Jean Elizabeth Aldrich-Jones

Background

Aldrich-Jones, Jean Elizabeth was born on January 26, 1942 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Elroy Edgar and Dorothy Holm Norton.

Education

Bachelor of Music, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1963.

Career

Classroom teacher Charleston Public Schools, South Carolina, 1966, Charleston Day School, 1966—1967. Music teacher Glastonbury Public Schools, Connecticut, 1963—1965, Ludlow Public Schools, Massachusetts, 1967—2008. Organist Second Baptist Church, Suffield, Connecticut, since 1997.

Achievements

• Jean Elizabeth Aldrich-Jones has been listed as a noteworthy music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Hampshire Choral Society, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1972—1977, president, 1975—1977. Member Springfield Symphony Chorus, since 1994, board directors, 2000—2002, since 2007. Member educational advisory committee Springfield Symphony Orchestra.

Member Prayer Shawl Ministry, Second Baptist Church, Suffield, Connecticut, since 2004. School board member Granby Public Schools, Massachusetts, 1975—1977. Member of American Guild Organists (local board director), Massachusetts Music Educators Association (secretary), Massachusetts Music Educators Association - Western District (treasurer, secretary), Music Educators National Conference, Massachusetts Teachers Association.

Interests

• Reading, knitting, travel, swimming, music.

Connections

Married David Carl Jones, June 24, 1989. Children: Merrill E. Aldrich, Paul Jones, Christopher Jones, Steven Jones.

Father:

Elroy Edgar

Mother:

Dorothy Holm Norton

Spouse:

David Carl Jones

child:

Merrill E. Aldrich Aldrich-Jones

child:

Steven Jones Aldrich-Jones

child:

Christopher Jones Aldrich-Jones

child:

Paul Jones Aldrich-Jones