String OrchestraGrade 2Code 18683

Variations on a Ground

Shapiro · Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Performances502005–2026

Schools40

Avg concert1.541 is best

Straight ones58%29 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 2 String Orchestra piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 14,274 performances

50 of this piece vs 14,224 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Faubion Middle Schoolavg 1.03×
Memorial Middle Schoolavg 1.03×
Central High Schoolavg 1.02×
Lewisville High Schoolavg 1.52×
North Mesquite High Schoolavg 1.52×
Renner Middle Schoolavg 2.02×
Thornton Middle Schoolavg 2.52×
United MSavg 1.02×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

An English Folksong — McquilkinGr 2 · avg 1.33×
Little Symphony — NunezGr 2 · avg 2.33×
Belvedere Suite — IsaacGr 3 · avg 1.02×
Canzon and Fuga — FrobergerGr 3 · avg 1.02×
Dance Scenario — Del BorgoGr 2 · avg 1.02×
Festival March — SheinbergGr 1 · avg 2.52×
Las Mariposas Exoticas — SpataGr 2 · avg 2.02×
Midnight Rain — DayGr 3 · avg 1.52×

Performances

All 50 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	McKinney High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda Firestorm — RamseyWhite	Jacob Cortez	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2025	Churchill HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Tradewinds — Griesinger Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle	Jason Thibodeaux	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2024	Temple High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Aspen Glow (19337) — Day Legends of Glory (20640) — Griesinger	Nathan Keefer	Non Varsity	2	2
2024	United MSCCC	String Orchestra	Jupiter from The Planets (22385) — Holst/Monday Ocean Storm (10143) — Vivaldi/Fritz	Jacqueline Pena	Varsity	1	1
2022	Seven Lakes High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Primula (19658) (Piano or Harp optional) — Nishimura Pepper Tree Lane — Silva	Desiree Overree	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2021	John MarshallAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Concerto Grosso in D minor Op. 3 No. 11 (I. Allegro; II. Largo) — Vivaldi Six Dances for Strings (V. Promenade) — Ulysses Kay	John Thornton	Non Varsity	1	1
2021	North Mesquite High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	An English Folksong — Mcquilkin Burst! — Balmages	Kim Shimpo	Non Varsity	1	1
2020	Scoggins Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Sourwood Mountain (19493) — Philips All Strings Attached (10048) — Neihaus	Leland Byrd	Varsity	2	1
2019	Deerpark Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Air and Dance — Daniels Contredanse — Clark	Connor Bell	Varsity	1	1
2019	Faubion Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	The Gift: Aria for String Orchestra — William Hoefeldt El Toro — Brubaker	Jacob Cortez	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	United MSCCC	String Orchestra	La Paloma — Spanish Folk Song/Vargas Gauntlet — Spata	Jacqueline Pena	Varsity	1	1
2018	Houston Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Las Mariposas Exoticas — Doug Spata Gamelan — Benoit Jutras/ Michael Story	Kandra Parks	Varsity	1	1
2018	Lewisville High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Black Knight — Edlund Whimsical Dance — Broege	Kevin Sluder	Sub Non Varsity	1	2
2018	Lone Star High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Classic Sinfonia — Del Borgo Legend Of The Lotus — Halferty	Ross Owen	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2018	Vines High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Westminster Prelude and Fugue — Shaffer Ocean Storm — Vivaldi/Fritz	April Kondrat	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2017	Central High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Canzon and Fuga (play both) — Froberger/Kinderrnan/Frost Belvedere Suite (play 2 contrasting mvts) 1 & 2 — Isaac/	David Phillips	Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Central High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Belvedere Suite (play 2 contrasting mvts) 1 & 2 — Isaac/ Canzon and Fuga (play both) — Froberger/Kinderrnan/Frost	David Phillips	Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Westwood HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Echoes of Bartok — Bartok/Cummings Ships of Ireland — Newbold/	Justin Anderson	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2016	Memorial Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Sword Dance — Phillips Dance Scenario — Del Borgo	Bethany Prindle	Non Varsity	1	1
2015	Alamo Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Hornpipe — Frost Salisbury Overture — Mcquilkin	Jerry Davis	Varsity	3	3
2015	Bowie Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	An English Folksong — Mcquilkin/ March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow	Fabian Saldana	Non Varsity	1	1
2015	Faubion Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Sahara Crossing — Meyer/ O Eyes of My Beloved — Di Lasso/Bullock	Kari Zamora	Non Varsity	1	1
2015	Krimmel IntermediateCCC	String Orchestra	North Country Legend — Williams/ Midnight Rain — Day/	Bobbi Mauldin	Varsity	1	1
2015	Mc: Morris MSCC	String Orchestra	Shenandoah — Anon. or Trad./Shaffer M to the Third Power — Nunez/	Jennifer Miller	Varsity	1	1
2015	North Mesquite High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Dialogue — Frost/ Dragon Dances — Newbold Soon Hee	Kimberly Shimpo	Non Varsity	2	2
2014	Lewisville High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	An English Folksong — Mcquilkin/ Two Modal Sketches (play all) — O'reilly/	Kevin Sluder	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2014	Memorial Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Kingsbridge March — Dyson Dance Scenario — Del Borgo	Megan Saavedra	Non Varsity	1	1
2014	Terry Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Caprice — Frost/ Fan Dance — Newbold	Susie Moten	Varsity	1	1
2013	La Porte HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Deep River — Gruselle Dos Fuegos — Sieving	Clint Brown	Sub Non Varsity	1	2
2013	Renner Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow Night Shift — Meyer	Monika Bartley	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2012	Caprock High SchoolAAAA	String Orchestra	Oxford Overture — Del Borgo Midnight Rain — Day/	Danica Ahedo	Non Varsity	2	1
2012	Cigarroa MSCCC	String Orchestra	Dabbling in the Dew — Anon. or Trad./Atwell Vanguard Overture — Stephan/	Alma N. Garcia	Varsity	1	1
2012	West Memorial Junior HighCC	String Orchestra	Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata/ Crossing Pirates' Cove — Monday/	Chassity Rauscher	Varsity	3	3
2011	Coke R. Stevenson Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch Fiddlin' Frenzy — Del Borgo	John Thornton	Varsity	1	1
2011	Drew MSCCC	String Orchestra	Suite for Strings (play one) — Siennicki Little Symphony — Nunez	Timothy Blaha	Non Varsity	2	3
2011	Faubion Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Painted Desert — Mcginty/Mullins Alchemic Adventure — Zamora	Kari Zamora	Varsity	1	1
2011	Memorial Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Swing Low Sweet Chariot — Anon. or Trad./Frost Dragon Dances — Soon Hee Newbold	Darcy Ford-James	Non Varsity	1	1
2009	McCullough Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Canyon Sunset — Caponegro Clog Dance — Del Borgo	Michelle Reinhardt	Non Varsity	1	1
2008	Clear Brook HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Passacaile — Handel/Clarke Cardboard Regatta — Robert S. Frost	Bobbi Mauldin	Non Varsity	1	2
2008	DeZavala Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	March Jubilee — Cook Sailor's Song — Williams	Kandra Parks	Varsity	1	2
2008	Thornton Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Little Symphony — Nunez Country Wedding (from The Mouldau) — Smetana/Dackow	Gerald Klich	Varsity	2	2
2007	Alief-Kerr HSAAAA	String Orchestra	Midnight Tango — Pordon Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 — Handel/Dackow	Marty Koran	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2007	Lamar MSCC	String Orchestra	Fiddling A-Round — Caponegro Star Valley Suite (play mvt. 1) — Frost	Darcy Ford-James	Varsity	1	1
2007	Renner Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Serenade for Strings Mvt III — Washburn Spirit of the American West — Newbold	Monika Bartley	Non Varsity	2	1
2006	Burnet Middle SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Andover Holiday — Del Borgo Dorchester Street Songs (play one) — Porter	Georgeann Shockley	Varsity	3	3
2006	CD Fulkes MSCC	String Orchestra	Festival March — Sheinberg Rondeau from 'Masterpiece Theater' — Mouret/Leidig	Eva Graham	Varsity	2	2
2006	J.P. Elder Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Fiddles On Fire — Mark Williams A Shaker Hymn — John O'reilly	Debbie Springfield	Varsity	2	3
2006	Marshall JHCCC	String Orchestra	Be Thou My Vision — Frost Fanfare & Frippery (play both) — Stephan	Jeannie Weaver	Varsity	3	2
2006	Thornton Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Royal Processional — Keuning Village Dance — Rameau/Gordon	Erica J. Sagerman	Non Varsity	3	1
2005	Drew Academy Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Festival March — Sheinberg Little Symphony — Nunez	Michael R McCullough	Non Varsity	3	3

McKinney High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Jacob Cortez
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda
- Firestorm — RamseyWhite
Churchill HS
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Jason Thibodeaux
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Tradewinds — Griesinger
- Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle
Temple High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Nathan Keefer
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Aspen Glow (19337) — Day
- Legends of Glory (20640) — Griesinger
United MS
2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jacqueline Pena
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Jupiter from The Planets (22385) — Holst/Monday
- Ocean Storm (10143) — Vivaldi/Fritz
Seven Lakes High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Desiree Overree
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Primula (19658) (Piano or Harp optional) — Nishimura
- Pepper Tree Lane — Silva
John Marshall
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
John Thornton
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Concerto Grosso in D minor Op. 3 No. 11 (I. Allegro; II. Largo) — Vivaldi
- Six Dances for Strings (V. Promenade) — Ulysses Kay
North Mesquite High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Kim Shimpo
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- An English Folksong — Mcquilkin
- Burst! — Balmages
Scoggins Middle School
2020 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Leland Byrd
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Sourwood Mountain (19493) — Philips
- All Strings Attached (10048) — Neihaus
Deerpark Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Connor Bell
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Air and Dance — Daniels
- Contredanse — Clark
Faubion Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Jacob Cortez
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Gift: Aria for String Orchestra — William Hoefeldt
- El Toro — Brubaker
United MS
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jacqueline Pena
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- La Paloma — Spanish Folk Song/Vargas
- Gauntlet — Spata
Houston Middle School
2018 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Kandra Parks
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Las Mariposas Exoticas — Doug Spata
- Gamelan — Benoit Jutras/ Michael Story
Lewisville High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Kevin Sluder
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Black Knight — Edlund
- Whimsical Dance — Broege
Lone Star High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Ross Owen
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Classic Sinfonia — Del Borgo
- Legend Of The Lotus — Halferty
Vines High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
April Kondrat
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Westminster Prelude and Fugue — Shaffer
- Ocean Storm — Vivaldi/Fritz
Central High School
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
David Phillips
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Canzon and Fuga (play both) — Froberger/Kinderrnan/Frost
- Belvedere Suite (play 2 contrasting mvts) 1 & 2 — Isaac/
Central High School
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
David Phillips
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Belvedere Suite (play 2 contrasting mvts) 1 & 2 — Isaac/
- Canzon and Fuga (play both) — Froberger/Kinderrnan/Frost
Westwood HS
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Justin Anderson
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Echoes of Bartok — Bartok/Cummings
- Ships of Ireland — Newbold/
Memorial Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Bethany Prindle
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sword Dance — Phillips
- Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
Alamo Junior High
2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jerry Davis
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Hornpipe — Frost
- Salisbury Overture — Mcquilkin
Bowie Middle School
2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Fabian Saldana
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- An English Folksong — Mcquilkin/
- March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
Faubion Middle School
2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Kari Zamora
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sahara Crossing — Meyer/
- O Eyes of My Beloved — Di Lasso/Bullock
Krimmel Intermediate
2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Bobbi Mauldin
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- North Country Legend — Williams/
- Midnight Rain — Day/
Mc: Morris MS
2015 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Jennifer Miller
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Shenandoah — Anon. or Trad./Shaffer
- M to the Third Power — Nunez/
North Mesquite High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Kimberly Shimpo
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Dialogue — Frost/
- Dragon Dances — Newbold Soon Hee
Lewisville High School
2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Kevin Sluder
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- An English Folksong — Mcquilkin/
- Two Modal Sketches (play all) — O'reilly/
Memorial Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Megan Saavedra
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Kingsbridge March — Dyson
- Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
Terry Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Susie Moten
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Caprice — Frost/
- Fan Dance — Newbold
La Porte HS
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Clint Brown
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Deep River — Gruselle
- Dos Fuegos — Sieving
Renner Middle School
2013 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity
Monika Bartley
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
- Night Shift — Meyer
Caprock High School
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity
Danica Ahedo
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Oxford Overture — Del Borgo
- Midnight Rain — Day/
Cigarroa MS
2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Alma N. Garcia
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Dabbling in the Dew — Anon. or Trad./Atwell
- Vanguard Overture — Stephan/
West Memorial Junior High
2012 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Chassity Rauscher
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata/
- Crossing Pirates' Cove — Monday/
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
John Thornton
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch
- Fiddlin' Frenzy — Del Borgo
Drew MS
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Timothy Blaha
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Suite for Strings (play one) — Siennicki
- Little Symphony — Nunez
Faubion Middle School
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Kari Zamora
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Painted Desert — Mcginty/Mullins
- Alchemic Adventure — Zamora
Memorial Middle School
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Darcy Ford-James
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot — Anon. or Trad./Frost
- Dragon Dances — Soon Hee Newbold
McCullough Junior High
2009 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Michelle Reinhardt
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Canyon Sunset — Caponegro
- Clog Dance — Del Borgo
Clear Brook HS
2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Bobbi Mauldin
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Passacaile — Handel/Clarke
- Cardboard Regatta — Robert S. Frost
DeZavala Middle School
2008 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Kandra Parks
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- March Jubilee — Cook
- Sailor's Song — Williams
Thornton Middle School
2008 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Gerald Klich
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Little Symphony — Nunez
- Country Wedding (from The Mouldau) — Smetana/Dackow
Alief-Kerr HS
2007 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Marty Koran
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Midnight Tango — Pordon
- Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 — Handel/Dackow
Lamar MS
2007 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Darcy Ford-James
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Fiddling A-Round — Caponegro
- Star Valley Suite (play mvt. 1) — Frost
Renner Middle School
2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Monika Bartley
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Serenade for Strings Mvt III — Washburn
- Spirit of the American West — Newbold
Burnet Middle School
2006 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Georgeann Shockley
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Andover Holiday — Del Borgo
- Dorchester Street Songs (play one) — Porter
CD Fulkes MS
2006 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Eva Graham
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Festival March — Sheinberg
- Rondeau from 'Masterpiece Theater' — Mouret/Leidig
J.P. Elder Middle School
2006 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Debbie Springfield
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Fiddles On Fire — Mark Williams
- A Shaker Hymn — John O'reilly
Marshall JH
2006 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jeannie Weaver
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Be Thou My Vision — Frost
- Fanfare & Frippery (play both) — Stephan
Thornton Middle School
2006 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Erica J. Sagerman
Concert3SR1
Performed with
- Royal Processional — Keuning
- Village Dance — Rameau/Gordon
Drew Academy Middle School
2005 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Michael R McCullough
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Festival March — Sheinberg
- Little Symphony — Nunez

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