Heather Feather

Biography

Heather Feather is a Kindie (Kids + Indie) Artist from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, based in Montreal, QC, and the 2025 East Coast Music Awards Children’s Entertainer of the Year. Her toe-tapping music, energetic personality, and highly interactive shows will have everyone singing along to tunes in English and French that blend a variety of genres and styles that encompass her Newfoundland roots and her adopted Montreal home. Heather’s songs are not only joyful and fun, but also encourage physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development in children of all ages. Her award-winning debut album, Songs for Growing (2022), is filled with, “delightful songs and potent melodies all topped off with a lavish production. The vocals are sublime, as are the lyrics which dramatize the music superbly.” (Dez Staunton, Electric Kids Music), while CBC’s Sonali Karnick noted that her songs “appeal to kid’s intelligence.” Songs for Growing was awarded two Artist Development Grants from FACTOR and helped launch her career as a full-time performing artist and a highly sought-after Teaching Artist in preschools, schools, and community groups. Her second album, “Together” (June 2025), an upbeat mix of funk, pop, and jazz tunes on the themes of inclusion, acceptance, and belonging, and offers an inclusive musical world where every child feels seen, celebrated, and empowered. Crafted with intention, intelligence, and a touch of magic, her songs are composed for kids yet resonate deeply with listeners of all ages. For this album, Heather was delighted to receive full funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Heather Feather is a lifelong educator, as well as a musician, and she works as a Teaching Artist for several daycares, preschools, and schools on the Island of Montreal, as well as offering Parent and Child Group Music classes as part of her WeeJam Music program. She is delighted to be able to create unique, innovative curriculum for each centre to integrate music into the acquisition of other developmental skills and broader learning objectives. Heather has performed for small audiences at libraries, large ones at festivals, and everything in between. She has entertained audiences in Montreal, across the East Coast of Canada, and in Brooklyn, NY. As a Teaching Artist for Prologue Arts, she is looking forward to bringing her social-emotional development songs to students across Ontario in a new bilingual show for students in Kindergarten to Grade 6.

Heather is a strong advocate for children and promotes diversity and inclusion through her music. She is part of the Leadership Team of the Board of Directors of The Children’s Music Network and presented at the 2024 International Conference on writing developmentally appropriate and growth-promoting educational music for young children, “Hitting all the Milestones: Fostering Growth of the Whole Child Through Music”. As a disabled artist (multiple sclerosis), Heather presents on behalf of RAMPD.org, Recording Artists and Music Professionals with disabilities, most recently speaking at Folk Alliance International 2025 as part of the panel on Navigating Disability Culture and Access in the Music Industry. She is also a published author and holds a BMus from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Music Theory and Composition, and PhD in Music Theory from McGill University.