UIL Grade 2 String Orchestra Music List

Name: Texas UIL Concert & Sight-Reading results and Prescribed Music List
Creator: Blaine Cowen

There are 334 grade 2 string orchestra pieces on the current Texas UIL Prescribed Music List. 290 of them have been performed at UIL Concert & Sight-Reading, and the most programmed is Sahara Crossing by Meyer with 942 performances. Ratings run 1 (best) to 5.

Grade 2 String Orchestra

334 pieces · most performed first

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Title	Performances	Concert avg	SR avg
Sahara Crossing Meyer	942	1.49	1.59
El Toro Brubaker	753	1.58	1.60
Dance Scenario Del Borgo	602	1.56	1.48
Intensity O'loughlin	589	1.54	1.55
Little Symphony Nunez	580	1.55	1.53
Terra Nova Meyer	548	1.34	1.36
Contredanse Clark	517	1.52	1.48
An English Folksong Mcquilkin	497	1.52	1.44
Out of the Winter Clark	422	1.50	1.54
A Modal Festival Marsh	420	1.50	1.50
Midnight Tango Pordon	410	1.56	1.54
A Shaker Hymn O'reilly	401	1.61	1.61
Appalachian Sunrise Gazda	400	1.50	1.43
Velocity Balmages	387	1.42	1.51
Accents Frost	340	1.59	1.60
Crossing Pirates' Cove Monday	329	1.57	1.61
Aspen Glow Day	328	1.37	1.34
Avatar Spata	315	1.56	1.42
Las Mariposas Exoticas Spata	314	1.48	1.51
March of the Meistersingers (From the Opera Die Meistersinger) Wagner · arr. Dackow	301	1.51	1.49
Petite Tango Kriechbaum	281	1.69	1.82
Dance of the Tumblers (From Snow Maiden) Rimsky-Korsakov · arr. Dackow	272	1.58	1.47
Viva Los Conquistadores! Monday	270	1.41	1.35
Sunburst Silva	261	1.46	1.35
Dorian Variations Williams	259	1.57	1.54
Two Modal Sketches O'reilly	257	1.52	1.63
Westminster Prelude and Fugue Shaffer	255	1.49	1.43
Celtic Suite Fishburn	248	1.67	1.70
Quintus Clark	244	1.48	1.45
Fan Dance Newbold	227	1.42	1.34
The Gypsy Rover Del Borgo	227	1.66	1.61
Ablaze Bernotas	206	1.35	1.33
Kingsbridge March Dyson	203	1.63	1.72
Highridge Overture Del Borgo	197	1.55	1.55
Classic Sinfonia Del Borgo	179	1.58	1.60
Crusader Spata	179	1.42	1.29
Dorchester Street Songs Porter	168	1.71	1.68
Mechanisms Caponegro	165	1.37	1.29
Cello Rondo Daniels	163	1.60	1.40
Dabbling in the Dew Anon. or Trad. · arr. Atwell	154	1.47	1.34
Storm the Gates Silva	154	1.31	1.31
Air and Caprice Clark	153	1.67	1.66
Sinfonia Telemann · arr. Mathews	143	1.46	1.39
Voyager Newbold	142	1.25	1.22
Spring Song Daniels	139	1.49	1.44
Boots and Saddle Sharp	129	1.40	1.44
Orpheus in the Underworld Finale Offenbach · arr. Dackow	128	1.89	1.71
Moonlight Shadows O'loughlin	125	1.51	1.40
Shenandoah Anon. or Trad. · arr. Shaffer	125	1.46	1.39
Dance Suite for Strings Whitney	120	1.41	1.32
Epic Clark	113	1.53	1.52
Fanfare and Frippery Stephan	107	1.54	1.46
Country Wedding (From the Mouldau) Smetana · arr. Dackow	105	1.46	1.38
Fanfare and Coronation Meyer	98	1.44	1.35
Hornpipe (From Water Music) Handel · arr. Meyer	95	1.49	1.39
Highland Song Anon. or Trad. · arr. Caponegro	93	1.57	1.56
Spirit of Colorado Day	92	1.21	1.17
Colorado Suite Feese	88	1.47	1.41
Lijiang River Landscape Traditional · arr. Wang	84	1.32	1.34
Procession of the Knights Brubaker	83	1.40	1.49
Kinetic Energy Clark	80	1.60	1.36
Rustic Dance Del Borgo	80	1.66	1.50
Mystic Dances Frizzi	79	1.46	1.44
Renaissance Suite Leidig	79	1.76	1.70
Mystical Mage Woolstenhulme	78	1.35	1.20
Quinto-Quarto Suite Isaac	73	1.53	1.50
Salisbury Overture Mcquilkin	73	1.55	1.34
Dragon Fire Day	71	1.44	1.24
Jericho Journey Bulla	70	1.47	1.41
String Swing Nunez	70	1.67	1.55
Sinfonia in G Major Del Borgo	69	1.63	1.51
Little Turtle Dove Traditional · arr. Gruselle	68	1.30	1.19
Overture (From the Royal Fireworks Music) Handel · arr. Meyer	68	1.53	1.49
Caprice Frost	65	1.86	1.62
Silhouettes Silva	65	1.47	1.38
Thunderstruck O'loughlin	64	1.36	1.37
Go from My Window Anon. or Trad. · arr. Hare	63	1.63	1.81
Bluebell Nishimura	62	1.42	1.42
The Dory Anne Frost	62	1.55	1.58
Highland Celebration Silva	61	1.28	1.11
Never Let Up Balmages	61	1.31	1.48
Sparta Parrish	61	1.50	1.26
Whimsical Dance Broege	60	1.36	1.33
Dorian Variations Israel	59	1.63	1.44
Tribal Voices Story	58	1.55	1.66
Intrada Balmages	56	1.55	1.39
Moonlit Skies O'loughlin	54	1.33	1.37
Shadow Fire Standridge	54	1.29	1.43
Chorale Fantasia Simon	51	1.73	1.60
Meditation and Ritual Calhoun	50	1.45	1.36
Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn Smith	50	1.37	1.25
Trepak (From Nutcracker Suite) Tchaikovsky · arr. Dackow	50	1.73	1.64
Variations on a Ground Shapiro	50	1.59	1.50
Battle of the Bows Thomas	49	1.38	1.21
Gothic Cathedral Compello	49	1.50	1.61
King William's March Clarke · arr. Phillips	49	1.54	1.54
Nobodyes Gigge Anon. or Trad. · arr. Hare	49	1.71	1.69
Painted Desert Mcginty · arr. Mullins	49	1.61	1.44
Petite Overture Del Borgo	49	1.76	1.50
Star-Crossed Warriors Monday	47	1.59	1.38
Little Fugue Handel · arr. Siennicki	45	1.92	1.70
March of the Bowmen Caponegro	45	1.65	1.76
Primula Nishimura	44	1.48	1.34
Sailor's Song Matesky	44	1.45	1.58
The General's Order Anon. or Trad. · arr. Wang	42	1.33	1.37
The Mask Hinds	40	1.42	1.38
An Elizabethan Madrigal (Now Is the Month of Maying) Morley · arr. Monday	39	1.45	1.38
Beauteous Spirit Kamuf	39	1.44	1.21
Carpathian Strings Cechvala	39	1.98	1.89
Chester Billings · arr. Calhoun	39	1.57	1.66
Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov · arr. Frost	39	1.54	1.34
Tales of the Kojiki Yamada or Clark	39	1.50	1.34
A Festive March Handel · arr. Wilcott	38	1.40	1.38
Last Rose of Summer from Martha Flotow · arr. Longfield	38	1.22	1.21
Selections (From the Fireworks Music) Handel · arr. Frost	38	2.18	1.96
Emperor Waltz (Op. 437) Strauss · arr. Monday	37	1.98	1.79
Blaze Donahoe	35	1.37	1.38
Folk Festival O'reilly	35	1.52	1.63
Slavonic Legend Del Borgo	35	1.85	1.60
Streets of Shilin Owens	35	1.25	1.16
Brahms Interlude (From Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1) Brahms · arr. Monday	32	1.75	1.55
Celtic Roots Traditional · arr. Baird	32	1.43	1.26
Lights on the Water Daniels	32	1.38	1.27
Portal Gates Clark	32	1.38	1.30
Preludio and Allegro Corelli · arr. Siegler	32	1.39	1.22
Winter Wonderland Suite Feese · arr. Struble	32	1.81	1.75
Adventure Ramsey-White	31	1.22	1.30
Bach Suite for String Orchestra 1→2 Bach · arr. Leidig	31	1.88	1.68
Prelude and Dance Mcginty · arr. Mullins	31	1.90	1.90
Sequoia Holmes	31	1.32	1.22
Down by the Salley Gardens Traditional · arr. Palmer	30	1.30	1.22
El Matador Halferty	30	1.56	1.34
La Bruja Traditional Mexican Folk Song · arr. Vargas	30	1.53	1.51
Loch Lomond Traditional · arr. Bobrowitz	29	1.57	1.30
Mozart Symphony No. 40 Mozart · arr. Caponegro	28	1.74	1.51
Orchid Nishimura	28	1.27	1.07
Simple Gifts Brackett · arr. Gruselle	28	1.38	1.37
Yorktown Parrish	28	1.50	1.38
Fantasy on Aloha ‘oe Queen Lili'uokalani · arr. Balmages	27	1.30	1.11
Prairie Spirit Hinds	27	1.38	1.27
Serenity Tippette	27	1.41	1.17
Swedish Rhapsody Alfven · arr. Fishburn	27	1.56	1.47
French Dance: Jouissance Vous Donnerai Traditional · arr. Monday	26	1.46	1.37
Red River Rapids Frost	26	1.49	1.55
Bach Minuets Bach · arr. Caponegro	25	2.01	2.15
Ethos Clark	25	1.69	1.71
Finnish Folk Song Suite Traditional · arr. Caravella	25	1.49	1.37
Irish Suite Del Borgo	25	1.93	1.71
Journey Butz	25	1.43	1.45
Ballade and Scherzo O'reilly	24	1.86	1.72
El Condor Pasa Robles · arr. Cunalata	24	1.44	1.33
Premonitions Neeck	24	1.39	1.22
Song for the Winter Moon Cummings	24	1.33	1.15
Hornpipe Frost	23	1.61	1.48
La Paloma Spanish Folk Song · arr. Vargas	23	1.36	1.38
Merry-Go-Round Caponegro	23	1.41	1.33
Pulse Pounding O'loughlin	23	1.32	1.33
Sleepers, Wake (Cantata #140) Bach · arr. Caponergro	23	1.99	1.48
The Rowan Tree Traditional · arr. Rosenhaus	23	1.39	1.20
An American Ballad Anon. or Trad. · arr. Barber	22	1.45	1.30
Expectations Clark	22	1.48	1.44
Forest Hills Folk Suite Phillips	22	1.52	1.45
Greensleeves Anon. or Trad. · arr. Hare	22	1.79	1.76
Little Classic Suite Akers	22	1.77	1.88
Suite in C Pleyel · arr. Halen	22	2.14	1.80
The Olive Tree Stein · arr. Gazda	22	1.41	1.17
Lonestar Strommen	21	1.24	1.24
March for Strings Purcell · arr. Fishburn	21	1.51	1.63
All Through the Night Anon. or Trad. · arr. Dabczynski	20	1.67	1.60
Carroll County Niehaus	20	1.77	1.25
Dark Frontier Pasternak	20	1.40	1.52
Hatikva Anon. or Trad. · arr. Shapiro	20	1.63	1.42
In a French Garden Meyer	20	1.37	1.33
Path of Mirkwood Frizzi	20	1.35	1.35
The Ash Grove Palmer	20	1.48	1.25
Contrasts Frost	19	1.72	1.49
Desert Chimes Gazda	19	1.49	1.30
Sarabande (From Suite No. 4, Vol. 2) Handel · arr. Myers	19	1.88	1.74
First Light Silva	18	1.50	1.33
Purcell in Miniature Purcell · arr. Forbes	18	1.89	2.33
Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus and Euridice Gluck · arr. Longfield	17	1.61	1.37
Shepherd's Hey English Folk Song · arr. Meredith	17	1.49	1.37
Bow Hunters Monday	16	1.50	1.48
The Arundel Suite Brown	16	1.54	1.77
Village Dance Rameau · arr. Gordon	16	2.08	1.77
Aussie Medley Various · arr. Frackenpohl	15	1.84	1.78
Bohemian Dance Bobrowitz	15	1.36	1.18
Skip to My Lou Stephan	15	1.42	1.31
Stone Tower Griesinger	15	1.53	1.47
Baroque Suite Telemann · arr. Hopkins	14	1.76	1.64
Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser Wagner · arr. Dabcynski	14	1.88	1.69
River Valley Waltz Labrie	14	1.19	1.00
Chinese Folk Fantasy Anon. or Trad. · arr. Curnow	13	1.59	1.46
The Keeper Did A-Hunting Go Anon. or Trad. · arr. Gruselle	13	1.44	1.23
Whispers of Spring O'loughlin	13	1.51	1.33
Anna's Minuet Bach · arr. Longfield	12	2.11	2.28
Candleberry Bay Niehaus	12	1.22	1.17
Chorale and Minuet Bach · arr. Borgo	12	2.19	2.00
Ecossaise in G Beethoven · arr. Halferty	12	1.42	1.25
Legend of the Lotus Halferty	12	1.53	1.33
Slavic Celebration Calhoun	12	1.36	1.17
Variations upon the Sailor's Hornpipe Anon. or Trad. · arr. Croft	12	1.67	1.67
Rondo (From Sonatina in B Op.151) Diabelli · arr. Siennicki	11	1.67	1.52
The Fanfare Overture Reznicow	11	1.73	1.52
Winter Evening Vivaldi · arr. Gordon	11	1.24	1.42
Alpine Glory Donahoe	10	1.40	1.23
Cyclone Donahoe	10	1.17	1.17
Folk Song Simon	10	1.67	1.43
Shalom Chaverim Anon. or Trad. · arr. Shapiro	10	1.50	1.47
Troubled Waters Sluder	10	1.17	1.07
Winter Reverie Griesinger	10	1.37	1.23
Winter Stars Griesinger	10	1.43	1.47
A Ray of Joy Gordon	9	1.15	1.11
Dance (From the Czar's Bride) Rimsky-Korsakov · arr. Barnes	9	1.37	1.19
Dance Celebration Smith	9	1.37	1.22
March Scipio Handel · arr. Brown	9	1.52	1.44
Shipwreck Beach for String Orchestra Rabinowitz	9	1.81	1.56
Theme and Variations from the "Trout" Quintet: from Piano Quintet in a Major Schubert · arr. Dabczynski	9	1.56	1.37
Artsa Alinu Anon. or Trad. · arr. Shapiro	8	1.88	1.25
Concerto in D Major for Harp and String Orchestra Vivaldi · arr. Moore	8	1.29	1.17
Forgotten Fairy Tale No. 1 Macdowell	8	1.42	1.17
Lullaby for Luca Fin	8	1.42	1.33
Mcallen Suite Daniels	8	1.62	1.29
Songbirds Fin	8	1.29	1.29
King Henry's Choice Sharp	7	1.14	1.52
Rondo Caprice Daniels	7	1.48	1.43
Sing We and Chant It Morley · arr. Monday	7	1.86	1.95
Tango Rio Hinds	7	1.38	1.48
The Edric Album Anon. or Trad. · arr. Brown	7	2.43	2.19
The Hunt (String Quartet No. 17) Mozart · arr. Clinesmith	7	1.52	1.29
Allegretto (Incidental Music from Falstaff) Verdi · arr. Bishop	6	1.39	1.39
Dance of the Maidens (From the Opera Prince Igor) Borodin · arr. Wagner	6	1.67	1.44
Monkey's Dance (From the Fairy Queen Suite, No. 2) Purcell · arr. Frost	6	1.56	1.33
Sonatina Beethoven · arr. Bullock	6	1.89	1.61
The Bedfont Album Bach · arr. Brown	6	1.44	1.50
Ye Banks and Braes, O Bonnie Doon Scottish Folk Song · arr. Christopher	6	1.72	1.61
Angel's Steps Nishimura	5	1.53	1.40
Childgrove Anonymous · arr. Atwell	5	1.00	1.07
Fanfare and Frippery, No. 2 Stephan	5	1.73	1.33
Finale (From Overture to William Tell ) Rossini · arr. Dackow	5	1.20	1.27
March Alceste Gluck · arr. Brown	5	2.33	1.80
Minuet Purcell · arr. Brown	5	1.20	1.07
Sonata Corelli · arr. Gordon	5	1.53	1.80
Sonatina Hook · arr. Strommen	5	1.60	1.67
The Sleigh Ride (From Three German Dances, K. 605) Mozart · arr. Selden	5	1.60	2.47
A Suite of English Folk Songs Boyle	4	1.75	1.42
Aeolian Storm Hill	4	1.42	1.17
Le Carillon a Musique Law	4	1.50	1.08
Madrigal (My Bonnie Lass) Morley · arr. Monday	4	1.33	1.17
Parade of Stars Campra · arr. Leavitt	4	1.25	1.00
Rondo Haydn · arr. Gordon	4	1.83	1.58
Schubert Dance Suite Schubert · arr. Frost	4	1.92	1.92
Shepherd's Hymn of Thanksgiving (Spmphony 6, Mvt. 5) Beethoven · arr. Wang	4	2.08	1.50
Toccata Frescobaldi · arr. Beeman	4	1.83	2.17
Two Grieg Songs Grieg · arr. Stephan	4	2.25	2.00
Handel in Miniature Handel · arr. Forbes	3	1.44	1.33
Join the Dance Anon. or Trad. · arr. Sontag	3	1.56	1.22
Royal Proclamation Roth	3	1.22	1.11
Sonatina No. 6 in C Major Mozart · arr. Calhoun	3	2.44	1.56
Song of the Vermland Anon. or Trad. · arr. Sontag	3	1.56	1.67
Ten Short Pieces Calabro	3	1.89	1.78
Trial by Fire Blair	3	1.56	1.33
Anagram for Strings Forsblad	2	2.50	3.00
Boat Ride Goldman	2	1.50	1.33
Canciones de Ninos Traditional · arr. Monday	2	2.17	1.67
English Country Reels & Dances Sancho · arr. Woolstenhulme	2	1.00	1.00
Galopede Anon. or Trad. · arr. Benoy	2	1.17	1.00
Hail the Sun! Anon. or Trad. · arr. Sontag	2	1.67	1.83
Minuet and Galliard Niehaus	2	1.00	1.17
Nova Jornada Fin	2	1.00	1.00
Petit Etude Pochon	2	1.67	1.83
Swedish Dance Anon. or Trad. · arr. Brown	2	4.00	4.33
The Cremona String Ensemble Folio Anon. or Trad. · arr. Johnson	2	1.50	1.67
Three Czech Songs Anon. or Trad. · arr. Cechvala	2	2.50	1.83
Vanguard Um	2	1.33	1.33
A Texas Sunset Hill	1	1.33	1.33
Ballet Music Schubert · arr. Gordon	1	1.00	1.00
Czech Song and Dance Townsend	1	3.00	3.00
Hopak Alshin	1	2.00	1.33
Ice Skater Dash Hill	1	1.00	1.00
K'ruim Anu Anon. or Trad. · arr. Shapiro	1	1.33	1.00
Marche de Triomphe Charpentier · arr. Longfield	1	1.00	1.00
Menuetto Bach · arr. Gordon	1	1.00	1.33
O Mistress Mine Morley · arr. Brown	1	2.00	1.33
Scherzo Matesky	1	1.00	1.00
Sinfonietta in G Major Haydn · arr. Bauernschmidt	1	1.00	1.00
Song and Dance Washburn	1	2.33	3.00
The Missing Hour Siegler	1	1.67	1.67
The Silver Ring Anon. or Trad. · arr. Sontag	1	3.00	2.33
William Byrd Suite Byrd · arr. Wagner	1	1.00	1.00
Air Aubert	0	0.00	0.00
Air and Bouree Handel · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Air and Dance Daniels	0	0.00	0.00
Antique Dance Suite Anon. or Trad. · arr. Rhoads	0	0.00	0.00
Ballet Bach · arr. Brown	0	0.00	0.00
Belvedere Suite Isaac	0	0.00	0.00
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Bach · arr. Isaac	0	0.00	0.00
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Bach · arr. Isaac	0	0.00	0.00
Carnival Matesky	0	0.00	0.00
Concerto Grosso Farish	0	0.00	0.00
Corelliana Corelli · arr. Hunt	0	0.00	0.00
Country Dance Von Weber · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Double Dealer Suite Purcell · arr. Stassevitch	0	0.00	0.00
Elgar’s Andante and March Elgar · arr. Krinke	0	0.00	0.00
English Suite Purcell · arr. Fishburn	0	0.00	0.00
Gavotte Handel · arr. Barnes	0	0.00	0.00
Geometric Dances Meyer	0	0.00	0.00
Invocation Von Gluck · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Jakiana Suite Bosmans	0	0.00	0.00
La Rejouissance, Sarabande, and Gigue (From Suite in D) Telemann · arr. Mccashin	0	0.00	0.00
Les Fetes Venitiennes Campra · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Like Melodies Enchanting Brahms · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Love Song Beethoven · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Lyric Pieces Grieg · arr. Mccashin	0	0.00	0.00
Maddalena and the Bagpipes Anon. or Trad. · arr. Sontag	0	0.00	0.00
Menuet Haydn	0	0.00	0.00
Menuet Boyce · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Minuet and Bourrée Purcell · arr. Monday	0	0.00	0.00
Minuet and Trio from Nannerl's Notebook Mozart · arr. Hash	0	0.00	0.00
Nocturne Schumann · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Norse Song Matesky	0	0.00	0.00
Prelude and Danse Franck · arr. Barnes	0	0.00	0.00
Rhineland Musical Scenes Halen	0	0.00	0.00
Sarabande and Corrente Corelli · arr. Barnes	0	0.00	0.00
Serenade for Strings Washburn	0	0.00	0.00
Sonata Scarlatti · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Suite in D Major from Sonata a Quattro (Woo 4) Corelli · arr. Mccashin	0	0.00	0.00
The Campbells Are Coming Anon. or Trad. · arr. Shapiro	0	0.00	0.00
Three German Dances Haydn · arr. Forsblad	0	0.00	0.00
Three Pieces (From Album for the Young) Tchaikovsky · arr. Gruselle	0	0.00	0.00
Three Schumann Pieces Schumann · arr. Phillips	0	0.00	0.00
Tres Valses Poeticos Granados · arr. Mcquilkin	0	0.00	0.00
Two German Dances Mozart · arr. Gordon	0	0.00	0.00
Water Music Suite Handel · arr. Etling	0	0.00	0.00

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