Creatures Great and Small 

May 12 at the Honeywell Center, Wabash, Indiana, celebrates animals and nature. It features “Wood Notes” by African-American composer William Grant Still; “And God Created Great Whales,” a symphonic poem for orchestra and recorded whale sounds by Alan Hovhaness; concertmaster Elizabeth Smith will perform the shimmering “The Lark Ascending” by Ralph Vaughan Williams; and the finale of the season is “Overture to Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss.

General admission is $20. Admission with ID is free for Manchester University students, faculty and staff, as well as anyone 18 and younger. Tickets at www.manchestersymphonyorchestra.org. They can also be purchased at the door.