Gerald Manning News Today

The Southern Arkansas University System Board of Trustees met on December 7, 2024. During this meeting, a resolution was approved to bestow a name to Southern Arkansas University Techs (SAU Tech) Administration Building in honor of Gaye and Gerald Manning. In recognition of the outstanding service provided by the Mannings, this building has now become the Gaye and Gerald Manning Administration Building, also known as Manning Hall.

Southern Arkansas University Tech is pleased to announce the appointment of Gaye Manning as Interim Chancellor.

Studying at London’s Royal Academy of Music, she graduated in 1958. Later, she taught music at Aylsham Secondary Modern School and even sang at Norwich Prison.  She studied in Switzerland with the famed Frederick Husler after which she moved to London and sang on a full-time basis.  Her London debut came in 1964 at a Park Lane Group concert and her first BBC broadcast was in 1965 – singing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. Her performance of his melodrama received widespread cr...

Jane Manning: always amenable and a friend to composers whatever their demands Credit: Magnus-Lewinska, Mayotte/ Bridgeman Images  Jane Manning, who has died aged 82, was the go-to British soprano for contemporary music and an indispensable friend to many modern composers, giving the first performances of more than 350 works by the likes of Richard Rodney Bennett, Harrison Birtwistle and her husband Anthony Payne. The critic Edward Greenfield wrote in awe of how she was able to defy the laws ...

The Gold Coasts Southport croquet club is expanding to hold international tournaments WedWednesday 17 updated WedWednesday 17 Croquet player Elli Housden playing croquet at the Southport club. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Southport croquet club on the Gold Coast is expanding so that it can host more national and international tournaments — and that is great news for long-time club member Beryl Phillips. Key points: The most active croquet club in Queensland expanding with another green ...