Esther Jones earned two undergraduate degrees, one in music education, and the other in organ performance from the University of Washington at Seattle. She received her master’s degree in organ performance from USC where she studied with Ladd Thomas. Jones has served as a clinician, adjudicator, and performer for the American Guild of Organists, in addition to offering numerous university recitals and church concerts. Many of her students have served as officers in the American Guild of Organists. Her students have placed first and second in local and regional AGO contests, and have performed concerts in prominent churches venues throughout the United States. Jones currently teaches organ at Cal State Fullerton and Concordia University - Irvine.