Heather Buckmaster graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with First Class Honours in 2013. In 2020 Heather completed her master’s degree in Music Therapy at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Now a qualified Music Therapist, as well as performing, Heather specialises in dementia care working in care homes.

Since leaving the Conservatoire Heather has played numerous operatic roles including Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Adele in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Olympia in Offenbach’s the Tales of Hoffman, Tatyana in Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene Onegin, Micaela in Bizet‘s Carmen, Donna Elvira in Mozart‘s Don Giovanni and Gilda in Verdi‘s Rigoletto.

In August 2014, Heather sang with Co-Opera Co in London in The Cunning Little Vixen, playing the Frog and Frantik. In 2016 Heather had her debut role with Heritage Opera playing Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and has performed with them as Nedda in Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, Lola in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, 1st Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance and Susanna in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.

Heather has also performed with Flat Pack Music as Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème and the Countess in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.

Heather has been the soprano soloist in choral works: Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Finzi’s In Terra Pax, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Schubert’s Mass in G, Mozart’s C Minor Mass, Haydn's Creation and Bach's Saint John Passion. She is also a regular concert and recital performer across the country.