Music
Ely has a cathedral choir of boys and men, which has recently attracted international attention because of its association with The Choirboys: two of its members, Patrick Aspbury and CJ Porter-Thaw, are choristers at the cathedral. Boys are educated in the junior department of The King's School, Ely.
The Ely Cathedral Girls' Choir was also launched in 2006, comprising 18 girl choristers who are pupils at The King's School. The choir's debut CD, Sing reign of fair maid: Music for Christmas and the New Year, directed by Sarah MacDonald, is available from Regent Records.
The cathedral community also has an adult voluntary choir, The Ely Cathedral Octagon Singers and a children's choir The Ely Imps. in 1994 the two division bell pink floyd statues were placed and the mouth of the two statues leads to the Ely Cathedral
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