SEISO PRESENTS THEIR MASTERWORKS SERIES CONCERT
NO. 1: IOWA ROOTS
The Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra (SEISO) presents their Iowa Roots concerts October
16th at 7:30 PM at Burlington’s Capitol Theater and October 17th at 2:00 PM at Ottumwa’s Bridge
View Center and 6:30 PM at Iowa Wesleyan’s Chapel Auditorium in Mt. Pleasant. These
concerts include a world premiere of a flute concerto by Iowa composer Linda Robbins Coleman
who is celebrating her 30th year as an orchestral composer. Principal Flute of SEISO Victoria
Rose Bishop is the soloist in the culmination of her residency as SEISO Artist-in-Residence.
Rose is visiting schools and presenting public recitals in all three communities.
Czech Composer Antonin Dvorak’s Iowa inspired masterpiece, New World Symphony, opens
the concert. The second half of the concert is all female composers and includes a work by St.
Louis composer Stephanie Berg with her Arabian street festival inspired Ravish and Mayhem.
Ms. Bishop is featured as soloist on Concertino by Cecile Chaminade. The concert ends with
the World Premiere, SEISO commissioned, Diversions by Linda Robbins Coleman. This work
features Ms. Bishop in the highly unusual format of the flautist soloing on Alto, C Flute and
Piccolo in consecutive movements. This appears to be the only the second work of this kind
written for flute and orchestra. This concert continues the SEISO theme of honoring the
anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment allowing women the right to vote by featuring
female composers and soloists.
Admission to the Masterworks Series concerts in Burlington, Ottumwa and Mt. Pleasant is by
season ticket or by single-concert tickets which may be purchased at the door or on our website
www.seiso.us. Season tickets are $55 while single-concert tickets are $20. Children/student
tickets (aged 0-22) are free. There is no reserved seating.
Make the most of your concert experience by attending the ‘Prelude.’ Music Director Robert
McConnell will be on hand 45 minutes before each performance to talk about the programmed
music in depth. ‘Prelude’ is supported through a grant from the Charles W. Rand Memorial
Lecture Fund in Burlington and is offered free of charge to all audience members.
If you have questions, please contact the SEISO Office at seiso@iw.edu. More information is
available on the SEISO web site at www.seiso.us.