Orchestra Director

Elizabeth Justice has been the proud Orchestra Director at Cambridge High School since January 2015. She currently teaches all three orchestras, three levels of Guitar, advises

Tri-M Music Honor Society, and serves as the Fine Arts Department Chair.  Originally from Buffalo, NY and a third-generation public school educator, she graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College in Upstate New York with dual bachelor's degrees in Music Education and Violin Performance, as well as a minor in Italian Studies. While at Ithaca College, she studied for a semester in Milan, Italy where she held a performance assistantship with the professional baroque orchestra Milano Classica. She has studied violin with Susan Waterbury, Fritz Gearhart, and Sylvia Ahramjian, and baroque violin with Laura Cavazutti.

Mrs. Justice graduated summa cum laude from Kent State University with a master's degree in Music Education. As part of her Capstone Project, she conducted original research into the composer demographics of state orchestra contest lists and was selected to present her findings at the Society for Music Teacher Education 2019 Symposium in Greensboro, North Carolina.  

Mrs. Justice is a member of the American String Teachers Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the Georgia Music Educators Association. Her ensembles at Cambridge consistently receive "Superior" overall ratings at the Georgia Music Educator's Association Large Group Performance Evaluation. She was selected as the 2024 Cambridge High School Teacher of the Year. 

Mrs. Justice and her husband have two beautiful children. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and gardening.