Violinist John Ewing is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music where he studied with Ruggiero Ricci and James Oliver Buswell IV. During the summers, John attended the Meadowmount School of Music, studying with Sally Thomas, Paul Mackanowitzky, and Ivan Galamian.

Upon graduation John moved to Brisbane, Australia, where he was the associate concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Tearing himself away from the beautiful beaches and weather of Australia, John returned to the US to become the concertmaster of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From Fort Wayne he relocated to Savannah, Georgia, where he was the concertmaster of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra. During this same time, John participated in the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, and Spoleto, Italy. In 1984 he moved to Columbus. He currently holds the position of principal second violinist with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

John is married and has one son. His wife Mindy is the principal piccolo player of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. They met while participating in the Spoleto Festival in Italy. Their son Steven is a freshman at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. John is an avid boater. When not busy with his musical pursuits, you can most likely find him out on his boat somewhere in the middle of Lake Erie.