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Full OrchestraGrade 5(play all)Code 18445

Five Courtly Dances (From Gloriana)

Britten · arranged by Stone · Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.

Re-graded from 4 to 5 — 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.
Performances32010–2019
Schools3
Avg concert1.331 is best
Straight ones67%2 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 5 Full Orchestra piece performed since 2010.

<1%of 1,320 performances

3 of this piece vs 1,317 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Bowie High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • La Porte High School avg 1.01×
  • Shepton High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Concertino for String Orchestra — WhearString Orchestra · Gr 4 · avg 2.01×
  • Danny Boy — Anon. or Trad.String Orchestra · Gr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • L'arlesienne, Suite No. 2 — BizetGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Psalm and Fugue Op. 40a — HovhanessString Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Russian Sailor's Dance (From the Red Poppy) — GliereGr 3 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 3 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2019La Porte High School AAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Danny Boy — Alshin
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) — Bizet/Guiraud
William CarltonVarsity11
2013Shepton High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Psalm and Fugue Op. 40a (play both) — Hovhaness/
  • Melody in F — Rubinstein
Joshua ThompsonNon Varsity11
2010Bowie High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Concertino for String Orchestra (play mvt 1 or 2) Movement 1 — Whear
  • Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) — Gliere/Isaac
Giovanna CruzNon Varsity22

  • La Porte High School

    2019 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    William Carlton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Danny Boy — Alshin
    • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) — Bizet/Guiraud

  • Shepton High School

    2013 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Joshua Thompson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Psalm and Fugue Op. 40a (play both) — Hovhaness/
    • Melody in F — Rubinstein

  • Bowie High School

    2010 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Giovanna Cruz

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Concertino for String Orchestra (play mvt 1 or 2) Movement 1 — Whear
    • Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) — Gliere/Isaac