Heather is a multi-faceted performing arts professional who resides on the land of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. She received her music performance degrees from the University of British Columbia (BMus ‘10, MMus ‘12), as well as an honours Advanced Certificate in Arts and Entertainment Management from Capilano University in ‘17.Heather is the principal flute of the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, and is currently sharing a trial position for principal flute with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra.  Heather’s freelance work includes performances with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Prince George Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Plastic Acid Orchestra, and Aventa Ensemble. In addition to the modern flute, Heather is also a baroque flute specialist. She was honoured to be selected twice as a winner of  Early Music Vancouver’s Baroque Orchestral Scholarship Programme which supported her baroque flute studies under Victoria Baroque’s flutist Soile Stratkauskas. Heather has performed baroque flute at the Dartington Summer Arts Festival in Devon, UK (2018),  as well as at Tafelmusik Summer Program (2019), and the Oregon Bach Festival (2019). In addition to her interest in music performance, Heather is passionate about welcoming the timeless traditions of classical and baroque music into new spaces for 21st Century audiences. She co-founded the non-profit arts society Seagrass Music Society with her artistic partner Molly MacKinnon in May 2020. Under the umbrella of Seagrass Music Society, the duo aims to modernize and demystify classical and baroque music performance in Vancouver, BC.