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Sasha Johnson Manning (born 1963 [1] ) is an English composer [2] specialising in vocal pieces.

She graduated in voice and cello from the Royal Academy of Music in 1985.[ citation needed ] She has worked as a full-time soprano and composer ever since.[ citation needed ] Her singing career includes the BBC Radio 4s The Daily Service and extensive oratorio work throughout the country.[ citation needed ] She has performed across Europe and in Israel and the USA.[ citation needed ] She has worked with the Deller Consort, The Academy of St. Martin-in-the fields, the Britten Singers, Musical Offering and Partita. [3]

As a composer Sasha specialises in writing for voices and held the position of composer-in-residence of the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus of Missouri for eight years, culminating in a "Requiem for St. Louis." [2] Sasha has composed for Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Lynne Dawson, Claron McFadden and the London Baroque.She now also sings in Saint Mary's Parish Church in Bowdon. [4]

In 2007 she composed the music for a major new piece, The Manchester Carols, a festive suite of new carols with words by soon-to-be Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. [5] The world premiere of The Manchester Carols took place at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on 14 December 2007. [6] The Manchester Carols were published by Faber Music in 2009. [7]

Since 2006, when her 'Composer Residency' with the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus ended, she has continued to earn commissions from several ensembles in St. Louis, including St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Ladue, Third Baptist Church (St. Louis), Grand Center; the Music Department of Washington University in St. Louis. Several of her more recent works for the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus have been included on recordings on the Regent Records (UK), and her anthem "Out of the Deep" has been published by E. C. Schirmer, Inc. [8]

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  1. ↑ "22/12/2008 - St. Louis Chamber Chorus gives voice to Christmas spirit - STLtoday.com" . Retrieved 9 May 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 Sarah Bryan Miller (21 May 2006). "Newly finished 'Requiem for St. Louis' closes out Chamber Chorus season". St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Fourth Edition). St. Louis: F3. ISSN   0893-2417 . Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Partita". partita.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sasha Johnson Manning" (PDF). Bowdon Church News. June 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Brown, Geoff (7 December 2007). "Reinventing the Christmas Carol - Times Online". The Times. London. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Manchester Carollers - The Manchester Carols (Sasha Johnson Manning Records) - Classical and opera - Music - Citylife". Manchester Evening News. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Manchester Carols, The". fabermusic.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sasha Johnson Manning". ecspublishing.com.
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