Concert BandGrade 3Code 15392

Variation Overture

Williams · Ludwig Music Publishing Company

Re-graded from 2 to 3 — UIL considers it harder than it used to. The change happened sometime between the 2019 and 2025-2026 lists — those are the only two editions on record, so the exact year is unknown.

Performances162005–2026

Schools16

Avg concert2.191 is best

Straight ones31%5 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

Concert
Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 3 Concert Band piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 22,752 performances

16 of this piece vs 22,736 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Bel Air High Schoolavg 2.01×
Bowie High Schoolavg 3.01×
Fabens Middle Schoolavg 3.01×
Grandview avg 1.01×
H. Grady Spruce High Schoolavg 4.01×
Hallsville H.S.avg 1.01×
Hastings HSavg 2.01×
Hebron High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Deir in De — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 1.52×
Air for Band — EricksonGr 3 · avg 4.01×
Atlantis — McgintyGr 1 · avg 3.01×
Cradlesong — BartonGr 3 · avg 1.01×
Expectations — ClarkGr 2 · avg 1.01×
Glaciers — DirectorGr 4 · avg 2.01×
Kindred Spirits — BalmagesGr 3 · avg 1.01×
Knights of Dunvegan — MeyerGr 2 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 16 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Bel Air High SchoolAAAAA	Concert Band	Darklands March Glaciers — Scott Director	Adam Castaneda	Varsity	2	2
2022	Grandview AAA	Concert Band	Expectations (19603) — Clark Slim Trombone — Henry Fillmore /Shaffer	Russell Brown	Varsity	1	1
2018	Snyder High SchoolAAAA	Concert Band	Old Scottish Melody — Wiley The Thunderer — Sousa	Jeremiah McCurdy	Varsity	3	2
2017	Hondo High SchoolAAAA	Concert Band	Sol Y Sombra — Gates Kindred Spirits — Balmages/	Leon Steward	Varsity	1	1
2011	Hebron High SchoolAAAAA	Concert Band	Cradlesong — Barton Torch of Liberty — King/Swearingen	Mason Daffinee	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2011	Porter HSAAAA	Concert Band	A March from Early America: Ode on Science — Rhoads Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements — Broege	Ollie (Johnny) Johnson	Non Varsity	3	2
2010	Fabens Middle SchoolCC	Concert Band	March of the Syncopated Penguins — Rudgers Atlantis — Mcginty	Miguel Soto	—	3	2
2010	Hastings HSAAAAA	Concert Band	Rough Riders — King Kinder Legende — Schumann/Foster	Lance W. Bell	Non Varsity	2	2
2008	Henderson High SchoolAAAA	Concert Band	Host of Freedom — K.l. King Our Kingsland Spring — Hazo	David Rollins	Non Varsity	2	2
2008	Hightower High SchoolAAAAA	Concert Band	Rough Riders — Karl King/Swearingen Deir in De — Anon. or Trad./Barker	Robert B. Jackson Sr	Non Varsity	2	3
2008	United South MSCCC	Concert Band	Coronado Spanish March — Osterling Knights of Dunvegan — Meyer	Yolanda E. Moreno	Varsity	1	1
2006	H. Grady Spruce High SchoolAAAA	Concert Band	Air for Band — Erickson Them Basses — G. H. Huffine	James Stafford	Non Varsity	4	5
2006	Hallsville H.S.AAAA	Concert Band	Host of Freedom — King Deir in De — Barker	Gary Fort	Non Varsity	1	2
2006	Mabank High SchoolAAAA	Concert Band	Shalom Chaverim — Timothy Johnson Our Heritage — Karl L. King	Matthew Hiller	Non Varsity	3	3
2006	West Orange Stark HSAAA	Concert Band	Symphonie for Band — Jadin/Schaefer Brighton Beach Concert March — William P. Latham	Brian Egan	Varsity	3	3
2005	Bowie High SchoolAAAAA	Concert Band	Athletic Festival March — Prokofieff Serenade — Bourgeois	Mike Elam	Sub Non Varsity	3	2

Bel Air High School
2026 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity
Adam Castaneda
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Darklands March
- Glaciers — Scott Director
Grandview
2022 · Concert Band · AAA · Varsity
Russell Brown
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Expectations (19603) — Clark
- Slim Trombone — Henry Fillmore /Shaffer
Snyder High School
2018 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity
Jeremiah McCurdy
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Old Scottish Melody — Wiley
- The Thunderer — Sousa
Hondo High School
2017 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity
Leon Steward
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sol Y Sombra — Gates
- Kindred Spirits — Balmages/
Hebron High School
2011 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Mason Daffinee
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Cradlesong — Barton
- Torch of Liberty — King/Swearingen
Porter HS
2011 · Concert Band · AAAA · Non Varsity
Ollie (Johnny) Johnson
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- A March from Early America: Ode on Science — Rhoads
- Sinfonia VI: The Four Elements — Broege
Fabens Middle School
2010 · Concert Band · CC
Miguel Soto
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- March of the Syncopated Penguins — Rudgers
- Atlantis — Mcginty
Hastings HS
2010 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Lance W. Bell
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Rough Riders — King
- Kinder Legende — Schumann/Foster
Henderson High School
2008 · Concert Band · AAAA · Non Varsity
David Rollins
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Host of Freedom — K.l. King
- Our Kingsland Spring — Hazo
Hightower High School
2008 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Robert B. Jackson Sr
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Rough Riders — Karl King/Swearingen
- Deir in De — Anon. or Trad./Barker
United South MS
2008 · Concert Band · CCC · Varsity
Yolanda E. Moreno
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Coronado Spanish March — Osterling
- Knights of Dunvegan — Meyer
H. Grady Spruce High School
2006 · Concert Band · AAAA · Non Varsity
James Stafford
Concert4SR5
Performed with
- Air for Band — Erickson
- Them Basses — G. H. Huffine
Hallsville H.S.
2006 · Concert Band · AAAA · Non Varsity
Gary Fort
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Host of Freedom — King
- Deir in De — Barker
Mabank High School
2006 · Concert Band · AAAA · Non Varsity
Matthew Hiller
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Shalom Chaverim — Timothy Johnson
- Our Heritage — Karl L. King
West Orange Stark HS
2006 · Concert Band · AAA · Varsity
Brian Egan
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Symphonie for Band — Jadin/Schaefer
- Brighton Beach Concert March — William P. Latham
Bowie High School
2005 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Mike Elam
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Athletic Festival March — Prokofieff
- Serenade — Bourgeois

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