Houston Youth Symphony performs Ring the Bells at Break of Day

Michael Webster, conductor of the Houston Youth Symphony and Karim Al-Zand

The award-winning Houston Youth Symphony, under the direction of Michael Webster, concluded its 2018/19 season with its Spring Concert, featuring the finest young musicians from the region performing in four ensembles. The May 5th concert concluded with the most advanced orchestra in a program that included Karim Al-Zand’s Ring the Bells at Break of Day and Ravel’s La Valse. The concert also featured presentations of 2018/19 Concerto Competition winners Kevin Chan, performing a movement from Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Johnny To, performing Rossini’s Introduction, Theme and Variations for clarinet and orchestra.