Massey Hall
September 12, 2026
Godfrey Ridout one of Canada’s greatest composers, conductors, music educators and writers
On my walk through historic St. James-the-Less Cemetery in downtown Toronto, I visited the grave of one of Canada’s greatest composers, conductors, music educators and writers, Godfrey Ridout. Godfrey was born in Toronto in 1918 and studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music in the very city where he was raised. That alone set him […]