Our Team
Comprising professional singers and instrumentalists, conductors, composers, vocal coaches, actors, primary and secondary school teachers, Makaton practitioners, early years specialists, and a videographer, the Singing Medicine team is unique in its diverse portfolio of skills and expertise.
We share a passion for enabling all people to benefit from singing. We are proud to have received recognition for the work we love so much.
- First Flagship for the National Singing Programme, 2007
- Awarded Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Arts in Health, Royal Society for Public Health, 2011
- Shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Awards, Impact category, 2024
- Winner, Birmingham Arts School, Early Years category, 2024
- Recognition of Outstanding Achievement to and Exceptional Service to the City of Birmingham and its People, The Lord Mayor’s Award (alongside Ozzy Osbourne!), 2025
And,
We are enormously proud of our team member Sally Spencer who was awarded the inaugural and prestigious Sky Arts Hero of 2025 for her how she brings together her nursing and Singing Medicine work. In 2004 Sally realised that the children she works with as a cancer nurse would benefit enormously from singing. And that’s why Singing Medicine began….
Rebecca Ledgard, Project Director – rebecca@excathedra.co.uk
Shelley Mann, Project Manager – shelley.mann@excathedra.co.uk
Sally Spencer, Nursing Advisor
Simon Peter King, Videographer
Jeffrey Skidmore OBE, Founder and Artistic Director of Ex Cathedra
Ex Cathedra Singing Medicine is grateful for its special partnership with Matt Terry and Vada Recording Studios – see www.vadarecordingstudios.com
To learn more about our team, or to enquire about booking us for your next project, contact us here.
