BOSTON (AP – Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart is going to be a Pop.

The 43-year-old conductor and his wife, violinist Lucia Lin, are expecting a baby sometime in late summer.

“Luci and I are thrilled to be expecting our first child,” Lockhart said in a statement. “Luci and the baby are doing well. The Boston community has always been very supportive of me, and Luci and I really appreciate your good wishes at this special time in our lives,” Lockhart said.

Lockhart and Lin were married in September 1996.

Lockhart became conductor of the Boston Pops in 1995 after serving as associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Pops.

Lin joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1985 after graduating from Rice University. She became one of the BSO’s first violins after serving as assistant concertmaster.

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