Heather Bishop

"Heather Bishop received two Parent's Choice Gold Awards for Chickee's on the Run (1997) and A Duck in New York City (1989), two of her children's recordings."
Heather Bishop

From her home in rural Manitoba, Heather Bishop has successfully cultivated a career of international scope as an independent artist.   Since founding her own record company in 1976, this talented musician has released several acclaimed folk and children’s albums, and has toured extensively in many countries. Highly admired for her social activism, she has championed women’s rights and has spoken out aginast racism and homopobia.  She also helped to develop and teach one of the country’s first pre-trades training for women courses at Red River College, in Winnipeg.

Heather Bishop is a well known name at all the major Canadian Folk Festivals as well as all the Children’s Festivals in this country. She has performed with almost every major symphony orchestra in Canada as well as a few in the USA. Heather was a regular guest performer on the internationally acclaimed Fred Penner Show.

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