A harpist based in southern Vermont, Heather Cornelius is the news editor of Harp Column magazine and membership chair of the World Harp Congress. She frequently works with composers writing for the harp and has received several grants supporting new commissions from the American Harp Society, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ). Cornelius has studied with Kathy Kienzle and Judy Loman.