Canon Dr. Giles Bryant, an organist and choral director of international renown, died on Nov. 29, 2025. Canon Bryant served in several places in the Diocese of Toronto: Grace Church on-the-Hill, St. Mary the Virgin, St. Mary Magdalene, Massey College, Trinity College, Upper Canada College, St. James Cathedral and Royal St. George’s College. He was also the executive director of the Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto, the national president of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and concertmaster at the annual Toronto Star Christmas Carol Concert at St. Paul, Bloor Street. He once described the highlight of his career as conducting the 1,500-voice choir at the diocese’s sesquicentennial service in 1989 at the Skydome, now the Rogers Centre. In retirement he served at All Saints, Peterborough. A memorial service will be held in the spring.
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