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Stevie Manning is a composer, saxophonist and sound artist.
Manning began exploring rage with Transmuting Anger (2018), which premiered at NYC’s Winter Jazzfest and the Earshot Jazz Festival. They received a NYSCA Composer Commission and MAP Fund awards for We Will Not Be Composed, a multimedia performance and collaboration with author Soraya Chemaly and projection artist Xuan to challenge gendered perceptions of anger in America, premiered at EMPAC in 2025.
In addition to being a MacDowell Fellow in composition (2012, 2021), they have released four critically acclaimed albums as a performer. Harmonious Creature (Posi-Tone 2014) received 4 stars in DownBeat, and was on multiple jazz top ten lists including the Los Angeles Times.
As a bandleader they have performed at venues including Dizzy’s Club Cola, Roulette, Yoshi’s, and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival as well as The Hundred Years Gallery (London). Most recently, Manning can be heard on William Hooker’s albums Big Moon (Org Music 2021) and Jubilation (Org Music 2025).
