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Esther read music at Oxford University, where she was organ scholar of University College. She studied choral conducting with Patrick Russill and Paul Brough at the Royal Academy of Music, winning several prizes and gaining a distinction for her MMus, which included research in choral pedagogy. In 2007 she became the first Open Academy Fellow and a London Symphony Chorus Conducting Scholar. She is now a part-time tutor at the Royal Academy of Music, where she is the choral conducting specialist for the LRAM teaching diploma and also teaches the undergraduate vocal ensemble.

Esther conducts several youth and adult choirs, including the Brighton Festival Youth Choir, the Esterhazy Singers of London, Slough Philharmonic Chorus and UBS Choral Society. She is Assistant Director of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and an Assistant Conductor of the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir. She is also in demand as a vocal animateur and workshop leader.

In 2006 Esther became the first Stanley Vann Scholar in recognition for her acheivements in and commitment to Anglican Church Music. Esther is currently Director of Music at Christ Church, Epsom Common and Director of the Church Music Skills programme, a new distance-learning course run by the Royal School of Church Music. She was also part of the music team at the Lambeth Conference 2008.  

Esther is a mezzo soprano and studied voice with David Lowe at the Royal Academy of Music. She is an experienced choral and consort singer, and is a founder member of professional vocal trio - Vox Angelica. 

Esther is a former editor of Church Music Quarterly magazine and has contributed articles and reviews to publications including Choir & Organ, Mastersinger and Zone Magazine. She has also written choral arrangements for a number of RSCM publications including Music for Common Worship, the Voice for Life Songbooks and the Road to Freedom festival service.