June 17, 2011

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor 

FREE event

Gates: 7 p.m.

Preferred parking is available at all Ticketmaster locations for $5 plus service charge.

Join us as more than 100 gifted musicians from around the world, in conjunction with the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival, return to The Pavilion for a summer concert extraordinaire. The festival is an intensive four-week study program at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. Under the direction of Mei-Ann Chen, these young artists perform Jennifer Higdon’s “Blue Cathedral” and Aaron Copland’s “Symphony No. 3.” The finalists and winner of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition will be announced. Pre-concert activities begin in the Fidelity Investments Plaza at 7 p.m.

All shows, especially opening acts, are tentative and subject to change without notice.

Click here for the Texas Music Festival Orchestra program.