Elizabeth Sommers began playing classical violin at the age of eight and discovered her love of early music while singing in the choir at Christ Church in Rochester. She spent an academic year at the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, during which she performed regularly with the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project and with Tonos del Sur, an ensemble dedicated to performing the earliest music published in Latin America. She has performed in master classes given by Ingrid Matthews, Enrico Gatti, Odile Eduoard, and Walter Reiter. Her musical interests are wide-ranging; she is an avid player of traditional music, performs frequently at contra and English country dances, and enjoys writing her own tunes in various folk styles. Elizabeth completed her undergraduate studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel in 2023, studying medieval vielle with Baptiste Romain and baroque violin with Leila Schayegh.