Joey Eng

Joey Eng is a percussionist, composer, producer and educator based in Perth, Western Australia. As a soloist, Joey was a winner of the 2022 WAAPA Warana Concerto Competition, a semi-finalist in the 2020 WAAPA Warana Concerto Competition, a finalist for the 2022 Richard Gill Award, and a finalist in both the inaugural 2019 Marimbafest solo marimba competition and the 2021 Marimbafest solo marimba competition, in which he placed 2nd. A multi-skilled percussionist and collaborator, he has performed with many orchestras across Australia including the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Perth Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, and the Vienna Pops Orchestra.

As a composer, Joey was a finalist in both the 2020 and 2021 WAAPA Symphony Orchestra Composition Competitions and has had multiple new works premiered by the Defying Gravity percussion ensemble. Joey also regularly premieres new orchestral works, solo and chamber percussion pieces through his Youtube channel - works that have since been performed by percussionists around the world. As a composer-performer, he has scored and performed in live theatre productions including ‘The Hope Fault’ and Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’. Joey is also an adept arranger, and his arrangements of contemporary songs have been performed by the Perth Symphony Orchestra, the WAAPA Symphony Orchestra and Defying Gravity.

Joey completed his Bachelor of Music from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, receiving the 2022 WAAPA Medal as the top graduate of the entire school. Joey has been awarded an ECU Vice Chancellor’s Award, an ECU WAAPA Scholarship, a 2022 Peter Hurford Award, the 2022 Luigi Paolino Award, and the 2021 Norman Archibald Percussion Scholarship.

Joey is endorsed by Marimba One (USA) as a Discovery Artist.

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Announcement : September 2024

Joey Eng is moving to Germany to pursue his Masters in Marimba - Congratulations Joey!

Joey’s MetSO Young.Artist placement with us will now be deferred until early 2025 to allow him time to transition his opportunity to featuring his compositions with the orchestra, rather than direct performance (due to his overseas move).