Elizabeth has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in New York. Although she now focuses on pedagogy, she still performs regularly with the Rivers Symphony and the chamber music group she co-founded with Suzuki teachers Ann Bundy and Rachel Fabulich, Trio Pastorale.

Elizabeth has received awards in national and local competitions, including the Anne Adams Award for full-time study of the harp, the American Harp Society Competition, and the Pittsburgh Concert Society Competition. As a recipient of the Vira I. Heinz Award, Ms. Markey studied with harpist Jana Bouskova in Prague. She received her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Nancy Allen, and her Bachelor of Music Degree from Duquesne University, where she was a harp scholarship student of Gretchen Van Hoesen.