‘Birmingham’s Ex Cathedra is 50 glorious years old and still going strong – as What’s On found out when we caught up with the ensemble’s founder, conductor and artistic director, Jeffrey Skidmore…

‘Leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble Ex Cathedra celebrates its 50th anniversary this season with a jam-packed programme of great classical works. Its founder, Jeffrey Skidmore – awarded an OBE in the 2015 New Years honours list for his service to choral music – is both the artistic director and conductor of this extraordinary organisation.

‘”There are so many reasons why Ex Cathedra is different from other choral and orchestral groups,” says Jeffrey. “The first thing is that the amount of time we’ve been going and continued to be popular is quite extraordinary…”‘

Read the full interview at www.whatsonlive.co.uk