Sarah Hicks is the Minnesota Orchestra’s principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, a broad-spectrum series of popular music, jazz, world music, Broadway classics, movie scores, comedy and other genres. In this role, she oversees planning for the Live at Orchestra Hall season and conducts many performances on that series by the full Orchestra. She also conducts the Inside the Classics series, now in its tenth season. Hicks has been an artistic leader in concerts featuring artists from Minnesota’s internationally-renowned popular music scene—including shows with The New Standards, two sold-out April 2017 performances with Dessa and an April 2018 collaboration with indie band Cloud Cult. She also worked with director Peter Rothstein, writer Kevin Kling and composer Robert Elhai on creating an original Minnesota Orchestra holiday concert, Home for the Holidays, which debuted in December 2017 and is presented as a central part of the 2018 Holiday season at Orchestra Hall.