A Fellow of Trinity College London (FTCL in Violin Performance). Mr. Yong Chee Ong also holds several other diplomas in music, performance and teaching.

These are namely, the Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music, London, in Violin Performance (LRSM), Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, in Violin Performance (LGSMD), Diploma in Music from LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore (Dip.Mus) and a Diploma of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London, in Violin Teaching (Dip.ABRSM Teaching).

In 1992 and 1995, Yong Chee Ong represented Singapore in the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) (The Asian Youth Orchestra was founded by Yehudi Menuhin and Richard Pontzious. Inaugural concerts were conducted in August 1990 by the late Yehudi Menuhin). http://www.asianyouthorchestra.com

Yong Chee Ong worked under conductors such as Lukas Foss (1992) and Sergui Comissiona (1995) in concert tours of Asia and USA. In the AYO of 1995, he studied the violin under Mary Lou Churchill (2nd Violin Principal of the Boston Symphony Orchestra). In 1993, he represented Singapore once again in the ASEAN Youth Music Workshop and Orchestra in Brunei Darussalam.