University of Toronto

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 […]

On my walk through Toronto’s Necropolis Cemetery in Cabbagetown, I stopped at the scattering garden where the cremated remains of Carol Anne Letheren rest. Carol Anne was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, and raised in Guelph. A natural athlete, she competed in a range of sports, including four years of varsity volleyball at the University […]

The young protege was born in England in 1880 and began his musical training at the age of eight. By the time he reached 15, he began working as organist and choirmaster at several London-area churches. Remarkable!