Appointed as Associate Concertmaster of the North Carolina Symphony in 2023, Jessica Hung has also performed in chamber music ensembles with the North Carolina Symphony. This concert is her debut as a featured soloist.

Before coming to North Carolina, Jessica Hung served as Concertmaster of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) in Ohio from 2008 to 2023. For the 2022/23 season, she was a member of the Jacksonville Symphony and the Orlando Philharmonic, after completing a one-year appointment as Principal Second Violin of the Sarasota Orchestra. She previously served as Concertmaster with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, and Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, and as Assistant Concertmaster with the Akron Symphony Orchestra. 

Hung’s solo appearances with DPO included concertos by Beethoven, Bruch, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Sean Neukom (world premiere in 2018), Florence Price, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich. She has also performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as a regular substitute and with The Cleveland Orchestra and the Baltimore and Milwaukee symphony orchestras. In 2022, she was chosen as Concertmaster for Disney’s Harmonious Live!, streaming worldwide on Disney+. 

Hung received a bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She decided to pursue a career as an orchestral violinist after joining the Civic Orchestra of Chicago at age 14. She is also an alumna of the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras. 

Outside of her musical career, Hung holds a master’s degree in social work from Widener University and has worked in the fields of hospice and mental health. Born in Kankakee, Illinois, to Taiwanese parents, she grew up in the Chicago area, made her home in Ohio for 16 years, and now resides in Raleigh.