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==Music education==
Ex Cathedra has its own youth and children's choirs, the Academy of Vocal Music, for children aged 4–20. In 2017 it launched a Scholarships scheme for young professionals and, in partnership with [[Birmingham Conservatoire]], a Student Scholarships scheme.

In addition, since 1990 the choir has been involved in education programmes in schools and local communities. It established Ring of Sound, an intergenerational choir for the [[Perry Common]] Regeneration Project and runs Singing Communities Ladywood, a community choir in the [[Ladywood]] inner city district of Birmingham.

Ex Cathedra's 'Singing Medicine' project has worked with children every week across all wards since 2004 at [[Birmingham Children's Hospital]], at paediatric wards at Birmingham Heartland's Hospital since 2011, and at [[Birmingham Women's Hospital]] since 2016.

For over 25 years, Ex Cathedra has worked extensively in schools, particularly focusing on primary schools. This activity expanded during the 2007–2008 academic year, when Ex Cathedra inducted its 'Singing Playgrounds' project in schools in Birmingham, [[Coventry]], [[Derby]] and London as part of the [[Her Majesty's Government|government]]'s [[Sing Up]] initiative. By 2017, 'Singing Playgrounds' had reached over 600 schools across the UK and as far afield as Belgium, China, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand.