String OrchestraGrade 2(piano or harp required)Code 18791

Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn

Smith · Wingert/Jones

Performances502005–2026

Schools38

Avg concert1.341 is best

Straight ones74%37 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

49 of this piece vs 14,225 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Albright MSavg 1.04×
Fort Settlement Middle Schoolavg 1.33×
Berkner High Schoolavg 1.02×
College Park High Schoolavg 1.52×
Creekview High Schoolavg 1.02×
First Colony Middle Schoolavg 1.52×
Klein High Schoolavg 1.02×
Lone Star High Schoolavg 1.52×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 — BachGr 5 · avg 2.03×
Contrasts in e Minor — FeeseGr 3 · avg 1.73×
M to the Third Power — NunezGr 3 · avg 1.33×
When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 1.03×
Bold Venture — DanielsGr 4 · avg 1.02×
Capriol Suite — WarlockGr 4 · avg 1.52×
Colorado Suite — FeeseGr 2 · avg 1.02×
Fanfare and Frippery — StephanGr 2 · avg 2.02×

Performances

All 50 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Bryan Adams High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda Perpetual Fiddle Motion — Balmages	Sean Burrows	Non Varsity	4	3
2026	College Park High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Cathode Rays — Gelfer Symphony No. 1 in D Major — Mahler/Dackow	Emmanuel Coraza	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2026	Highland Park Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 — Bach/Issac Echelon — Kathryn Griesinger	Shelby Dickey	Varsity	1	1
2026	Killough Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Midnight Tango — Pordon Spartacus — Balmages	David Hughes	Varsity	2	1
2024	William BrennanAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Chanson and Noctourne — Meyer Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (6390) (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher	Armando Rivera	Non Varsity	2	2
2022	Round Rock High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese Agincourt — Doug Spata	Erin Keith	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2021	Austin Academy CCC	String Orchestra	English Suite (play one mvt opt harp or piano) — Purcell/Fishburn Hyperdrive — Ralph Ford	Jane Samford	Varsity	1	1
2021	College Park High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	French Military March — Saint-Saens/Isaac Water Music Suite — Handel/Etling	Peter Kempter	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2021	Dulles High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Wood Splitter Fanfare — Balmages Farandole (from L`Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Isaac	Michael Isadore	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2020	Benold Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	A La Media Noche — Arr. Bob Lipton The Dance of Iscariot (10181) — Mosier	Katy Dane	Varsity	1	1
2020	Bowie Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (10088) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer Tales of the Kojiki (17657) (piano required) — Yamada	Fabian Saldana	Varsity	1	1
2020	Lone Star High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	North Country Legend — Mark Williams Allegro from Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor — Johann Christian Bach/Robert Mccashin	Ross Owen	Varsity	1	1
2019	Albright MSCCC	String Orchestra	String Swing — Carold Nunez Perpetual Fiddle Motion — Brian Balmages	Timothy Patrick Sloan Sr	Varsity	1	1
2019	Fort Settlement Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock Kentucky Jam — Atwell	Angela Peugnet	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Fort Settlement Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock Kentucky Jam — Atwell	Angela Peugnet	Non Varsity	2	1
2018	Kerr HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Kilimanjaro — Silva Alan Lee Wood Splitter Fanfare — Balmages Brian	Cynthia King	Sub Non Varsity	1	2
2018	Madison High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Tanzun — Galliard/Fishburn/Luman Agincourt — Spata	Don Bustos	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Austin High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Kingsbridge March — Dyson/ To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages/	Carolyn Vandiver	Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Westlake High School OrchestraAAAAAA	Full Orchestra	American West — Shackelton/ Quest for the Grail — Mogensen/	Andrew Potter	Non Varsity	1	2
2016	Albright MSCCC	String Orchestra	Little Classic Suite (movement 1) Overture — Akers/ Colorado Suite (play one) (movement 3) Central City — Feese/	Timothy Patrick Sloan Sr	Varsity	1	1
2016	Clark Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Viva Los Conquistadores — Deborah Baker Monday Mechanisms — John Caponegro	Aline Moore	Varsity	1	1
2016	First Colony Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Sinfonia in D Major — Bach/Dackow Quintus — Clark/	Kelly Comfort	Varsity	2	1
2016	Lone Star High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (play mvt. 3) — Bach/Jasinski Contrasts in E minor for String Orchestra — Feese	Ross Owen	Varsity	2	1
2015	Harris MS (NEISD)CCC	String Orchestra	Celtic Roots — Traditional/Baird El Matador — Halferty/	Molly Turner	Varsity	1	1
2015	Paschal HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Tanzun — Galliard/Fishburn/Luman When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan	Dianne Babcock	Non Varsity	1	2
2015	The Woodlands College Park HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Mantras — Meyer/ Bold Venture — Daniels/	Peter Kempter	Non Varsity	1	1
2014	Albright MSCCC	String Orchestra	Cello Rondo — Daniels/ Colorado Suite (play one) III Central City — Feese/	T Patrick Sloan	Varsity	1	1
2013	Creekview High SchoolAAAA	String Orchestra	Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata Impravada — David Shaffer	Julie Blackstock	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2013	Klein High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac Simple Symphony (play one mvt) Frolicsome Finale — Britten/	Sarah Lopes	Non Varsity	1	1
2012	J. Frank Dobie High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Birch Bay Celebration — Meyer Night Beat — Daniels/	Alisa A. Pederson	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2011	Amarillo High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Danza — Nelhybel Fanfare and Frippery (play both) — Stephan	Nicacio Lopez	Non Varsity	3	2
2011	Berkner High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Slava! — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow Geometric Dances: Square Dance — Meyer	Janet Lattanzi	Non Varsity	1	1
2011	Creekwood MSCCC	String Orchestra	Mission Song San Xavier del Bac (harp opt) — Anon. or Trad./Gazda Korean Folk Song Variants - Arirang — Arr. Del Borgo	Ken Buck	Varsity	1	2
2011	Dulles Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	M to the Third Power — Nunez Gauntlet — Spata	Sally Tawfik	Non Varsity	2	1
2011	Klein High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Overture to the Wind — Moiser St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst	Keith Markuson	Non Varsity	1	1
2011	The Woodlands College Park HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (play mvt 1) — Bach/Isaac Dance Scenario — Del Borgo	Peter Kempter	Sub Non Varsity	3	2
2010	Albright MSCCC	String Orchestra	String Swing — Nunez Red River Rapids — Frost	T. Patrick Sloan	Varsity	1	1
2010	Lake Olympia/Quail Valley Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Sinfonia in A Minor — Telemann/Brown Variations on a Well-Known Sea Chanty — Stephan	Pat Prause	Varsity	1	1
2010	Lake Travis High SchoolAAAA	String Orchestra	Drifen — Atwell Bold Venture — Daniels	Anna Macias	Varsity	1	1
2009	Centennial High SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Funny Fiddlin' — Nunez The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier	Priscilla Holt	Varsity	1	2
2008	Alief Kerr HSAAAA	String Orchestra	Sinfonia in D Major — Heinichen/Kerr Sinfonia in G Major — Del Borgo	Marty Koran	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2008	Pasadena Memorial HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	March — Bach Arr. Clark Quintus — Clark	Stanley J. Oakes	Sub Non Varsity	1	2
2007	Berkner High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Mock Morris — Grainger/Dackow Contrasts in e minor — Feese	Janet Paderewski	Non Varsity	1	1
2007	Creekview High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Overture to The Messiah — Handel/Stoessel Themes from the New World Symphony — Dvorak/Gruselle	Jennie Fox	Non Varsity	1	1
2007	First Colony Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Fanfare & Frippery (play both) — Stephan Telemann Sinfonia — Telemann/Brown	Kelly Comfort	Non Varsity	1	1
2007	Hendrick Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Mantras — Meyer M To The Third Power — Nunez	Dennis Langevin	Varsity	1	1
2007	Rudder Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Stephan Valley of the Sun — Silva	Deana Johnson	Varsity	1	1
2006	Clements High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Largo from Golden Sonata — Purcell/Clarke M to the Third Power — Nunez	Penelope Meitz	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2006	Fort Settlement Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Telemann Sinfonia Paraphrase from Trio in A Minor — Telemann/Brown When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Stephan	Alisa Pederson	Non Varsity	1	1
2005	Aragon Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Concerto in D (play two mvts) — Vivaldi/Higgins Rondo from Sonatina in B Op.151 — Diabelli/Siennicki	Kronda Osby	Varsity	2	1

Bryan Adams High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Sean Burrows
Concert4SR3
Performed with
- Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda
- Perpetual Fiddle Motion — Balmages
College Park High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Emmanuel Coraza
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Cathode Rays — Gelfer
- Symphony No. 1 in D Major — Mahler/Dackow
Highland Park Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Shelby Dickey
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 — Bach/Issac
- Echelon — Kathryn Griesinger
Killough Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
David Hughes
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Midnight Tango — Pordon
- Spartacus — Balmages
William Brennan
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Armando Rivera
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Chanson and Noctourne — Meyer
- Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (6390) (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher
Round Rock High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Erin Keith
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese
- Agincourt — Doug Spata
Austin Academy
2021 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jane Samford
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- English Suite (play one mvt opt harp or piano) — Purcell/Fishburn
- Hyperdrive — Ralph Ford
College Park High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Peter Kempter
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- French Military March — Saint-Saens/Isaac
- Water Music Suite — Handel/Etling
Dulles High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Michael Isadore
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Wood Splitter Fanfare — Balmages
- Farandole (from L`Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Isaac
Benold Middle School
2020 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Katy Dane
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A La Media Noche — Arr. Bob Lipton
- The Dance of Iscariot (10181) — Mosier
Bowie Middle School
2020 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Fabian Saldana
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (10088) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
- Tales of the Kojiki (17657) (piano required) — Yamada
Lone Star High School
2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Ross Owen
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- North Country Legend — Mark Williams
- Allegro from Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor — Johann Christian Bach/Robert Mccashin
Albright MS
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Timothy Patrick Sloan Sr
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- String Swing — Carold Nunez
- Perpetual Fiddle Motion — Brian Balmages
Fort Settlement Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Angela Peugnet
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock
- Kentucky Jam — Atwell
Fort Settlement Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Angela Peugnet
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock
- Kentucky Jam — Atwell
Kerr HS
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Cynthia King
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Kilimanjaro — Silva Alan Lee
- Wood Splitter Fanfare — Balmages Brian
Madison High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Don Bustos
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Tanzun — Galliard/Fishburn/Luman
- Agincourt — Spata
Austin High School
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Carolyn Vandiver
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Kingsbridge March — Dyson/
- To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages/
Westlake High School Orchestra
2017 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Andrew Potter
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- American West — Shackelton/
- Quest for the Grail — Mogensen/
Albright MS
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Timothy Patrick Sloan Sr
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Little Classic Suite (movement 1) Overture — Akers/
- Colorado Suite (play one) (movement 3) Central City — Feese/
Clark Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Aline Moore
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Viva Los Conquistadores — Deborah Baker Monday
- Mechanisms — John Caponegro
First Colony Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Kelly Comfort
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Sinfonia in D Major — Bach/Dackow
- Quintus — Clark/
Lone Star High School
2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Ross Owen
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (play mvt. 3) — Bach/Jasinski
- Contrasts in E minor for String Orchestra — Feese
Harris MS (NEISD)
2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Molly Turner
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Celtic Roots — Traditional/Baird
- El Matador — Halferty/
Paschal HS
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Dianne Babcock
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Tanzun — Galliard/Fishburn/Luman
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan
The Woodlands College Park HS
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Peter Kempter
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Mantras — Meyer/
- Bold Venture — Daniels/
Albright MS
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
T Patrick Sloan
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Cello Rondo — Daniels/
- Colorado Suite (play one) III Central City — Feese/
Creekview High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Julie Blackstock
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata
- Impravada — David Shaffer
Klein High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Sarah Lopes
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac
- Simple Symphony (play one mvt) Frolicsome Finale — Britten/
J. Frank Dobie High School
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Alisa A. Pederson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A Birch Bay Celebration — Meyer
- Night Beat — Daniels/
Amarillo High School
2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Nicacio Lopez
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Danza — Nelhybel
- Fanfare and Frippery (play both) — Stephan
Berkner High School
2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Janet Lattanzi
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Slava! — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
- Geometric Dances: Square Dance — Meyer
Creekwood MS
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Ken Buck
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Mission Song San Xavier del Bac (harp opt) — Anon. or Trad./Gazda
- Korean Folk Song Variants - Arirang — Arr. Del Borgo
Dulles Middle School
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Sally Tawfik
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- M to the Third Power — Nunez
- Gauntlet — Spata
Klein High School
2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Keith Markuson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Overture to the Wind — Moiser
- St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst
The Woodlands College Park HS
2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Peter Kempter
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (play mvt 1) — Bach/Isaac
- Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
Albright MS
2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
T. Patrick Sloan
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- String Swing — Nunez
- Red River Rapids — Frost
Lake Olympia/Quail Valley Middle School
2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Pat Prause
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sinfonia in A Minor — Telemann/Brown
- Variations on a Well-Known Sea Chanty — Stephan
Lake Travis High School
2010 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity
Anna Macias
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Drifen — Atwell
- Bold Venture — Daniels
Centennial High School
2009 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Priscilla Holt
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Funny Fiddlin' — Nunez
- The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier
Alief Kerr HS
2008 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Marty Koran
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Sinfonia in D Major — Heinichen/Kerr
- Sinfonia in G Major — Del Borgo
Pasadena Memorial HS
2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Stanley J. Oakes
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- March — Bach Arr. Clark
- Quintus — Clark
Berkner High School
2007 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Janet Paderewski
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Mock Morris — Grainger/Dackow
- Contrasts in e minor — Feese
Creekview High School
2007 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Jennie Fox
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Overture to The Messiah — Handel/Stoessel
- Themes from the New World Symphony — Dvorak/Gruselle
First Colony Middle School
2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Kelly Comfort
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Fanfare & Frippery (play both) — Stephan
- Telemann Sinfonia — Telemann/Brown
Hendrick Middle School
2007 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Dennis Langevin
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Mantras — Meyer
- M To The Third Power — Nunez
Rudder Middle School
2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Deana Johnson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Stephan
- Valley of the Sun — Silva
Clements High School
2006 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Penelope Meitz
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Largo from Golden Sonata — Purcell/Clarke
- M to the Third Power — Nunez
Fort Settlement Middle School
2006 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Alisa Pederson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Telemann Sinfonia Paraphrase from Trio in A Minor — Telemann/Brown
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Stephan
Aragon Middle School
2005 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Kronda Osby
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Concerto in D (play two mvts) — Vivaldi/Higgins
- Rondo from Sonatina in B Op.151 — Diabelli/Siennicki

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