A Mother's Day concert by the U-M Life Sciences Orchestra at Hill Auditorium will transport the audience to other worlds, with performances of Gustav Holst’s famous suite “The Planets", Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony and Weber's bassoon concerto. The latter includes notes in the stratosphere for the instrument it will be performed on, the euphonium, by LSO Concerto Competition winner Eric Dluzniewski.

The concert is open to the public with general admission seating. No tickets are required. The LSO is made up of medical, health and science faculty, staff, students and alumni from across U-M, and is led by music director Adrian Slywotzky with assistant conductor Joseph Bozich.

The event will open with remarks from the dean of the U-M Rackham School of Graduate Studies, Janet Weiss, Ph.D.

Slywotzky and Bozich will give a brief pre-concert lecture about the works on the program at 3:15 p.m. in the lower level of the Hill Auditorium building.

The orchestra is part of the Gifts of Art program, which brings the world of art and music to the U-M Health System. The LSO gives members an outlet for their musical talents and a chance to interact with one another across academic disciplines and professions. Founded by students and staff from the U-M Health System, the orchestra made its concert debut in January 2001.

For more information on the concert or the LSO, visit http://lso.med.umich.edu/ or www.facebook.com/umlso, send e-mail to orchestra@umich.edu, or call (734) 936-ARTS.