Photo: #Sarah Hicks at the press conference announcing her appointment as the Minnesota Orchestra's principal conductor of pops and presentations.
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Sarah Hicks at the press conference announcing her appointment as the Minnesota Orchestra's principal conductor of pops and presentations. (MPR Photo/Euan Kerr)

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Sarah Hicks, Minnesota Orchestra pops conductor

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/14/2009, 10:06 a.m.

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Classical orchestras have long featured popular music or pops to broaden their audiences. The recently appointed pops conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra talks about how she sells new music to audiences young and old.

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  • Sarah Hicks: Principal conductor, pops and presentations at the Minnesota Orchestra. She was appointed in the fall of 2009.

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