If I were one of the girls I would tell the Canterbury choirmaster to go forth and multiply. As far as I would be concerned they could get on with their silly boys only club.
The Church is gradually, with great reluctance, moving slowly into the eighteenth century and I suppose this is testament to it. But rather like the issue of women bishops (and before that, women clergy) I’m afraid if I were a woman I would ask the question “Do I really want to be part of an organisation that clearly thinks that women are second class citizens and that has fought tooth and nail to keep them out for so long?” I think I know how I’d answer.