ABOUT
Sasha Scott is a composer, producer, violinist, and orchestrator born and based in London.
In 2019, she was the senior winner of ‘BBC Young Composer of the Year’ for her electro-acoustic work for strings, percussion, and electronics Humans May Not Apply. Since then, she has been commissioned and has written works for the Aurora Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Sean Shibe, Ema Nikolovska, Beijing Music Festival, BBC Symphony Orchestra, CrossCurrents Festival / Her Ensemble. Upcoming projects include works for the London Symphony Orchestra, and Lise Vandersmissen. Her works have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6, NTS Radio, and have been released on Nonclassical and Modern Recordings. Her works have also been performed in BBC Maida Vale Studios, Kings Place, Queen Elizabeth Hall/ Purcell Room (Southbank Centre), Cadogan Hall, Poly Theatre (Beijing), and the Aldeburgh Festival. Sasha was previously a composer on the 'Britten Pears Young Artist programme 2022-23', and 'LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme 2023-2024'. Sasha graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2024, with a first in Bachelor of Music (Hons). She studied composition with Mark Anthony-Turnage and violin with Yuri Zhislin.
As a producer/performer, Sasha has been a support act for Robert Ames at the Purcell Room (Southbank Centre) 2021, Ben Corrigan and Robert Ames at the Pickle Factory 2022, and MINIHI at the Waiting Room 2023. She was a guest on Afrodeutsche's radio show 'The People's party with Afrodeutsche', where she took on 'The Unmixable' challenge on BBC Radio 6. Her debut EP Spiral was released on 24/02/23, and was broadcast on BBC Radio 6, NTS Radio, and featured in Rat Heart’s (Tom Boogizm) 2023 Guest Charts for BoomKat. Sasha also remixed Ben Corrigan and Robert Ames' track Chrome Ocean which was released on Modern Recordings.
As an orchestrator/arranger, Sasha co-orchestrated Loraine James’ album Building Something Beautiful For Me with Ben Corrigan for James’ performances with the London Contemporary Orchestra in London and Amsterdam. She transcribed and arranged Wendy Carlos’ Timesteps for the film Wendy, created by Frances Scott and Chu-Li Shewring. Sasha solely orchestrated the television score composed by Carly Paradis for 'The Control Room' on BBC 1, and has worked on arrangements and provided additional orchestration for artists such as Afrodeutsche, Anna Meredith, Clark, Jed Kurzel.
As a violinist, Sasha regularly plays in Chineke! Orchestra and the London Contemporary Orchestra, where she has played in venues across Europe, the BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival, BBC Radio 6 Festival, and the Burberry SS23 fashion show. She has played on film and television scores such as ‘Chevalier’, and ‘Who Killed Jill Dando?’ On Netflix.