Caroline Jones performed several of her songs in an all-school chapel on September 19 marking her second visit to St. George’s.

Just at twenty-four years old, Jones is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, radio show host, author, and founder of The Heart is Smart Initiative and School Tour, which is a program to inspire young people through music.

“I am so blessed and I wake up on mornings like this and I realize that I’m doing with what I’m doing. You just have to have enough courage to put one foot in front of the other and do what you know what you love,” said Jones.

Andy Anselmo discovered Jones years ago and trained her classically in the Bel Canto technique and American Songbook cabaret style. She then recorded her first songs at the Professional Children’s School in New York as well as Nashville.

“When I started taking singing lessons, that was it for me. I just knew this was what I wanted to pursue for the rest of my life,” said Jones.

She has performed in some of the most prestige venues in the country such as Julliard, Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and more. She has released five albums thus far and plans to release her newest album called “The Heart is Smart” in the near future.

All of her music and event dates are available on her website at carolinejones.com.

“I watched her growing up and it was great to see her get to get to do what she loves,” said Mr. Peter Schutt, uncle to Jones and St. George’s parent to graduated Robert Schutt, class of 2013 and current junior Harrison Schutt.

“I’m just really glad that she is able to follow her dream because she’s always wanted to do this,” said junior and cousin to Jones, Harrison Schutt

Jones stayed at the school to work with students from Mr. Tom Link’s modern music class and several middle school students. Jones instructed students how to play her single, “Bye, Bye, Beautiful” and together they performed the song.

“Could you feel how we were communicating musically? That’s the difference between a good musician and a great musician, knowing when to pull back and when to lean in,” Jones said while addressing the class after the performance.

The modern music class then proceeded to play two of their songs that they composed themselves as a class.

“One of my favorite songs she did was the first one that had the jazz chords and the laid back almost beach feel to it because she wasn’t using a generic pop arrangement,” said senior Hunter Bishop, who is in the modern music class and wants to pursue a career in music.

“She helped me work on a song I had been stuck on for quite some time, and I was amazed at how easily she could transpose a song she had just heard. She was spitting out chords like nobody’s business!” said Junior Marissa after she had worked with Jones one-on-one.

“The way to success is to follow you passion. You start with you and everything else will fall into place,” was Jones’s advice to anyone unsure of how to peruse what they truly want in life.