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Full OrchestraGrade 4Code 18494

Declaration Overture

Smith · Wingert/Jones

Performances302005–2025
Schools26
Avg concert1.401 is best
Straight ones63%19 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 4 Full Orchestra piece performed since 2005.

2.6%of 1,138 performances

30 of this piece vs 1,108 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Mayde Creek High Schoolavg 2.03×
  • ED: Economedes HSavg 1.52×
  • Mc: Memorial HSavg 1.02×
  • Austin High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Bowie High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Churchill HSavg 1.01×
  • Clear Creek HS ORCHavg 1.01×
  • East View High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Carmen Suite No. 2 — BizetGr 5 · avg 1.33×
  • A New Home — ZhaoGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • English Folk Song Suite — Vaughan WilliamsGr 5 · avg 2.02×
  • Farandole (From L'arlesienne Suite No. 2) — BizetGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Nimrod — ElgarGr 4 · avg 1.52×
  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan WilliamsGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Triumphant March — TchaikovskyGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Variations on a Shaker Melody (From Appalachian Spring) — CoplandGr 5 · avg 2.02×

Performances

All 30 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025John M Harlan High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Casus Belli — Boysen
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Mvt. 3 — Bach
Matthew SaltibusVarsity21
2025Tascosa High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Carrickfergus — Roszell
  • Die Meistersingers — Wagner/Siennicki
Harold ScarbroughVarsity12
2024Paetow HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • LArlesienne Suite No. 2 (6032) — Bizet/
  • A Moorside Suite — Gustav Holst
Matt TavilsonVarsity11
2023Oak Ridge High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Thunder and Lightning Polka — Johann Strauss
  • Overture tone poem or one mvt of a symphony (5700) (except a Menuetto) — Beethoven
Danny MaysVarsity21
2023Odessa HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Farandole (from LArlesienne Suite No. 2) (5878) — Bizet/Stone
  • The Lovers Waltz (15963) (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski
John BentonNon Varsity11
2023Westlake HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Andante Festivo — Sibelius
  • A New Home — Zhao
Josue MartinezNon Varsity11
2022Mayde Creek High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
  • Carmen Suite No. 1 (5876) — Bizet
Andrew GeyssensVarsity21
2022Mc: Memorial HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss — Holsinger
  • The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition) (5991) — Moussorgsky/Reibold
Jesus TovarVarsity11
2020Harlan HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Themes from Scheherazade (17608) — Rimsky Korsakov/Meyer
  • Acrobats (10225) — Meyer
Matthew SaltibusVarsity11
2019Georgetown High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Carmen Suite No. 1 (play one mvt; 1 & 1a = one mvt) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Bizet
  • Sleeping Beauty — Tchaikovsky/Isaac
Barbara HughstonVarsity11
2019Juan Seguin AAAAAFull Orchestra
  • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender
  • By Loch and Mountain — Robert W. Smith
Melina ShafferVarsity11
2019Westlake High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Rhythm Sticks — Atwell
  • A New Home — Zhao
Andrew PotterNon Varsity11
2018East View High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • An American Rhapsody — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
  • Farnadole (From L'Arlesienne) — Bizet/Guiraud Ed. Mcalister
Kevin BehlmannVarsity11
2016Nimitz High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • English Folk Songs Suite I.March II.Intermezzo — Vaughan Williams/Jacol
  • Sinfonia In D (First Movement) — Stamitz/Green
Michael StoneVarsity32
2015Mayde Creek High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring) — Copland/
  • Lullaby — Hofeldt/
Michael JonesVarsity22
2015Mc: Rowe HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Nimrod — Elgar/Bender
  • The Montagues and the Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet) — Prokofieff/Siennicki
Paul VanderpoolVarsity21
2014Austin High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Unfinished Symphony in B minor — Schubert/
  • Andalucia Suite (play three) — Lecuona/Jenkins
Ana Maria SolisVarsity11
2014Bowie High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Fantasia on Greensleeves — Vaughan Williams/Greaves
  • Music (from the Royal Fireworks Overture) — Handel/Johnson
Giovanna CruzVarsity12
2014Churchill HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Nimrod — Elgar/
  • The Planets — Holst/Niet/Vaught
Jason N ThibodeauxVarsity11
2014ED: Economedes HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Chorale Prelude Wachet Auf — Bach/Ormandy
  • Destino — Errante
Cristina GonzalezVarsity22
2014Lake Travis High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Chaconne in e minor — Buxtehude/Hause
  • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Kindler
Anna MaciasVarsity21
2013Mc: Memorial HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Triumphant March — Tschaikovsky/Higgins
  • Intermezzo (from Hary Janos) — Kodaly/
Jesus TovarVarsity11
2012McNeil High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Triumphant March — Tschaikovsky/Higgins
  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
James CaswellNon Varsity12
2012Odessa HS - OrchestraAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Carmen Suite No. 1 mvts. 1 1a & 5 — Bizet
  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
Daniel LoudenbackVarsity11
2011Mayde Creek High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring) — Copland
  • Adago and Allegro — Marcello
Michael JonesVarsity21
2010Seguin HSAAAAFull Orchestra
  • On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring — Delius
  • Hoedown (from Rodeo) — Copland
Melina ShafferVarsity11
2009ED: Economedes HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • English Folk Song Suite (1. March Seventeen Come Sunday 2. My Bonny Boy) — Vaughan Williams/Jacob
  • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
Cristina GonzalezVarsity11
2007Clear Creek HS ORCHAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • An Outdoor Overture — Copland
  • An American in Paris Suite — Gershwin/Whitney
Michael AstwoodVarsity11
2006Katy High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Symphony in D K. 19-Movement I — Mozart
  • Concerto in D Opus 4 No. 1 — Giulio Taglietti
David KerrVarsity22
2005McNeil HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Colloquy for Strings — Gesben
  • Ballet Parisien mvt. 1 2 5 — Offenbach/Isaac
Kay VanlandinghamNon Varsity21

  • John M Harlan High School

    2025 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Saltibus

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Casus Belli — Boysen
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Mvt. 3 — Bach

  • Tascosa High School

    2025 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Harold Scarbrough

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Carrickfergus — Roszell
    • Die Meistersingers — Wagner/Siennicki

  • Paetow HS

    2024 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matt Tavilson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • LArlesienne Suite No. 2 (6032) — Bizet/
    • A Moorside Suite — Gustav Holst

  • Oak Ridge High School

    2023 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Danny Mays

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Thunder and Lightning Polka — Johann Strauss
    • Overture tone poem or one mvt of a symphony (5700) (except a Menuetto) — Beethoven

  • Odessa HS

    2023 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    John Benton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Farandole (from LArlesienne Suite No. 2) (5878) — Bizet/Stone
    • The Lovers Waltz (15963) (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski

  • Westlake HS

    2023 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Josue Martinez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante Festivo — Sibelius
    • A New Home — Zhao

  • Mayde Creek High School

    2022 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Andrew Geyssens

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
    • Carmen Suite No. 1 (5876) — Bizet

  • Mc: Memorial HS

    2022 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jesus Tovar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss — Holsinger
    • The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition) (5991) — Moussorgsky/Reibold

  • Harlan HS

    2020 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Saltibus

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Themes from Scheherazade (17608) — Rimsky Korsakov/Meyer
    • Acrobats (10225) — Meyer

  • Georgetown High School

    2019 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Barbara Hughston

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Carmen Suite No. 1 (play one mvt; 1 & 1a = one mvt) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Bizet
    • Sleeping Beauty — Tchaikovsky/Isaac

  • Juan Seguin

    2019 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Melina Shaffer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender
    • By Loch and Mountain — Robert W. Smith

  • Westlake High School

    2019 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Andrew Potter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rhythm Sticks — Atwell
    • A New Home — Zhao

  • East View High School

    2018 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Kevin Behlmann

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • An American Rhapsody — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
    • Farnadole (From L'Arlesienne) — Bizet/Guiraud Ed. Mcalister

  • Nimitz High School

    2016 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Stone

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • English Folk Songs Suite I.March II.Intermezzo — Vaughan Williams/Jacol
    • Sinfonia In D (First Movement) — Stamitz/Green

  • Mayde Creek High School

    2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Jones

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring) — Copland/
    • Lullaby — Hofeldt/

  • Mc: Rowe HS

    2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Paul Vanderpool

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Nimrod — Elgar/Bender
    • The Montagues and the Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet) — Prokofieff/Siennicki

  • Austin High School

    2014 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ana Maria Solis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Unfinished Symphony in B minor — Schubert/
    • Andalucia Suite (play three) — Lecuona/Jenkins

  • Bowie High School

    2014 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Giovanna Cruz

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Fantasia on Greensleeves — Vaughan Williams/Greaves
    • Music (from the Royal Fireworks Overture) — Handel/Johnson

  • Churchill HS

    2014 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jason N Thibodeaux

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Nimrod — Elgar/
    • The Planets — Holst/Niet/Vaught

  • ED: Economedes HS

    2014 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Cristina Gonzalez

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Chorale Prelude Wachet Auf — Bach/Ormandy
    • Destino — Errante

  • Lake Travis High School

    2014 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Anna Macias

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Chaconne in e minor — Buxtehude/Hause
    • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Kindler

  • Mc: Memorial HS

    2013 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jesus Tovar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Triumphant March — Tschaikovsky/Higgins
    • Intermezzo (from Hary Janos) — Kodaly/

  • McNeil High School

    2012 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    James Caswell

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Triumphant March — Tschaikovsky/Higgins
    • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster

  • Odessa HS - Orchestra

    2012 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Daniel Loudenback

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Carmen Suite No. 1 mvts. 1 1a & 5 — Bizet
    • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster

  • Mayde Creek High School

    2011 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Jones

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring) — Copland
    • Adago and Allegro — Marcello

  • Seguin HS

    2010 · Full Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Melina Shaffer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring — Delius
    • Hoedown (from Rodeo) — Copland

  • ED: Economedes HS

    2009 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Cristina Gonzalez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • English Folk Song Suite (1. March Seventeen Come Sunday 2. My Bonny Boy) — Vaughan Williams/Jacob
    • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac

  • Clear Creek HS ORCH

    2007 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Astwood

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • An Outdoor Overture — Copland
    • An American in Paris Suite — Gershwin/Whitney

  • Katy High School

    2006 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    David Kerr

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Symphony in D K. 19-Movement I — Mozart
    • Concerto in D Opus 4 No. 1 — Giulio Taglietti

  • McNeil HS

    2005 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Kay Vanlandingham

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Colloquy for Strings — Gesben
    • Ballet Parisien mvt. 1 2 5 — Offenbach/Isaac