Elizabeth Smith is from upstate New York and was raised in the Methodist church having three generations of Methodist ministers preceding her. She went to S.U.N.Y. at Plattsburgh and then onto Boston University to work on a M.M. in Piano Performance. Having been in a car accident and needing a good year to heal, she decided to try Music Education. Fast forward 37 years, and Liz has taught Pre-K through college in Massachusetts and Maine with most experience in elementary education, chorus, and band. She has been a member of MENC, AOSA, Bethel Community Band, and ChoralArt. Liz is presently serving as organist, recording hymns for the on-line service, and accompanying at the West Parish Congregationalist Church. She and her husband, Jonathan, a fellow music teacher, have two adult children, Simon and Anneliese, who both surprisingly decided to study Music Education. Liz enjoys swimming, kayaking, hiking, biking, tap dance, reading, playing the piano, flute, singing, and best of all- time with family.