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All songsGrade 3 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 3(play mvt 2 or 3)Code 18658

Star Valley Suite

Frost · Multiple Publishers;Southern Music Company;Tempo Press

Performances382005–2026
Schools34
Avg concert1.551 is best
Straight ones55%21 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 String Orchestra piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 11,379 performances

38 of this piece vs 11,341 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Kempner High Schoolavg 1.34×
  • Cypress Creek High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • A.W. Spence MSavg 3.01×
  • Arlington High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Bleyl MSavg 1.01×
  • Bowie Junior Highavg 1.01×
  • Central High Schoolavg 4.01×
  • Clint Small MSavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Little Symphony — NunezGr 2 · avg 1.54×
  • Algadoon — PurcellGr 1 · avg 2.02×
  • Avatar — SpataGr 2 · avg 1.52×
  • Contredanse — ClarkGr 2 · avg 1.52×
  • Dance of the Tumblers (From Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-KorsakovGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • Dance Scenario — Del BorgoGr 2 · avg 1.52×
  • Dos Fuegos — SievingGr 3 · avg 1.52×
  • Sahara Crossing — MeyerGr 2 · avg 1.52×

Performances

All 38 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026William Howard Taft High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Avatar — Spata
  • String Swing — Nunez
Esther LimSub Non Varsity21
2024Kempner High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Winter Stars (piano REQUIRED) — Griesinger
  • North Country Legend (10146) — Williams
Marea FranklinNon Varsity11
2022Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Endeavour — O'loughlin
  • Tribal Voices (19659) — Story
Elizabeth LedfordSub Non Varsity11
2022Lake Belton High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
  • Mythos — Soon Hee Newbold
Ricky RasuraVarsity11
2018Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Introspection — Carold Nunez
  • Country Wedding (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Dackow
Aaron JohnstonNon Varsity12
2017Thornton MSCCCString Orchestra
  • A Modal Festival — Marsh/
  • Lights on the Water — Daniels/
J KLICHVarsity11
2016E.M. Pease Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Little Symphony — Nunez/
  • Petite Tango — Kriechbaum/
Chris DeArmondVarsity12
2016Kempner High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Little Symphony — Nunez
  • Bach Suite for String Orchestra (March) — Bach/Leidig
Mike WellsSub Non Varsity21
2015A.W. Spence MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Dragonhunter — Meyer/
  • Finale (from Overture to William Tell ) — Rossini/Dackow
Jay ThompsonVarsity33
2014Kempner High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
  • Prelude and Dance — Mcginty/Mullins
Mike WellsSub Non Varsity11
2014Lamar Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Crusader — Spata
  • Out of Winter — Clark
Sandra MartinezVarsity11
2013Cypress Falls High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Lovers' Waltz (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski
  • Sine Nomine — Williams/Goldsmith
John RicarteNon Varsity11
2013Midway High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
  • Lijiang River Landscape — Wang
Beau BensonNon Varsity22
2013Park View MSCCString Orchestra
  • Algadoon — Purcell/Niehaus
  • Hatikvah Fantasia — Elliot Del Borgo
Darcy Ford-JamesNon Varsity21
2013Talkington SYWLCString Orchestra
  • Sailor's Song — Williams/
  • Sahara Crossing — Meyers
Joshua AllenNon Varsity22
2012Bleyl MSCCCString Orchestra
  • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
  • Antagonist — Clark
Jennifer HermannNon Varsity11
2012Hobby Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Dos Fuegos — Sieving/
  • El Toro — Brubaker/
Nancy DrifmeyerVarsity11
2012Kempner High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Renaissance Suite (II IV) — Leidig/
  • Dorchester Street Songs (Hyde Park Dance) — Porter/
Mike WellsSub Non Varsity12
2011Rice Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Gauntlet — Doug Spata
  • Sailors' Song — Edvard Grieg/Matesky
Barbara Gordy FoxSub Non Varsity11
2011Schimelpfenig Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Lullaby — William Hofeldt
  • Serenade for String Orchestra - Fugue and Cakewalk — Norman Leyden
Linda EwtonVarsity11
2010Fowler Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
  • Jupiter — Holst/Monday
Karina FloresVarsity11
2010Lancaster High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • March Heroic — Del Borgo
  • Shadow Dance — Meyer
Rebecca DouglasNon Varsity23
2010Memorial Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Finale (from Water Music) — Handel/Douglas/Sontag
  • Postcards from Russia — Arr. by Carrie Lane Gruselle
Darcy Ford-JamesNon Varsity11
2010San Jacinto IntermediateCCString Orchestra
  • Contredanse — Clark
  • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
Lyndon WangVarsity11
2010South Houston MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Dorian Variations — Israel
  • Contredanse — Clark
Lyndon WangVarsity23
2009Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Allegro in G (in the style of Vivaldi) — Vivaldi/Frakenpohl
  • Mantras — Meyer
Jeanette ShackelfordNon Varsity22
2009Wester Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Butterfly — Chase
  • Avatar — Spata
Karina FloresVarsity11
2008Arlington High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fanfare and Coronation — Meyer
  • Dragon Dances — Newbold
Jones Keefer TateSub Non Varsity21
2008Central High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brook Green Suite — Holst
  • Ragtime — Curtis Bryant
Martha GiarratanoVarsity43
2008Clint Small MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Dance Mysterioso — Shaffer
  • Dos Fuegos — Sieving
Carrie MillerVarsity21
2008Ousley JHCCString Orchestra
  • Ukranian Folk Songs: Soldier's March — Traditional/Dackow
  • Algadoon — Purcell/Niehaus
J. D. Gray-LionNon Varsity21
2007Edinburg HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Boulderollicks (Mvt. 1 - Boulderondo) — Berger
  • Classical Reflections (Mvt. III) — Feese
Dr. David L. Butts Ph.D.Non Varsity32
2007Irving High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • M to the Third Power — Nunez
  • Quinto-Quarto Suite mvt 1 — Isaac
Miguel A DominguezNon Varsity22
2007Kimbrough MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Kabuki Dance — Meyer
  • Little Symphony — Nunez
Steve MarienNon Varsity11
2007Lamar MSCCString Orchestra
  • Fiddling A-Round — Caponegro
  • Variations on a Ground — Shapiro
Darcy Ford-JamesVarsity11
2006Bowie Junior HighBBBString Orchestra
  • Celtic Suite — Fishburn
  • Kumon — Bull
Jan MayfieldVarsity12
2005Ferguson JHCCCString Orchestra
  • Little Symphony — Nunez
  • Star Dancer — Williams
Mary ClibornNon Varsity21
2005Hubbard Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
  • Carroll County — Niehaus
Nancy EppersonVarsity21

  • William Howard Taft High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Esther Lim

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Avatar — Spata
    • String Swing — Nunez

  • Kempner High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Marea Franklin

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Winter Stars (piano REQUIRED) — Griesinger
    • North Country Legend (10146) — Williams

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Endeavour — O'loughlin
    • Tribal Voices (19659) — Story

  • Lake Belton High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Ricky Rasura

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
    • Mythos — Soon Hee Newbold

  • Cypress Creek High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Aaron Johnston

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Introspection — Carold Nunez
    • Country Wedding (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Dackow

  • Thornton MS

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    J KLICH

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Modal Festival — Marsh/
    • Lights on the Water — Daniels/

  • E.M. Pease Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Chris DeArmond

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Little Symphony — Nunez/
    • Petite Tango — Kriechbaum/

  • Kempner High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Mike Wells

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Little Symphony — Nunez
    • Bach Suite for String Orchestra (March) — Bach/Leidig

  • A.W. Spence MS

    2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Jay Thompson

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • Dragonhunter — Meyer/
    • Finale (from Overture to William Tell ) — Rossini/Dackow

  • Kempner High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Mike Wells

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
    • Prelude and Dance — Mcginty/Mullins

  • Lamar Middle School

    2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Sandra Martinez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Crusader — Spata
    • Out of Winter — Clark

  • Cypress Falls High School

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    John Ricarte

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Lovers' Waltz (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski
    • Sine Nomine — Williams/Goldsmith

  • Midway High School

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Beau Benson

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
    • Lijiang River Landscape — Wang

  • Park View MS

    2013 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Darcy Ford-James

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Algadoon — Purcell/Niehaus
    • Hatikvah Fantasia — Elliot Del Borgo

  • Talkington SYWL

    2013 · String Orchestra · C · Non Varsity

    Joshua Allen

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Sailor's Song — Williams/
    • Sahara Crossing — Meyers

  • Bleyl MS

    2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Jennifer Hermann

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
    • Antagonist — Clark

  • Hobby Middle School

    2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Nancy Drifmeyer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dos Fuegos — Sieving/
    • El Toro — Brubaker/

  • Kempner High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Mike Wells

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Renaissance Suite (II IV) — Leidig/
    • Dorchester Street Songs (Hyde Park Dance) — Porter/

  • Rice Middle School

    2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    Barbara Gordy Fox

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gauntlet — Doug Spata
    • Sailors' Song — Edvard Grieg/Matesky

  • Schimelpfenig Middle School

    2011 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Linda Ewton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lullaby — William Hofeldt
    • Serenade for String Orchestra - Fugue and Cakewalk — Norman Leyden

  • Fowler Middle School

    2010 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Karina Flores

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
    • Jupiter — Holst/Monday

  • Lancaster High School

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Rebecca Douglas

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • March Heroic — Del Borgo
    • Shadow Dance — Meyer

  • Memorial Middle School

    2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Darcy Ford-James

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Finale (from Water Music) — Handel/Douglas/Sontag
    • Postcards from Russia — Arr. by Carrie Lane Gruselle

  • San Jacinto Intermediate

    2010 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Lyndon Wang

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Contredanse — Clark
    • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow

  • South Houston MS

    2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Lyndon Wang

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Dorian Variations — Israel
    • Contredanse — Clark

  • Cypress Creek High School

    2009 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jeanette Shackelford

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Allegro in G (in the style of Vivaldi) — Vivaldi/Frakenpohl
    • Mantras — Meyer

  • Wester Middle School

    2009 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Karina Flores

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Butterfly — Chase
    • Avatar — Spata

  • Arlington High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Jones Keefer Tate

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Fanfare and Coronation — Meyer
    • Dragon Dances — Newbold

  • Central High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Martha Giarratano

    Concert4SR3

    Performed with

    • Brook Green Suite — Holst
    • Ragtime — Curtis Bryant

  • Clint Small MS

    2008 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Carrie Miller

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Dance Mysterioso — Shaffer
    • Dos Fuegos — Sieving

  • Ousley JH

    2008 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    J. D. Gray-Lion

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Ukranian Folk Songs: Soldier's March — Traditional/Dackow
    • Algadoon — Purcell/Niehaus

  • Edinburg HS

    2007 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Dr. David L. Butts Ph.D.

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Boulderollicks (Mvt. 1 - Boulderondo) — Berger
    • Classical Reflections (Mvt. III) — Feese

  • Irving High School

    2007 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Miguel A Dominguez

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • M to the Third Power — Nunez
    • Quinto-Quarto Suite mvt 1 — Isaac

  • Kimbrough MS

    2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Steve Marien

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Kabuki Dance — Meyer
    • Little Symphony — Nunez

  • Lamar MS

    2007 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Darcy Ford-James

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fiddling A-Round — Caponegro
    • Variations on a Ground — Shapiro

  • Bowie Junior High

    2006 · String Orchestra · BBB · Varsity

    Jan Mayfield

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Celtic Suite — Fishburn
    • Kumon — Bull

  • Ferguson JH

    2005 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Mary Cliborn

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Little Symphony — Nunez
    • Star Dancer — Williams

  • Hubbard Middle School

    2005 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Nancy Epperson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
    • Carroll County — Niehaus