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Teddy Abrams is the Louisville Orchestra's rock star / CBS Sunday Morning

Louisville, Kentucky has gotten used to the fact that the maestro rides his bike to concerts. No limo, no tux for him. At 32, Teddy Abrams is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra in the United States, and in Louisville (if it's possible for a classical musician) he's a rock star. His approach to programming, he told correspondent Martha Teichner, is very unusual. "Part of it has to do with my background.as a musician. [It] involves playing lots of styles of music that are not classical, involves a lot of improvisation, and involves a lot of collaborations with people that normally don't work with so-called classical musicians."

A success story? Absolutely. In four years here, Abrams has done what most orchestras are desperate to do: he's increased the audience by 30%.

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