Full OrchestraGrade 5Code 18537

An Outdoor Overture

Copland · 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.

Performances102005–2021

Schools10

Avg concert1.101 is best

Straight ones90%9 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 2005.

<1%of 1,620 performances

7 of this piece vs 1,613 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Amarillo High Schoolavg 1.01×
Clear Creek HS ORCHavg 1.01×
Earl Warren High Schoolavg 1.01×
Georgetown High Schoolavg 2.01×
Highland Park High Schoolavg 1.01×
JJ Pearce High Schoolavg 1.01×
Klein High Schoolavg 1.01×
LBJ High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

American Salute — GouldGr 5 · avg 2.01×
An American in Paris Suite — GershwinGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Appalachian Morning — SheldonGr 3 · avg 2.01×
Carmen Suite No. 2 — BizetGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Chorale Prelude, Wachet Auf — BachGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — BlochString Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
Declaration Overture — SmithGr 4 · avg 1.01×
Irish Tune from County Derry — GraingerString Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 10 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2021	Wylie East High SchoolAAAAA	Concert Band	Hands Across the Sea — Sousa Profanation from Symphony No. 1 — Bernstein/Bencriscutto	Gregory Hayes	Varsity	1	1
2018	Georgetown High SchoolAAAAA	Full Orchestra	Appalachian Morning — Sheldon American Salute — Gould	Barbara Hughston	Varsity	2	1
2015	Amarillo High SchoolAAAAAA	Full Orchestra	Valse Triste from the incidental music for Kuolema Op. 44 — Sibelius Carmen Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Bizet/	Nick Lopez	Varsity	1	1
2014	JJ Pearce High SchoolAAAAA	Full Orchestra	The Mill and the Train — Allen/ Chorale Prelude Wachet Auf — Bach/Ormandy	Melissa J. Livings	Varsity	1	1
2012	LBJ High SchoolAAAA	Full Orchestra	Concerto for two Violins in D minor 1st Movement — Bach The Montagues and the Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet) — Prokofieff/Siennicki	Andrew Potter	Varsity	1	1
2009	Highland Park High SchoolAAAA	Concert Band	Wedding Dance (march) — Press/Fennell Third Movement from Symphony No. 2 — Hanson/Mcbeth	Joel L. Weisberg	Varsity	1	1
2009	Klein High SchoolAAAAA	Full Orchestra	L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) — Bizet/Langey Symphony #8 Finale — Dvorak	Keith Markuson	Varsity	1	1
2007	Clear Creek HS ORCHAAAAA	Full Orchestra	Declaration Overture — Smith C.t. An American in Paris Suite — Gershwin/Whitney	Michael Astwood	Varsity	1	1
2006	Pearce HSAAAAA	Full Orchestra	Symphony No. 1 mvt. IV — Beethoven Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra & Piano Obligato Mvt. I — Bloch	Melissa J. Livings	Varsity	1	1
2005	Earl Warren High SchoolAAAAA	Concert Band	Irish Tune from County Derry — Grainger/Rogers/Smc Amparito Roca — Texidor/Winter	Richard Herrera	Varsity	1	1

Wylie East High School
2021 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity
Gregory Hayes
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Hands Across the Sea — Sousa
- Profanation from Symphony No. 1 — Bernstein/Bencriscutto
Georgetown High School
2018 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Barbara Hughston
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Appalachian Morning — Sheldon
- American Salute — Gould
Amarillo High School
2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity
Nick Lopez
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Valse Triste from the incidental music for Kuolema Op. 44 — Sibelius
- Carmen Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) (LML features modern keys & clefs) — Bizet/
JJ Pearce High School
2014 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Melissa J. Livings
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Mill and the Train — Allen/
- Chorale Prelude Wachet Auf — Bach/Ormandy
LBJ High School
2012 · Full Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity
Andrew Potter
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Concerto for two Violins in D minor 1st Movement — Bach
- The Montagues and the Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet) — Prokofieff/Siennicki
Highland Park High School
2009 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity
Joel L. Weisberg
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Wedding Dance (march) — Press/Fennell
- Third Movement from Symphony No. 2 — Hanson/Mcbeth
Klein High School
2009 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Keith Markuson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (play two mvts) — Bizet/Langey
- Symphony #8 Finale — Dvorak
Clear Creek HS ORCH
2007 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Michael Astwood
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Declaration Overture — Smith C.t.
- An American in Paris Suite — Gershwin/Whitney
Pearce HS
2006 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Melissa J. Livings
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Symphony No. 1 mvt. IV — Beethoven
- Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra & Piano Obligato Mvt. I — Bloch
Earl Warren High School
2005 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity
Richard Herrera
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Irish Tune from County Derry — Grainger/Rogers/Smc
- Amparito Roca — Texidor/Winter

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