A glimpse of U-M's Life Sciences Orchestra during a 2011 rehearsal. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com file photo

The group has a concert scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Hill Auditorium, and flutist and U-M music professor Amy Porter will play Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major.

Shostakovich and "a symphony by Mahler that combines everything from bird calls to German drinking songs" are also on the program.

Admission to the concert is free.