Treble ChorusGrade 4(SSA) (accomp)Code 23081

Bright Is the Ring of Words

Vaughan Williams · arranged by Wagner · Roger Dean Publishing Company

Performances462005–2025

Schools43

Avg concert1.521 is best

Straight ones67%31 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 4 Treble Chorus piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 6,680 performances

42 of this piece vs 6,638 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Donna North High Schoolavg 1.02×
Tomball High Schoolavg 1.02×
Wakeland High Schoolavg 1.02×
Angleton High Schoolavg 1.01×
Bay City High Schoolavg 4.01×
Brazoswood HSavg 1.01×
Burleson High Schoolavg 1.01×
Clark High Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Dawn — DusonGr 4 · avg 1.03×
Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone — PorterfieldTenor-Bass Chorus · Gr 3 · avg 1.33×
Fire — GoetzeGr 3 · avg 1.02×
I Will Be Earth — WalkerGr 4 · avg 1.02×
Nachtlied — BeethovenGr 3 · avg 1.02×
O Clap Your Hands — KnowlesGr 3 · avg 2.02×
O Magnum Mysterium — RamosGr 3 · avg 1.02×
A Cappella Songs for Treble Chorus — Anon. or Trad.Gr 2 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 46 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2025	Kingwood HSAAAAAA	Treble Chorus	The Maiden's Farewell — Spevacek Spark of Light (SSA) (accomp) — Steffen	Penelope Campbell	Non Varsity	1	1
2024	Brazoswood HSAAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Fear No More The Heat O' The' Sun — White Lux Aeterna — Jones	Ruben Perez	Varsity	1	3
2024	Mc: Rowe HSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Mein Feinslieb (18298) (SSA) (a cappella) — Jeep/Leavitt Keep Your Lamps! (16337) (SSA) (conga drums) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Thomas	Joshua Watkins	Non Varsity	1	1
2023	Donna North High SchoolAAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Cantate Hodie (Sing Today) (16375) (SSA) (accomp) — Lightfoot O Magnum Mysterium (22015) (a cappella) — Ramos	Vicente Guerrero	Varsity	1	1
2023	Veterans Memorial High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	The Lord Bless You and Keep You (12197) (SA) (accomp) — Rutter O Magnum Mysterium (22015) (a cappella) — Ramos	Stanley Moody	Varsity	1	1
2023	Wakeland High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	And You Are Not Alone (12231) (SA) (a cappella) — Duson Beautiful Yet Truthful (12460) (accomp) — Pfautsch	Paul W. Bright	Varsity	1	1
2022	Poteet High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Dawn (from Songs Of Late Summer) (15582) (a cappella) — Baksa I Leave You With a Song (12420) (accomp) — Carter	Mitchell Washington	Varsity	1	1
2021	Tomball High SchoolAAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Nachtlied — Beethoven/Bertaux Hey Ho Nobody's Home — Gilpin	Lynn Brewer	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	O'Connor High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Dancing-Song (SSAAA) (a cappella) — Anon. or Trad./Kodaly Heimliche Liebe (from Four Songs for Three Voices) (German) (a cappella) — Brahms	Jeffrey Thames	Varsity	1	1
2019	R L Turner High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	And Miriam Sang (Shiru L'Adonai) — Highben I Will Be Earth (SSA) (accomp) — Walker	Evan Brown	Varsity	1	1
2018	Wakeland High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Dawn (from Songs Of Late Summer) (a cappella) — Baksa Shenandoah — Anon. or Trad./Vance	Paul Bright	Varsity	1	1
2017	El Dorado High SchoolAAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Den Tod Niemant Zwingen Kunnt — Bac/Kjelson Three Precious Gifts — Baksa	Sally Davis	Non Varsity	4	2
2016	Donna North High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	In monte Oliveti (from Two Motets) (Latin) — Martini/Mccray Shiru — Allan Naplan	Vicente Guerrero	Varsity	1	2
2016	Sunset High SchoolAAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Antiphonal Kyrie — Susan Thrift Deo Gracias (from Ceremony of Carols) — Britten	Adam Stanley	Varsity	1	3
2016	Weatherford High SchoolAAAAAA	Treble Chorus	How Can I Keep from Singing — Herrington O Clap Your Hands — Knowles	Ronnie M Chestnut Jr	Non Varsity	3	2
2015	Donna HSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Long Long Ago — Anon. or Trad./Leavitt She Sings (SSA) — Bernon/	Carlos D. Alfaro	Varsity	2	4
2015	Wylie High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Romance (SSA) — Debussy/Raines See the Gypsies (SSAA) — Anon. or Trad./Kodaly	William Witwer	Varsity	2	1
2014	Jefferson HSAAAA	Treble Chorus	The Lass from the Low Countree — Niles/Sheppard Adoramus Te Christe — Sebek	Ronnie Sanders	Varsity	1	2
2014	Katy HSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Longing — Crocker Ah! si mon moine voulait danser! — Patriquin	Jake Taylor	Varsity	1	1
2013	Del Rio High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	All Join Hands — Anon. or Trad./Crocker The Sky Is Crying on the Sea — Ruth Elaine Schram	Josue Gonzalez	Non Varsity	2	4
2013	Newman Smith High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	Bloom — Silvey Sehnsucht (from Four Songs for Three Voices) (German) — Brahms/	Robin Brockway	Varsity	1	1
2012	Marble Falls High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	Prepare Thyself Zion (SA) (keyboard) — Bach/Hirt Cantate Domino — Pitoni/Greyson	Bryce Gage	Varsity	3	4
2012	Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	O Follow Follow On! — Harris/Janequin Weep No More Sad Fountains — Butler	Jeremiah Drake	Non Varsity	2	1
2011	Burleson High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	Vere Languores Nostros (Latin) (opt soli) — Lotti/Greyson Life's Loveliness — Childs	Philip Glenn	Varsity	1	1
2011	Hendrickson High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	O Clap Your Hands (SSAA) — Knowles Hotaru Koi (Ho Firefly) (Japanese) — Anon. or Trad./Ogura	Kay Payton	Varsity	1	2
2011	J E Taylor HSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	El Jarabe Tapatio (Spanish) — Anon. or Trad./Noble How the Flowers Came — Eleanor Daley	Kristin Likos	Non Varsity	1	1
2011	Seagoville High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	My True Love Hath My Heart (SA) — Williams/Wimberly Heaven-Haven — Wagner	Vernon Carey	Varsity	3	5
2011	Sharyland HSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Goetze The Last Blue Rose — Parker & Courtney/Parker	Tim Watkins	Non Varsity	2	3
2010	Bay City High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	Gloria Festiva (Latin) — Crocker God is in His Temple — Davis	Kara Douglas	Varsity	4	4
2009	North Shore Sr HSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Nachtlied (German) — Beethoven/Bertaux Arise My Love (SSA) — Farnell	Adam Bendorf	Non Varsity	1	1
2009	Steele HS	Treble Chorus	I Thank You God (SA) (opt inst) — Burge How Brightly Shines the Morning Star (English or German) (SA) — Praetorius/Rao	Kathryn Dane	Varsity	2	4
2008	Donna High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	La Violette — Brumfield Psalm 100 (SSA) (two pianos or one piano & inst) — Clausen	Matias Garcia	Varsity	1	1
2008	Warren H.S.AAAAA	Treble Chorus	1. Over Hill Over Dale (from Songs From A Midsummer Night's Dream) — Hallstrom 4. Gesang aus Fingal (from Vier Gesange Op. 17) (German) (SSA) (horn & harp opt) — Brahms	Richard Myler	Varsity	1	1
2007	Angleton High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	Hoj Hura Hoj (O Mountain O) (SSAA soli) — Macha Fire — Goetze	Beth Casey	Varsity	1	1
2007	North Side High SchoolAAAA	Treble Chorus	O God of Love (SA) (flute or violin) — Gluck/Grundahl Musica Dei from An A Cappella Triptych* — Schram	Jessica Schemmel	Varsity	2	4
2007	Palo DuroAAAA	Treble Chorus	All Things Bight and Beautiful — Rutter A Flea and A fly in a Flue — Skolink	John W Zimmerman	Varsity	3	4
2007	Westlake High SchoolAAAAA	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone (TTB) — Porterfield Nkosi Sikelel? iAfrika — Sontonga/Larentz-Jones	Edward Snouffer	Non Varsity	1	1
2006	Clark High SchoolAAAAA	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Sing to the Lord — Crocker Sing Me a Song of a Lad That is Gone — Porterfield	Jaime Chase	Non Varsity	2	2
2006	Galena Park HSAAAA	Treble Chorus	Sunrise (from Four Sacred Songs for the Night) (Lauds) — Bright Tching-Tchinga-Ryah — Maddux	Daniel R. Ponce	Varsity	1	1
2006	John Tyler High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Agnus Dei (Latin) — Porterfield Go and Tell John (SSATB) — Pfautsch	Frank A. Watkins	Non Varsity	3	2
2006	Klein Oak High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Elegy — Dewitt Fire — Goetze	Dennis Boyter	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2006	Tomball High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	All That Hath Life & Breath Praise Ye the Lord! (Soprano solo) — Clausen/Weiler I will Be Earth — Walker	John Krystyniak	Varsity	1	1
2006	Vines High SchoolAAAAA	Tenor-Bass Chorus	Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone (TTB) — Porterfield Ave Maria (from Two Renaissance Chorals For Men) (TBB) — Arcadelt/Robinson	Jason Dove	Non Varsity	1	2
2006	West Mesquite HSAAAA	Treble Chorus	Dawn (from Songs Of Late Summer) — Baksa Come At Dawn My Beloved (from Three Spanish Ballads) — Butler	Paul W. Bright	Varsity	1	2
2005	Sandra Day O'Connor High SchoolAAAAA	Treble Chorus	Tristis est anima mea (from Two Motets) (Latin) — Martini/Mccray How Can I Keep From Singing? — Walker	Jennifer Zaccagni	Non Varsity	1	2
2005	Spring HSAAAAA	Treble Chorus	In Springtime — Stensaas Arirang (Korean) — Park	Denise Eaton / Amy Lewis / David Landgrebe	Non Varsity	1	1

Kingwood HS
2025 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Penelope Campbell
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Maiden's Farewell — Spevacek
- Spark of Light (SSA) (accomp) — Steffen
Brazoswood HS
2024 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Ruben Perez
Concert1SR3
Performed with
- Fear No More The Heat O' The' Sun — White
- Lux Aeterna — Jones
Mc: Rowe HS
2024 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Joshua Watkins
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Mein Feinslieb (18298) (SSA) (a cappella) — Jeep/Leavitt
- Keep Your Lamps! (16337) (SSA) (conga drums) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Thomas
Donna North High School
2023 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Vicente Guerrero
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Cantate Hodie (Sing Today) (16375) (SSA) (accomp) — Lightfoot
- O Magnum Mysterium (22015) (a cappella) — Ramos
Veterans Memorial High School
2023 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Stanley Moody
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Lord Bless You and Keep You (12197) (SA) (accomp) — Rutter
- O Magnum Mysterium (22015) (a cappella) — Ramos
Wakeland High School
2023 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Paul W. Bright
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- And You Are Not Alone (12231) (SA) (a cappella) — Duson
- Beautiful Yet Truthful (12460) (accomp) — Pfautsch
Poteet High School
2022 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Mitchell Washington
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Dawn (from Songs Of Late Summer) (15582) (a cappella) — Baksa
- I Leave You With a Song (12420) (accomp) — Carter
Tomball High School
2021 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Lynn Brewer
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Nachtlied — Beethoven/Bertaux
- Hey Ho Nobody's Home — Gilpin
O'Connor High School
2019 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Jeffrey Thames
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Dancing-Song (SSAAA) (a cappella) — Anon. or Trad./Kodaly
- Heimliche Liebe (from Four Songs for Three Voices) (German) (a cappella) — Brahms
R L Turner High School
2019 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Evan Brown
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- And Miriam Sang (Shiru L'Adonai) — Highben
- I Will Be Earth (SSA) (accomp) — Walker
Wakeland High School
2018 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Paul Bright
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Dawn (from Songs Of Late Summer) (a cappella) — Baksa
- Shenandoah — Anon. or Trad./Vance
El Dorado High School
2017 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Sally Davis
Concert4SR2
Performed with
- Den Tod Niemant Zwingen Kunnt — Bac/Kjelson
- Three Precious Gifts — Baksa
Donna North High School
2016 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Vicente Guerrero
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- In monte Oliveti (from Two Motets) (Latin) — Martini/Mccray
- Shiru — Allan Naplan
Sunset High School
2016 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Adam Stanley
Concert1SR3
Performed with
- Antiphonal Kyrie — Susan Thrift
- Deo Gracias (from Ceremony of Carols) — Britten
Weatherford High School
2016 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Ronnie M Chestnut Jr
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- How Can I Keep from Singing — Herrington
- O Clap Your Hands — Knowles
Donna HS
2015 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Carlos D. Alfaro
Concert2SR4
Performed with
- Long Long Ago — Anon. or Trad./Leavitt
- She Sings (SSA) — Bernon/
Wylie High School
2015 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
William Witwer
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Romance (SSA) — Debussy/Raines
- See the Gypsies (SSAA) — Anon. or Trad./Kodaly
Jefferson HS
2014 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Ronnie Sanders
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- The Lass from the Low Countree — Niles/Sheppard
- Adoramus Te Christe — Sebek
Katy HS
2014 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Jake Taylor
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Longing — Crocker
- Ah! si mon moine voulait danser! — Patriquin
Del Rio High School
2013 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Josue Gonzalez
Concert2SR4
Performed with
- All Join Hands — Anon. or Trad./Crocker
- The Sky Is Crying on the Sea — Ruth Elaine Schram
Newman Smith High School
2013 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Robin Brockway
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Bloom — Silvey
- Sehnsucht (from Four Songs for Three Voices) (German) — Brahms/
Marble Falls High School
2012 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Bryce Gage
Concert3SR4
Performed with
- Prepare Thyself Zion (SA) (keyboard) — Bach/Hirt
- Cantate Domino — Pitoni/Greyson
Theodore Roosevelt High School
2012 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Jeremiah Drake
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- O Follow Follow On! — Harris/Janequin
- Weep No More Sad Fountains — Butler
Burleson High School
2011 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Philip Glenn
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Vere Languores Nostros (Latin) (opt soli) — Lotti/Greyson
- Life's Loveliness — Childs
Hendrickson High School
2011 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Kay Payton
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- O Clap Your Hands (SSAA) — Knowles
- Hotaru Koi (Ho Firefly) (Japanese) — Anon. or Trad./Ogura
J E Taylor HS
2011 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Kristin Likos
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- El Jarabe Tapatio (Spanish) — Anon. or Trad./Noble
- How the Flowers Came — Eleanor Daley
Seagoville High School
2011 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Vernon Carey
Concert3SR5
Performed with
- My True Love Hath My Heart (SA) — Williams/Wimberly
- Heaven-Haven — Wagner
Sharyland HS
2011 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Tim Watkins
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Goetze
- The Last Blue Rose — Parker & Courtney/Parker
Bay City High School
2010 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Kara Douglas
Concert4SR4
Performed with
- Gloria Festiva (Latin) — Crocker
- God is in His Temple — Davis
North Shore Sr HS
2009 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Adam Bendorf
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Nachtlied (German) — Beethoven/Bertaux
- Arise My Love (SSA) — Farnell
Steele HS
2009 · Treble Chorus · Varsity
Kathryn Dane
Concert2SR4
Performed with
- I Thank You God (SA) (opt inst) — Burge
- How Brightly Shines the Morning Star (English or German) (SA) — Praetorius/Rao
Donna High School
2008 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Matias Garcia
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- La Violette — Brumfield
- Psalm 100 (SSA) (two pianos or one piano & inst) — Clausen
Warren H.S.
2008 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Richard Myler
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- 1. Over Hill Over Dale (from Songs From A Midsummer Night's Dream) — Hallstrom
- 4. Gesang aus Fingal (from Vier Gesange Op. 17) (German) (SSA) (horn & harp opt) — Brahms
Angleton High School
2007 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Beth Casey
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Hoj Hura Hoj (O Mountain O) (SSAA soli) — Macha
- Fire — Goetze
North Side High School
2007 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Jessica Schemmel
Concert2SR4
Performed with
- O God of Love (SA) (flute or violin) — Gluck/Grundahl
- Musica Dei from An A Cappella Triptych* — Schram
Palo Duro
2007 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
John W Zimmerman
Concert3SR4
Performed with
- All Things Bight and Beautiful — Rutter
- A Flea and A fly in a Flue — Skolink
Westlake High School
2007 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Edward Snouffer
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone (TTB) — Porterfield
- Nkosi Sikelel? iAfrika — Sontonga/Larentz-Jones
Clark High School
2006 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Jaime Chase
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Sing to the Lord — Crocker
- Sing Me a Song of a Lad That is Gone — Porterfield
Galena Park HS
2006 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Daniel R. Ponce
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sunrise (from Four Sacred Songs for the Night) (Lauds) — Bright
- Tching-Tchinga-Ryah — Maddux
John Tyler High School
2006 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Frank A. Watkins
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Agnus Dei (Latin) — Porterfield
- Go and Tell John (SSATB) — Pfautsch
Klein Oak High School
2006 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Dennis Boyter
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Elegy — Dewitt
- Fire — Goetze
Tomball High School
2006 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
John Krystyniak
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- All That Hath Life & Breath Praise Ye the Lord! (Soprano solo) — Clausen/Weiler
- I will Be Earth — Walker
Vines High School
2006 · Tenor-Bass Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Jason Dove
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Sing Me a Song of a Lad That Is Gone (TTB) — Porterfield
- Ave Maria (from Two Renaissance Chorals For Men) (TBB) — Arcadelt/Robinson
West Mesquite HS
2006 · Treble Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Paul W. Bright
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Dawn (from Songs Of Late Summer) — Baksa
- Come At Dawn My Beloved (from Three Spanish Ballads) — Butler
Sandra Day O'Connor High School
2005 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Jennifer Zaccagni
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Tristis est anima mea (from Two Motets) (Latin) — Martini/Mccray
- How Can I Keep From Singing? — Walker
Spring HS
2005 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Denise Eaton / Amy Lewis / David Landgrebe
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- In Springtime — Stensaas
- Arirang (Korean) — Park

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