The two Head Choristers at Birmingham Cathedral are boys from King Edward’s School.
Ashley Smith and Oliver Reeve, both in the Rems, sing at services during term time and have the opportunity to perform in concerts at the Cathedral and at other venues in the Midlands and beyond.
As well as gaining performance experience, choristers receive training in music theory and recently several have gained Oxbridge music scholarships.
Overall, the trip showed our teamwork as a group flourish, and each of us began to notice our individual strengths.
Huge congratulations to Barnaby Lenon CBE, who has received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 Tes Schools Awards!
What was astonishing was the pros did the whole thing for five minutes in each, doing 5X what we did. All in all, the trip was interesting and insightful, and on behalf of everyone that went, I want to thank Mr Macdonald, Mr Caviezel-Cox and Mr Lloyd for organising it.
One of the boys said it reminded him of the Indiana Jones films.
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