Sarah Hicks

Sarah Hicks is the in-demand conductor across an array of genres, and as an educator, arranger, producer, writer and speaker committed to creating connections through music.

Sarah has worked extensively with all the major orchestras in the US and abroad. 

She is a specialist in film music and the film in concert genre.  

Sarah has acted as advisor on numerous projects for Disney Music Group and is a consultant and frequent collaborator at Disney Concerts. Since 2020, she has been the primary host and writer of “This is Minnesota Orchestra”, broadcast on Twin Cities PBS and streamed globally. 

She is a frequent guest lecturer and panelist, and was on faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 2000 to 2005 and staff conductor until 2012. Her presentation, “The Art of Conducting”, has illustrated collaborative leadership to numerous organizations, civic groups and corporations. 

Her interest in mental health and music led to the production of a 2019 concert titled “Music and the Mind.”  Her most recent project, "Music and Healing", is a collaboration with the Minnesota Orchestra. Available digitally, the project includes a concert, commissioned works, interviews, and conversations with neuroscientists, wellness experts and musicians.