing at both national and regional ACDA conferences. Ashley has taken masterclasses with Desmond Hoebig, Ralph Kirshbaum, and Daniel Rothmüller and has participated in festivals including the Heifetz International Music Institute Ashkenasi/Kirshbaum Chamber Music Seminar and the Montecito International Music Festival.

Ashley holds a Master of Music in Cello Performance and a Professional Studies Certificate from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Azusa Pacific University. She currently serves as adjunct faculty at APU, where she teaches piano, practical musicianship, music history, and music writing. She is also involved with Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), a music education program led by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Education

• MM, Cello Performance, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
• BM, Cello Performance, Azusa Pacific University

Credentials/Certifications

• Professional Studies Certificate
• Cello Performance
• Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Academic Area

• School of the Arts

Expertise

• Cello Performance
• Piano Accompaniment
• Music History
• Practical Musicianship / Voice

Courses Taught

• GRMUS – Seminar: Musicology, Baroque
• MUS 103 – Beginning Piano
• MUS 104 – Elementary Piano
• MUS 106 – Advanced Intermediate Piano
• MUS 220 – Practical Musicianship IV
• MUS 351 – Ancient, Renaissance, and World Music Literature
• MUS 352 – Writing 3: Baroque and Classical Music History