Cheryl Ann Fulton is the foremost American performer of early harp, and one of the few harpists in the world to have mastered the art of the triple harp as well as medieval and pedal harp. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree in pedal harp studying with Peter Eagle at Indiana University School of Music and continued her pedal harp studies with Jane Weidensaul. She received graduate degrees in early music and served as the instructor of historical harp at the Early Music Institute of the School of Music at Indiana University under the direction of Thomas Binkley. In 1987 she served as principal harpist for Portugal's major orchestra, the Orchestre Gulbenkian.

She is a member of Ensemble Alcatraz, an ensemble devoted to the study and performance of medieval music, whose two releases for Nonesuch, Visions & Miracles and Danse Royale, have received international acclaim. She is also a member of American Baroque, Medieval Strings and Quaternaria, and a frequent guest artist with numerous other prominent ensembles and artists in the United States, Canada and Europe.

She can be heard with various ensembles in over a dozen recordings on classical, folk and New Age labels. Her first solo album, The Airs of Wales (Welsh Airs performed on the Welsh triple harp), is available on the Koch International Classics label.