St Mary's Music School is a music school in Scotland in Edinburgh, for boys and girls aged 9 to 19 and is also the Choir School of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. The school provides education for children with a special talent in music, and is Scotland's only full-time specialist music school. Up to 76 full-time pupils come from many different backgrounds and from all parts of the country, as well as the rest of the UK and abroad. Up to 33 are boarders and the 22 choristers are day pupils.
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