Mixed ChorusGrade 5(SSATB) (a cappella)Code 21656

To Shorten Winter's Sadness

Weelkes · J&W Chester, Ltd. [Chester Book of Madrigals, Book 04]

Performances42008–2025

Schools4

Avg concert2.001 is best

Straight ones25%1 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 5 Mixed Chorus piece performed since 2008.

<1%of 4,681 performances

3 of this piece vs 4,678 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Carroll Senior High Schoolavg 2.01×
Nimitz High Schoolavg 2.01×
O'Connor High Schoolavg 1.01×
South Houstonavg 3.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Frostiana — ThompsonGr 4 · avg 2.01×
Jubilate Deo — AngleaGr 4 · avg 2.01×
Nigra Sum — CasalsTreble Chorus · Gr 4 · avg 2.01×
Ride on, King Jesus! — Anon. or Trad.Gr 4 · avg 1.01×
Senex Puerum — ByrdGr 4 · avg 3.01×
Waters Ripple and Flow — Anon. or Trad.Treble Chorus · Gr 5 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 4 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2025	Carroll Senior High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Frostiana (SATB) (opt instruments) (sing Choose Something Like a Star OR The Road Not Taken) (accomp) — Thompson Jubilate Deo — PETER ANGLEA	Jen Randall	Varsity	2	2
2018	O'Connor High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Help Us O Lord — Copland Ride On King Jesus! (SATB div) (a cappella) — Anon. or Trad./Shaw/Parker	Jeffrey Thames	Varsity	1	1
2009	Nimitz High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Waters Ripple and Flow (sop alto soli) — Anon. or Trad./Taylor Nigra Sum (Latin) — Casals	Robert Jones	Varsity	2	2
2008	South HoustonAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Senex Puerum — Byrd 'I Have a Dream ' Melody — Patterson	David Patterson	Varsity	3	2

Carroll Senior High School
2025 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Jen Randall
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Frostiana (SATB) (opt instruments) (sing Choose Something Like a Star OR The Road Not Taken) (accomp) — Thompson
- Jubilate Deo — PETER ANGLEA
O'Connor High School
2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Jeffrey Thames
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Help Us O Lord — Copland
- Ride On King Jesus! (SATB div) (a cappella) — Anon. or Trad./Shaw/Parker
Nimitz High School
2009 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Robert Jones
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Waters Ripple and Flow (sop alto soli) — Anon. or Trad./Taylor
- Nigra Sum (Latin) — Casals
South Houston
2008 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
David Patterson
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Senex Puerum — Byrd
- 'I Have a Dream ' Melody — Patterson

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