Sarah Hicks's versatile and vibrant musicianship has secured her place as an in-demand conductor across an array of genres. Her career has seen collaborations with diverse artists, from Hilary Hahn and Dmitiri Hvorostovsky to Rufus Wainwright, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson. Her passion for cross-genre partnerships led to a 2019 album with rap artist Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra, with whom she holds a titled position.
A specialist in film music and the film in concert genre, she has premiered “Pixar in Concert” and Disney-Pixar’s “Coco”; her live concert recordings can be seen on Disney+. and heard on broadcast for ABC. Her concerts with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra of film music, “The Morricone Duel” was released as an album in 2018, has been broadcast around the world and has garnered over 200 million views on YouTube.
Her notable conducting collaborations include the Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras; Los Angeles Philharmonic; and Boston Pops. International engagements include the Toronto, Melbourne, Czech National Symphony Orchestras; RTÉ Concert Orchestra; Tokyo and Malaysian Philharmonics, and many others.