*Cosmosis: combining the art of music with the inquiry of science* * * *University Wind Ensembles, University Singers* *Saturday, May 11, 8 pm* Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University [image: Inline image 1] Come join us for the last SOAC Focus Series event of the year, *Cosmosis* by Susan Botti, performed by PLU’s University Wind Ensemble and University Singers, directed by Edwin Powell and Brian Galante. Composer Susan Botti is influenced by two texts by American poet May Swenson. The first movement uses the text of “Overboard,” and musically depicts the effects of gravity. In the second and third movements, the effects of gravity are released as Botti sets Swenson’s fictional musings on the first American space station, Skylab, and an experiment to test if a spider could spin a web in space. The event will be held in Lagerquist Concert Hall on May 11 at 8pm and will be followed by a musically inspired science lab in the Mary Baker Russell Amphitheater conducted by PLU science professors Brett Underwood and Justin Lytle. Tickets: $8 general admission, $5 senior citizens (55+), $3 alumni, free 18 and under. Tickets available at PLU Box Office (253 535 7411)