Teaching the art of conducting an orchestra

Amateur conductor
Sarah Hicks, assistant conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, watches as Erica Anderson tries her hand at conducting for the very first time. Anderson is a member of the orchestra's Crescendo Project, which is aimed at getting young professionals interested in Classical music.
MPR Photo/Curtis Gilbert

As part of an initiative to get local young professionals interested in classical music, the Minnesota Orchestra invited about 60 young professionals to a brief seminar on what an orchestra conductor does.

Then, some of the participants got a chance to try it for themselves.

Minnesota Public Radio's Curtis Gilbert condensed the hour-long program into three minutes. The orchestra's assistant conductor Sarah Hicks led the session.

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