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String OrchestraGrade 1Code 18689

Espana Waltz

Waldteufel · arranged by Isaac · Wynn Music Publishers

Performances412005–2026
Schools39
Avg concert1.881 is best
Straight ones46%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 1 String Orchestra piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 11,210 performances

41 of this piece vs 11,169 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Cypress Creek High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Ensor Middle Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Alamo Junior Highavg 2.01×
  • Austin Middle Schoolavg 3.01×
  • Bowie Junior Highavg 2.01×
  • Carter Junior Highavg 3.01×
  • Creekside Intermediateavg 1.01×
  • Davila Middle Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • El Toro — BrubakerGr 2 · avg 1.54×
  • A Modal Festival — MarshGr 2 · avg 2.02×
  • African Song and Round — Anon. or Trad.Gr 1 · avg 2.52×
  • Dance Suite for Strings — WhitneyGr 2 · avg 2.02×
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme — PhillipsGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Las Mariposas Exoticas — SpataGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • Last Rose of Summer from Martha — FlotowGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • St. Anthony Chorale — HaydnGr 1 · avg 2.52×

Performances

All 41 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Davila Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Belvedere Suite (play one mvt)/ Prelude — Isaac
  • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
Khrystyne HastingsVarsity22
2026Lockhart HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
  • African Song and Round — arr. Monday
Brian BenavidezSub Non Varsity23
2025Lady Bird Johnson Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Trad./An English Folksong — arr. by Terry McQuilken
  • Hiawatha — Newbold
Dominic PowellVarsity12
2025PeaseCCString Orchestra
  • Go From My Window from Three Tunes from Shakespeare's England — Anon. or Trad./Hare
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan
Chris DeArmondVarsity11
2024Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • A Modal Festival — Marsh
  • Fantasia on an Original Theme — Phillips
Aaron JohnstonSub Non Varsity12
2024Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Gauntlet — Spata
  • El Condor Pasa — Robles/Cunalata
Aaron JohnstonNon Varsity12
2024Staley Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Dabbling in the Dew (15926) — Anon. or Trad./Atwell
  • Intensity (17643) — Oloughlin
Joseph GellerVarsity11
2022Wilson-Young MS Bonham MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Accents — Frost
  • Colorado Suite Mvt. 1 — Feese
Austin TownsVarsity43
2021Union Grove Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Beeman
  • Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages
Lisa PalmerVarsity11
2020John MarshallAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Las Mariposas Exoticas (10080) — Spata
  • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (10088) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
John ThorntonNon Varsity12
2019Lady Bird Johnson MSCCString Orchestra
  • Avatar — Doug Spata
  • Fiddling A-Round — John Caponegro
Dominic PowellVarsity11
2018Kirby MSCCString Orchestra
  • Fanfare for Strings — Gazda
  • Spring Song — Daniels
Desmond JuarezVarsity32
2017Ensor Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Last Rose of Summer from Martha — Flotow/Longfield
  • El Toro — Brubaker
Jesus Esteban DiazVarsity11
2017Ensor Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Last Rose of Summer from Martha — Flotow/Longfield
  • El Toro — Brubaker/
Jesus Esteban DiazVarsity11
2016Decker Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Lijiang River Landscape — Traditional/Wang
  • African Song and Round — Anon. or Trad./Baker Monday
Paula SoloffNon Varsity32
2016Folks Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Joust — Richard Meyer
  • Dance Suite for Strings (play two mvts) I. Allemande II. Sarabande — Whitney/
Daniel ShiuVarsity11
2016Independence High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata/
  • Lullaby to the Moon — Balmages
Lindsey TitusSub Non Varsity11
2016Scoggins Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • An American Hymn — Billings/Del Borgo
  • A Beethoven Lullaby (piano opt) — Balmages/
Leland ByrdNon Varsity31
2016Thornton MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Ukrainian Folk Songs Soldier's March — Anon. or Trad./Dackow
  • Loch Lomond — Klauss/
J KLICHSub Non Varsity21
2015John Marshall High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost
  • Modus a 4 — Atwell/
John ThorntonNon Varsity11
2014Bowie Junior HighBBBString Orchestra
  • Little Symphony — Nunez/
  • Jupiter — Holst/Monday
Jaclyn FridayNon Varsity21
2014Carter Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • A Modal Festival — Gerry Jon Marsh
  • A Shaker Hymn — Trad./O'reilly
Barbara RothVarsity32
2013McCullough Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
  • Landler — Mozart/Caponegro
Michelle ReinhardtNon Varsity21
2013Stevenson Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Andantino Cantabile — James 'red' Mcleod
  • Star Dancer — Mark Williams
Matthew SaltibusNon Varsity21
2012Creekside IntermediateCCString Orchestra
  • Gaelic Castle — Newbold/
  • El Toro — Brubaker/
John LawVarsity11
2012McLean MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Crossing Pirates' Cove — Monday/
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips/
Linda Ezzell MooreVarsity11
2010Paso Del Norte SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • March Triumphant — Rusch/Spinosa
  • Dance Suite for Strings (play one mvt) — Whitney
Rachel G. MontellanoNon Varsity33
2010Stafford Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Winter Wonderland Suite-Mvt. 4 Vail — Feese
  • Ukranian Folk Songs-Mvt. III Kolomeka — Dackow
Lindsey TitusNon Varsity22
2010Sun Ridge MiddleCCString Orchestra
  • Midnight Tango — Pordon
  • Calypso — Martin Norgaard
Irene GarciaVarsity13
2010Zachry Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Carpathian Strings — Cechvala
  • The Arundel Suite (play one) — Brown
Liliana GalindoVarsity32
2009Alamo Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • Petite Tango — Kriechbaum
  • Orpheus in the Underworld Finale — Offenbach/Dackow
Lucy ProctorVarsity22
2009Hood Jr. HighBBString Orchestra
  • Ocean Storm — Vivaldi/Fritz
  • Highland Song — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro
Henry O. LittichVarsity11
2009Webb Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • An English Folksong — Mcquilkin
  • Apache — Nunez
James RobertsonVarsity44
2008Griffin Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
  • Two Modal Sketches (Mvt. 1 - Andante) — O'reilly
Jennifer PetersonNon Varsity12
2007Austin Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Canyon Sunset — Caponegro
  • El Toro — Brubaker
Rozanne MartinezVarsity32
2007Grant MSCCString Orchestra
  • Rustic Dance — Del Borgo
  • Theme from Canon in D — Pachelbel/Caponegro
Kim MrazekVarsity32
2007Hopewell MSCCCString Orchestra
  • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
  • Star Dancer — Williams
Allison SozanskyNon Varsity32
2006Humble Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Can-Can — Offenbach/Meyer
  • Chorale & Minuet — Bach J.s./Del Borgo
Raymiah JacksonNon Varsity32
2006Riverside Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • British Grenadiers — Caponegro
  • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
Jack Henson JrNon Varsity21
2005First Colony Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Moonlight Shadows — Oæloughlin
  • English Fugue — Selby/Sheinberg
Kelly ComfortNon Varsity23
2005Marshall/Vincent MiddleCCString Orchestra
  • String Swing — Nunez
  • Fantasia on Amazing Grace — Del Borgo
Stephen JesterCombined13
  • Davila Middle School

    2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Khrystyne Hastings

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Belvedere Suite (play one mvt)/ Prelude — Isaac
    • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
  • Lockhart HS

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brian Benavidez

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
    • African Song and Round — arr. Monday
  • Lady Bird Johnson Middle School

    2025 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Dominic Powell

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Trad./An English Folksong — arr. by Terry McQuilken
    • Hiawatha — Newbold
  • Pease

    2025 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Chris DeArmond

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Go From My Window from Three Tunes from Shakespeare's England — Anon. or Trad./Hare
    • When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan
  • Cypress Creek High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Aaron Johnston

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • A Modal Festival — Marsh
    • Fantasia on an Original Theme — Phillips
  • Cypress Creek High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Aaron Johnston

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Gauntlet — Spata
    • El Condor Pasa — Robles/Cunalata
  • Staley Middle School

    2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Joseph Geller

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dabbling in the Dew (15926) — Anon. or Trad./Atwell
    • Intensity (17643) — Oloughlin
  • Wilson-Young MS Bonham MS

    2022 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Austin Towns

    Concert4SR3

    Performed with

    • Accents — Frost
    • Colorado Suite Mvt. 1 — Feese
  • Union Grove Middle School

    2021 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Lisa Palmer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Beeman
    • Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages
  • John Marshall

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    John Thornton

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Las Mariposas Exoticas (10080) — Spata
    • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (10088) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
  • Lady Bird Johnson MS

    2019 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Dominic Powell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Avatar — Doug Spata
    • Fiddling A-Round — John Caponegro
  • Kirby MS

    2018 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Desmond Juarez

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Fanfare for Strings — Gazda
    • Spring Song — Daniels
  • Ensor Middle School

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Jesus Esteban Diaz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Last Rose of Summer from Martha — Flotow/Longfield
    • El Toro — Brubaker
  • Ensor Middle School

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Jesus Esteban Diaz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Last Rose of Summer from Martha — Flotow/Longfield
    • El Toro — Brubaker/
  • Decker Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Paula Soloff

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Lijiang River Landscape — Traditional/Wang
    • African Song and Round — Anon. or Trad./Baker Monday
  • Folks Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Daniel Shiu

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Joust — Richard Meyer
    • Dance Suite for Strings (play two mvts) I. Allemande II. Sarabande — Whitney/
  • Independence High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Lindsey Titus

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata/
    • Lullaby to the Moon — Balmages
  • Scoggins Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Leland Byrd

    Concert3SR1

    Performed with

    • An American Hymn — Billings/Del Borgo
    • A Beethoven Lullaby (piano opt) — Balmages/
  • Thornton MS

    2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    J KLICH

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Ukrainian Folk Songs Soldier's March — Anon. or Trad./Dackow
    • Loch Lomond — Klauss/
  • John Marshall High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    John Thornton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost
    • Modus a 4 — Atwell/
  • Bowie Junior High

    2014 · String Orchestra · BBB · Non Varsity

    Jaclyn Friday

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Little Symphony — Nunez/
    • Jupiter — Holst/Monday
  • Carter Junior High

    2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Barbara Roth

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • A Modal Festival — Gerry Jon Marsh
    • A Shaker Hymn — Trad./O'reilly
  • McCullough Junior High

    2013 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Michelle Reinhardt

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
    • Landler — Mozart/Caponegro
  • Stevenson Middle School

    2013 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Matthew Saltibus

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Andantino Cantabile — James 'red' Mcleod
    • Star Dancer — Mark Williams
  • Creekside Intermediate

    2012 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    John Law

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gaelic Castle — Newbold/
    • El Toro — Brubaker/
  • McLean MS

    2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Linda Ezzell Moore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Crossing Pirates' Cove — Monday/
    • Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips/
  • Paso Del Norte School

    2010 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Rachel G. Montellano

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • March Triumphant — Rusch/Spinosa
    • Dance Suite for Strings (play one mvt) — Whitney
  • Stafford Middle School

    2010 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Lindsey Titus

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Winter Wonderland Suite-Mvt. 4 Vail — Feese
    • Ukranian Folk Songs-Mvt. III Kolomeka — Dackow
  • Sun Ridge Middle

    2010 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Irene Garcia

    Concert1SR3

    Performed with

    • Midnight Tango — Pordon
    • Calypso — Martin Norgaard
  • Zachry Middle School

    2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Liliana Galindo

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Carpathian Strings — Cechvala
    • The Arundel Suite (play one) — Brown
  • Alamo Junior High

    2009 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Lucy Proctor

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Petite Tango — Kriechbaum
    • Orpheus in the Underworld Finale — Offenbach/Dackow
  • Hood Jr. High

    2009 · String Orchestra · BB · Varsity

    Henry O. Littich

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Ocean Storm — Vivaldi/Fritz
    • Highland Song — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro
  • Webb Middle School

    2009 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    James Robertson

    Concert4SR4

    Performed with

    • An English Folksong — Mcquilkin
    • Apache — Nunez
  • Griffin Middle School

    2008 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Jennifer Peterson

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
    • Two Modal Sketches (Mvt. 1 - Andante) — O'reilly
  • Austin Middle School

    2007 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Rozanne Martinez

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Canyon Sunset — Caponegro
    • El Toro — Brubaker
  • Grant MS

    2007 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Kim Mrazek

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Rustic Dance — Del Borgo
    • Theme from Canon in D — Pachelbel/Caponegro
  • Hopewell MS

    2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Allison Sozansky

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
    • Star Dancer — Williams
  • Humble Middle School

    2006 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Raymiah Jackson

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Can-Can — Offenbach/Meyer
    • Chorale & Minuet — Bach J.s./Del Borgo
  • Riverside Middle School

    2006 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Jack Henson Jr

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • British Grenadiers — Caponegro
    • St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
  • First Colony Middle School

    2005 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Kelly Comfort

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Moonlight Shadows — Oæloughlin
    • English Fugue — Selby/Sheinberg
  • Marshall/Vincent Middle

    2005 · String Orchestra · CC · Combined

    Stephen Jester

    Concert1SR3

    Performed with

    • String Swing — Nunez
    • Fantasia on Amazing Grace — Del Borgo