What happened in our 2023-24 season

From Jeffrey Skidmore's Ex Cathedra, as daylight fades and candles glow in the twilight, we invite you to unwind and enjoy an evening of enchanting music and readings. Expect choral classics, a sprinkle of surprises, and some fun as we journey from the promise of a new dawn to the serenity of sunset.

Hailed as “one of Britain’s very best choirs” (New York Times), Ex Cathedra is a world-class vocal ensemble which leads the choral sector in the fields of performance, learning and wellbeing.

For more than 50 years they have been producing highly-acclaimed concerts and participatory projects, and nurturing young musicians from our youth training choirs to our student and graduate Scholar schemes.

Special guest performers Edward Harris-Brown and Una Pavlovic-Alldridge both hail from Shropshire but are currently studying at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.

Edward is a 17-year-old pianist and composer from Shrewsbury currently at the end of his eight years at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. His grandfather David Harris was Chairman of Shropshire Music Trust for some years. While at Chetham's, he won the Beethoven and Chopin Prizes for piano and the Chetham's Composition Competition in 2023; the latter with a piece that was also runner-up in BBC Young Composer 2023. Edward has a YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@edwardharris-brown/videos

Una is 16 years old. She began playing violin aged three and started attending Chetham's aged nine. She has been a finalist three times in Chetham's senior Concerto Competition, was the winner of the String Category of Gregynog Young Musician of the Year competition and a finalist in the 2022 Hong Kong International Young Musician Competition, Category B. Una also has an ARSM diploma in piano.

Come along and support the stars of today and tomorrow as we celebrate 40 years of Shropshire Music Trust.