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All songsGrade 3 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 3(play two mvts)Code 18720

Three Miniatures for Strings

Daniels · Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Re-graded from 2 to 3 — 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.
Performances52007–2017
Schools5
Avg concert1.201 is best
Straight ones80%4 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 2007.

<1%of 10,753 performances

5 of this piece vs 10,748 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Clark High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Coke R. Stevenson Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Frankford Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
  • John Marshallavg 1.01×
  • South Houston High Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Over the Sea to Skye — GruselleGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Allegro (From Concerto Grosso No. 5) — HandelGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme — PhillipsGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance — FletcherGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Go from My Window — Anon. or Trad.Gr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Shepherd's Hey — GraingerGr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Sinfonia in D Major — BachGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Waltz (From Billy the Kid) — CoplandFull Orchestra · Gr 4 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 5 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2017John MarshallAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Allegro (from Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1) — Handel/Dackow
  • Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle/
John ThorntonNon Varsity12
2015Frankford Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Sinfonia in D Major — Bach/Dackow
  • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher/
Matt MorenoVarsity11
2010Clark High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle
  • Variations on an Irish Tune — Balmages
Teresa Nguyen and Angelica GuerraNon Varsity12
2008South Houston High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Shepherd's Hey — Grainger/Alshin
  • Wiley Waltz — Mosier
George CrandallNon Varsity22
2007Coke R. Stevenson Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Go from My Window & Nobodyes Gigge — Hare
  • Fantasia on an Original Theme — Phillips
John C. Thornton Jr.Varsity11

  • John Marshall

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    John Thornton

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Allegro (from Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1) — Handel/Dackow
    • Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle/

  • Frankford Middle School

    2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Matt Moreno

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia in D Major — Bach/Dackow
    • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher/

  • Clark High School

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Teresa Nguyen and Angelica Guerra

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle
    • Variations on an Irish Tune — Balmages

  • South Houston High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    George Crandall

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Shepherd's Hey — Grainger/Alshin
    • Wiley Waltz — Mosier

  • Coke R. Stevenson Middle School

    2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    John C. Thornton Jr.

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Go from My Window & Nobodyes Gigge — Hare
    • Fantasia on an Original Theme — Phillips