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| James Burton conducting Ex Cathedra at Birmingham City Corridor 2025 |
Ex Cathedra, the Birmingham-based choir, has introduced that its founder Jeffrey Skidmore will retire as Inventive Director in Autumn 2027 after 57 years, with James Burton becoming a member of the organisation in Spring 2026 as Inventive Director Designate, marking a serious management transition for the choir.
Burton not too long ago spent eight seasons as Choral Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Conductor of the Tanglewood Competition Refrain, and 4 years as Director of Orchestral Actions at Boston College’s Faculty of Nice Arts. Now primarily based within the UK, Burton made his debut with Ex Cathedra in a live performance in Birmingham City Corridor in October 2025.
He carried out the Schola Cantorum of Oxford for 15 years and based each the Hallé Youth Choir and the Boston Symphony Kids’s Choir. His previous management roles embody serving as Choral Director of the Hallé, and Music Director of the St. Endellion Easter Competition. His compositions are revealed by Version Peters.
The 2026-27 season shall be Jeffrey Skidmore’s 57th and last season as Inventive Director and Conductor, after which he’ll grow to be Founder and Conductor Emeritus. Ex Cathedra will rejoice his extraordinary legacy with a collection of live shows highlighting the repertoire for which the choir has grow to be internationally famend, starting with a French Baroque programme on 15 February 2026, coinciding together with his seventy fifth birthday.
Additional particulars on the Ex Cathedra web site.
