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October 5, 2015

St. Michael's bids a fond farewell to Michael Burgess

Michael Burgess

TORONTO - One of Michael Burgess's final requests was to have St. Michael's Choir School participate at his funeral Mass. With hundreds of mourners packing Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church on Oct. 5, that request was granted.

Published in Canada
January 20, 2013

Choir school marks 75 years of making music

For 75 years the boys of Toronto’s St. Michael’s Choir School have been making beautiful music. The school continues to be recognized as one of the world’s finest music schools and counts among its alumni a long list of famous musicians, including tenors Michael Burgess and John McDermott, as well as the Barenaked Ladies’ Kevin Hearn.

TORONTO - Each year, across the Toronto Catholic District School Board, Grade 2 boys take part in a yearly ritual, as adjudicators from St. Michael's Choir School visit their classrooms and listen carefully to the small, unformed voices that may one day make up the ranks of one of the finest music schools in the world.

Published in Arts News