Sasha Johnson Manning

'''Sasha Johnson Manning''' (born 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title = 22/12/2008 - St. Louis Chamber Chorus gives voice to Christmas spirit - STLtoday.com |accessdate = 2009-05-09 |url = http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/reviews.nsf/classical/story/15F62447D39B7814862575270076807A?OpenDocument |archive-date = 11 January 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200111030426/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/reviews.nsf/classical/story/15F62447D39B7814862575270076807A?OpenDocument |url-status = dead }}</ref>) is an English composer<ref name=StLou>{{cite journal | author =Sarah Bryan Miller | date =21 May 2006 | title = Newly finished 'Requiem for St. Louis' closes out Chamber Chorus season | journal = St. Louis Post-Dispatch | issue =Fourth Edition | pages =F3 | location =St. Louis | issn =0893-2417 | url =http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=111C46E6AFAF8500&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | accessdate =9 May 2009 }} </ref> specialising in vocal pieces.

She graduated in voice and cello from the Royal Academy of Music in 1985.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} She has worked as a full-time soprano and composer ever since.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} Her singing career includes the BBC Radio 4s ''The Daily Service'' and extensive oratorio work throughout the country.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} She has performed across Europe and in Israel and the USA.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} She has worked with the Deller Consort, The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Britten Singers, Musical Offering and Partita.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.partita.co.uk/|title=Partita|website=partita.co.uk|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>

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."<ref name=StLou/> 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.<ref name="bcn">{{cite news |title=Sasha Johnson Manning |url=https://www.bowdonchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BCN-2020-06.pdf |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=Bowdon Church News |date=June 2020 |page=2}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news | title = Reinventing the Christmas Carol - Times Online | accessdate = 2009-05-09 | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3011591.ece | archive-url = https://archive.today/20080917083422/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3011591.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 September 2008 | work=The Times | location=London | first=Geoff | last=Brown | date=2007-12-07 }}</ref> The world premiere of ''The Manchester Carols'' took place at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on 14 December 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manchester Carollers - The Manchester Carols (Sasha Johnson Manning Records) - Classical and opera - Music - Citylife |accessdate=2009-05-09 |date=20 December 2007 |publisher=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/classical_and_opera/s/1029247_manchester_carollers__the_manchester_carols_sasha_johnson_manning_records |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108155252/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/classical_and_opera/s/1029247_manchester_carollers__the_manchester_carols_sasha_johnson_manning_records |archivedate=8 January 2009 }}</ref> The Manchester Carols were published by Faber Music in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fabermusic.com/repertoire/manchester-carols-the-6143|title=Manchester Carols, The|website=fabermusic.com|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecspublishing.com/composers/m/sasha-johnson-manning.html|title=Sasha Johnson Manning|website=ecspublishing.com}}</ref>

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== External links == *[http://www.themanchestercarols.com/ The Manchester Carols]

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