Gabriel Kney and, in 1981, a full-scale cleaning and partial tonal revision of the instrument by Alan Jackson and Casavant Frères. In 2017, extensive work on the instrument was undertaken. The facade and pipework were rearranged to expose the rose window, the electronics in the console updated, and a full-scale tonal revision completed. In 1926, Monsignor Gerald Phelan, a faculty member at the Institute of Mediaeval Studies became the choir director. He also organized and directed a schola cantorum composed of St. Michael's students and Basilian seminarians that took over the singing at Sunday High Mass. Singing in Gregorian chant in Latin, the schola re-inforced St. Basil's citywide reputation for choral excellence. In the 1930s, Cesar Borré, a well-known Toronto composer, organist and choir master was in charge. The internationally renowned organist and improviser Victor Togni served at St. Basil’s in the early 1960s. With the newly-rebuilt organ in 2017, the Director of Music & Principal Organist, Dr. John Paul Farahat, and the Assistant Organist, Stefani Bedin, maintain St. Basil's reputation for fine liturgical music. Gallery See also Congregation of St. Basil University of St. Michael's College St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Toronto References Further reading Barthos, Gordon, The Story of St. Basil’s: A Witness to the Faith in the Heart of Toronto, 1856 – 2006 (Toronto:Published privately, St. Basil's Church, 2006). Hoskin, Mary, History of St. Basil’s Parish (Toronto: Catholic Register and Catholic Extension, 1912). Madden, J. F. C.S.B. A Short History of St. Basil’s Parish, 1856 – 1956 (Toronto: Mission Press, 1956). External links St. Basil's Church site Gothic Revival architecture in Toronto Roman Catholic churches in Toronto Gothic Revival church buildings in Canada