Esther began as a player in brass bands and orchestras whilst growing up in Tenby, West Wales. She left to pursue her musical education and she attained a BA(hons) in Music at Bath Spa University followed by a PGCE from Cardiff University before finally following postgraduate studies in composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. After leaving the Cardiff area, she undertook a number of varied roles which included Music Lecturer at Swansea College, Course Leader of Popular Music at New College, Telford, Music Teacher at Holland Park, London, Course Co-ordinator of Music at Haylane Special School and  teaching composition and Brass at the Egerton Rothesay School. She was also a founding member of the Little Phoebe Brass Quintet with whom she played Trumpet. She continued her training in Media Music and studied with Nanita Desai (BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2016-17) at Goldsmiths University.

Esther has composed pieces for Regent Brass, Staines Brass, London Consort of Winds - Ancient and Modern Consort, Isle of Axholme Orchestra and various solo comissions including 'Meltemi' for Trumpet and 'The Fog on Daegga's Knoll' written for Clarinettist Jonathan Rider.

She continued her training in Media Music and studied with Nanita Desai (BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2016-17) at Goldsmiths University.

In 2020, she was commissioned by Spare Tyre theatre company and collaborated with Tamara Stein on 'You can't hold me now'. She is also working with Soprano & Librettist Tamara Stein on an Opera based on the life of Florence Nightingale. 

Currently she is working on a Song Cycle - 'A Circle of Song' collaborating with writer and composer Julian Broadhurst.

She has a strong musical interest in the folk traditions of the British Isles and World Music and these influences can often be heard in her music. Esther can be contacted for commissions through her website.