Sasha Johnson Manning
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[3] The world premiere of The Manchester Carols took place at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on 14 December 2007.[4] The Manchester Carols were published by Faber Music in 2009.[citation needed]
