Sasha Johnson Manning Recordings

Sasha Johnson Manning studied singing, ʼcello and piano at the Royal Academy of Music. She began composing at the age of seven and has written many works for voices, including The Manchester Carols with the poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, which won the Jerusalem Award 2009 for its Christmas broadcast. The two also collaborated to create Daughters of Jerusalem’, a work for narrator, soloists and ensemble for BBC Radio 4’s Good Friday Liturgy. In 2012, the BBC commissioned Sasha to compose The People’s Passion Mass which was performed by over 200 choirs throughout the country, and in parts of Europe, Africa and USA.

Sasha has written many anthems, carols and songs, and was the composer-in-residence for the St Louis Chamber Chorus in Missouri for eight years culminating in a Requiem which was broadcast on Radio 3’s ‘The Choir’. She has composed for Emma Kirkby, Ciaron McFadden, John Turner, James Bowman, and the London Baroque. As a singer, Sasha is a regular concert performer and sings for the BBC Radio 4’s Daily Service. She specialises in Early Music, and sings with Partita, a vocal and instrumental group with the Renaissance at its heart.