Previous Awards

Nadya King, MH to the Young Elders of Western Oregon (2008); Jane Valencia, Vashon Island Millennium Harper of the Paper Cranes (2008); Sandy Hehl, Millennium Harpist to the Elderly and the Young of Hampton Roads, VA (2004).

Jo Morrison, Impromptu Millennium Harper for Maryland (2003) and Isle of Lewis (2005); Susan Kitsch, MH of Roads Less Travelled of the Southwest (2003); Monet, Millennium Harper of the Great Lakes (2003) Susan Neff, MH of Small Harp Awareness in Central Illinois (2003); Cameron Hempstead, Millennium Park Princess of Los Gatos, Saratoga and Campbell, CA (2003);

Deborah Bennett (with Maggie Pinckard,as WOAD) Wine Harpers of Northern California (2002); Lina Bird, Preston County and Morgantown, WV (2002); Valerie Blessley, Pacific Northwest Waters; Jeffry Brown, Children's Literacy of SE Pensylvania (2002); Becky Fox, Northern Puget Sound (2002); Jeanne Page, New Mexico's Story in Song (2002); Susan Galloway, Nova Scotia (2002).

Pat Greenwell, Children's Harp Awareness of Central Alberta (2002 and 2003); Tanah Haney, Bridges and Locks of Southern Ontario (2002); Skye Hurlburt, Southern New England; Angela Kovatch, Somerville, Massachusetts (2002); Cindy Lewellen, MH to Those Who Wait at Ruby Hospital, Morgantown, WV (2002); Mary Kathleen Lloyd, Brazos Valley, Texas (2002); Liz Mayer, Blushing Busker of Flemington, NJ (2002); Peggy Morgan, Daniel Boone Nat'l Forest; Penny Price MH of South Androscoggin County, Maine (2002); Paula K. Parker, The Memory of America's Civil War (2002); Maggie Pinckard (with Deborah Bennett, as WOAD)> Wine Harpers of Northern California (2002); Bev Russell, Ghost Busker of SE England (2002); Muriel Willingham, Oregon Covered Bridges (2002); Sara Walthery, Historic Indiana (2002).

Kira Jones, MH of Jeffco-Rockport (2002) and Evergreen, CO (2001); Julie Arreguin, Nacogdoches, Texas (2001); Maureen Duffy-Boose, AKA Aisling, Salt Lake County, Utah (2001); Thom Dutton Cape Cod (2001); Brian Eisenbart, Mission Viejo, California (2001); Mary-Lela Gilbert, Orange County, CA (2001); Skye Hurlburt, Southeastern New England (2001); Harper Tasche, Washington State (2001); Ardy Mattox, Eastern Oregon, (2001); Polly McMahon, The Inland Empire, Spokane County (2001); Paula Jean Ann McKay Wentz, American Generations (2001); Marika Wojchiechowski, MH of Conyers, GA (2001).



Current Quests

In the year 2010 ...

Joan Almond plans to claim the title of Millennium Windhorse Harper of the Gila

Jane Valencia plans to claim a SECOND Millennium Harper title, Millenium Dragonharper Of The San Francisco Peninsula and Beyond.

(In the year 2009 the following quests were declared, pending completion before the end of 2010):

Sheilia Scott plans to claim the title of Impromptu Millenium Harper-on-Wheels-of-the-Wherever-I-Happen-to-be.

Lynn Gregg plans to claim the title of Millennium Harper of the Old Ways of Indiana.

George Sidles plans to claim the title of George, Harper of the New Millennium in Bremerton, Washington

Christina Cotruvo will claim the title of Millennium Harper of Harp-Abilities in Duluth.

Declarations from previous years remain in effect unless withdrawn. However, declarations must be renewed before they will be displayed.

Millennium Harper Awards

Hi, I'm John Lozier, Millennium Harper of West Virginia! I claimed that title in the millennium year 2000, after a year in which I harped in every single one of our 55 counties. Thereafter, Harping for Harmony Foundation established the Millennium Harper Awards to recognize worthy quests undertaken by other harpers.

As Thomas Paine said,

"Titles are nicknames."

Titles are secured by claims. Titles are a joke if the claim is not worthy. Worthy claims are those which are honored or recognized by peers. The Millennium Harper Award honors and recognizes a harpist who has established a worthy record of live performance.

To establish the record, the harpist first must declare a year-long quest and specify the title to be claimed. The quest must involve live performance. It must be a substantial service to your community. And it must stretch your comfort level as a person and performer. Your skill level is not the important criterion! 

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