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Minnesota Orchestra Shares Music, Conversations on Music and Healing

Researchers, scientists and wellness experts joined conductor Sarah Hicks on stage for the Minnesota Orchestra’s Music and Healing concert last summer.
Greg Helgeson
Researchers, scientists and wellness experts joined conductor Sarah Hicks on stage for the Minnesota Orchestra’s Music and Healing concert last summer.

The Minnesota Orchestra is one of the latest ensembles to explore the connections between music and wellness with its audiences, and A Tempo this Saturday (3/23 at 7 pm) takes a look at its “Music and Healing” initiative.

A Tempo host Rachel Katz this week speaks with Sarah Hicks, Minnesota Orchestra’s Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall, about its “Music and Healing” initiative. The program kicked off with a concert last summer featuring on-stage conversations with musicians, scientists and wellness experts about this relationship, and performances of newly commissioned works related to the topic. A seven-episode series of videos, including excerpts from the concert and additional interviews, was released online last month.

Greg Helgeson

Rachel Katz is the host of A Tempo which airs Saturdays at 7 pm.