Ex Cathedra is a British choir, and in particular is the flagship early music ensemble for Birmingham and the West Midlands in England. It performs choral music spanning the 15th to 21st centuries, and regularly commissions new works.Ex Cathedra was founded in Birmingham in 1969 by Jeffrey Skidmore, who is its artistic director and conductor. Originally conceived as a chamber choir, it now comprises a full choir of about 20 to 40 singers, the Ex Cathedra Consort made up of ten young professional