Schwartz was the first woman to sing at New York City's landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue, which created its first women-only event for her. She performs regularly across North America and Central, Eastern and Northern Europe in venues ranging from jazz clubs to synagogues to concert halls, and is proud to have concertized in the two largest synagogues in Europe (Budapest and Strasbourg). She performs regularly with Yale Strom, Alicia Svigals, Mark Dresser, Salman Ahmad and Samir Chatterjee and has recorded and concertized with many others, including Hungarian supergroup Muzsikas , Tsimble maestro Kalman Balogh , Romanian panflutist Damian Draghici , guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt, Marta Sebestyen, fiddle legend Mark O'Connor, Andy Statman and the virtuosic members of Hot Pstromi.

Schwartz also performs with the "Common Chords" ensemble, which explores harmony, peace, understanding and great music between traditionally conflicted cultures.

Schwartz is the subject of the documentary film, "Rumenye, Rumenye", directed by acclaimed Romanian filmmaker Radu Gabrea.

Schwartz's first recording of Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino vocals for the Naxos World label, "Garden of Yidn ”, debuted on Canada's Mundial Top World Music poll. It was hailed as “a landmark in modern Yiddish song” (Sing Out! Magazine). Her vocals can be heard on the soundtrack for the documentary film “L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin!”, as well as on the acclaimed Naxos World release “ Café Jew Zoo ”. Her CD, " Dveykes (Adhesion)", with Yale Strom, Marty Ehrlich, Mark Dresser and others, was released on the Global Village Records label. Other CD projects with Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi are "The Absolutely Complete Introduction to Klezmer II" (Transcontinental), "Borsht with Bread, Brothers" and "The Devil's Brides" (both with ARC Music UK).

Schwartz is also a writer and an independent filmmaker and former Hollywood film executive. She produced and wrote the documentary films “L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin!” and “Klezmer on Fish Street”. With Strom, she co-authored "A Wandering Feast: A Journey Through The Jewish Culture of Eastern Europe" (Jossey-Bass, 2005). Also with Strom and co-author Ellen Kushner, Schwartz created "The Witches of Lublin", a one-hour audio drama based on a family of women klezmers in 18th Century Poland.

Elizabeth Schwartz is an affiliate artist of the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity