Heather Fraser maintains an active career as a choral conductor, music educator, guest clinician and adjudicator. Believing wholeheartedly in the power of collective singing to build community and understanding, she is the new Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Choral Federation, working to serve the diverse needs of the Nova Scotia choral and collective singing communities.

Heather has studied conducting and choral pedagogy with mentors across Canada, the USA and the UK.  She was honoured to be a Conducting Fellow with the Canadian Chamber Choir (2015), the first conductor in Pro Coro Canada’s emerging artist program (2016) and the Apprentice Conductor of the National Youth Choir of Canada (2010).

As a board member of Choral Canada, Heather has served as chair of Advocacy since 2020. This role kept her busy during the pandemic, advocating for equitable treatment of singing across the country, arranging educational opportunities, webinars and discussions for choirs of all kinds, and finding ways to keep the national singing community connected. She initiated the National “Singing in Canadian Schools Covid Impact Survey” (2021) - the data from which produced a clear picture of how singing was decimated across Canada, and was influential in the reinstatement of programs. She was also co-chair of the "Benefits of Singing Campaign" to raise awareness of the scientific evidence that exists for the many ways that singing together contributes to our psychological, physical, spiritual, social and emotional health.