Consortium Aurora Borealis

Pianist Heather Morrison has held the position of Principal Keyboard with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra for over three decades, and is a lecturer in the Department of Music at Lakehead University, where she teaches Piano Performance, Keyboard Literature, and coaches an Instrumental Ensembles class. She also maintains the position of Concert Co-ordinator and Faculty Pianist for Interprovincial Music Camp, held annually in the Muskokas. Chamber music has always been central to her life and she has enjoyed many collaborations with local, national and international artists. Heather is a founding member of the trio “MuSiC in Common” with clarinetist Peter Shackleton and hornist Derek Conrod, appearing regularly in concert at the Stratford Festival and in Lakehead’s “Lumina” concerts. In recent years engagements have included series concerts at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo. Heather is also an active clinician and adjudicator, having been engaged by music festivals stretching from Vancouver to Toronto.