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Variations on a Theme by Tschaikowsky, Op. 35

Arensky · Edwin F. Kalmus

Performances352005–2026
Schools30
Avg concert1.231 is best
Straight ones83%29 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.

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Share of its category

Against every grade 5 String Orchestra piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 4,478 performances

35 of this piece vs 4,443 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Memorial High Schoolavg 1.04×
  • Johnson HSavg 1.33×
  • Abilene HSavg 2.01×
  • Adams JHavg 1.01×
  • Beck Junior Highavg 1.01×
  • Brandeis High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Braswell High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Brazoswood High Schoolavg 3.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — BlochGr 5 · avg 1.03×
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues — BachGr 4 · avg 1.03×
  • Suite for Strings — RutterGr 5 · avg 1.03×
  • Farandole (From L'arlesienne Suite No. 2) — BizetGr 3 · avg 2.02×
  • Mock Morris — GraingerGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (Serenade in C) — TchaikovskyGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Adagio for Strings — BarberGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Arabian Dreams — NewboldGr 4 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 35 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Abilene HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Intrada — Balmages
  • M to the Third Power — Nunez
Thomas RobertsNon Varsity22
2025Braswell High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Perseus — Newbold
  • Libertango — Piazzolla arr. Kazik
Nicole LaborteVarsity21
2024Adams JHCCCString Orchestra
  • String Chatter — Daniels
  • 'Jupiter' from The Planets — Holst/Monday
Nicole McNealNon Varsity11
2023Churchill HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (6495) (play one complete Prelude and Fugue) — Bach/Russ
  • North Star to Freedom (18318) — Newbold
Jason ThibodeauxNon Varsity11
2022Flower Mound High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings Op.1: Praludium — Nielsen
  • Suite Concertante for String Orchestra: Toccata La Rocca — Reed
Stephen ClinkNon Varsity11
2021O'Connor High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Dos Miniaturas Andaluzas — Rodrigo
  • Brooke Green Suite Mvt. 3 Dance — Holst
Brenda JohnsonVarsity11
2020Northwest High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Ase's Death (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) (6523) — Grieg
  • Suite for Strings (15995) (play mvt. 1 or 4)(Mvt. 4) — Rutter
Aaron GemoetsVarsity11
2019Beck Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • Reverie — Corigliano
  • Arabian Dreams — Newbold
Barbara NelsenVarsity11
2019Brazoswood High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss — Holsinger
  • Farandole (from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Isaac
Matthew CoopermanNon Varsity31
2019Johnson HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for String Orchestra 1st movement — Janacek
  • Prelude for String Orchestra — Finzi
Karen GeorgeVarsity11
2019Memorial High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Journey — Butz
  • Agincourt — Spata
Danielle ProntkaNon Varsity11
2018Brandeis High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips
  • Libertango — Piazzolla/Kazik
Kevin Garcia-HettingerNon Varsity11
2018Dulles High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite in F (Lady Radnor's Suite) (play one mvt)/--III. Sarabande & VI. Gigue — Parry
  • Suite For Lower Strings: Mvts. IV & I — Arr. Clarice Assad
Michael IsadoreVarsity11
2018John MarshallAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Two Persuasions (II. Allegro Molto) — Robert Frost
  • 'Angelus' from Annees de pelerinage III S.163 — Liszt
John ThorntonVarsity11
2017Bt Washington HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (play mvt 2 3 4 or 5) (mvt 1 may be added to mvt 2 but not required) — Shostakovich/Drew
  • Spirituals for Strings (play one)(harp) — Gould/
Michael JackoVarsity11
2017College Park High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Night Beat — Daniels/
  • Legend Op. 59 No. 6 (harp required) — Dvorak/Sieving
Peter KempterVarsity11
2017South Houston HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphonia de Nativitate-1759 (play any 2 mvts.) — Anon. or Trad./Blahnik
  • Hopak (from The Fair at Sorochinsk) — Moussorgsky/Issac
Ovidiu ManolacheVarsity22
2017The Woodlands HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Elegie for Strings — Tchaikovsky
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato Mvt. 4 — Bloch/
Aaron T. MichaelsonVarsity12
2016Garland HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (No. 2) — Bach/Russ
  • Suite for Strings (Mvmt 1) — Rutter
Brian PeacockVarsity12
2016Manor High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Classical Symphony (play Finale) — Prokovfiev/Gruselle
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac
Paula SoloffVarsity33
2015Coronado High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — Bloch
  • Melodia en La Menor Canto de Octubre — Piazzolla
Ida SteadmanVarsity11
2014Cy-Fair High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato (play one mvt) (mvt 1) — Bloch/
  • A Gaelic Overture — David O'fallon
Kevin RayVarsity11
2014John Marshall High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Musetta's Waltz Song — Puccini/Mcleod
  • Concerto for Four Violins in B minor Opus 3 No. 10 (Mvmts 1 & 2) — Vivaldi
John ThorntonVarsity11
2014Memorial High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Yorkshire Ballad — Barnes/
  • To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages/
Danielle ProntkaNon Varsity11
2014Plano East Senior HighAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Spanish Dance — Shostakovich
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 Finale — Tschaikowsky
Betsy ThomasVarsity11
2013Cinco Ranch High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brevard Sketches — Del Borgo/
  • Preludio — Whear/
Brett NelsenNon Varsity11
2013Johnson HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings 1st movmt — Rutter/
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 1st movmt — Suk/
Karen GeorgeVarsity11
2013Stratford High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Mock Morris — Grainger/Dackow
  • Farandole (from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Isaac
Barbara NelsenNon Varsity11
2012Denton High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto in G Major for Viola (play two contrasting mvts) — Telemann/Matesky
  • Egmont Overture — Mccashin/Beethoven
Tanya SchwochVarsity11
2012Jasper High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) Mvts 1 & 5 — Grieg/
  • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Finale) — Carse/
Ruth KurtisNon Varsity11
2012Salyards Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Autumn (from The Four Seasons) — Vivaldi/Meyer
  • Lewis and Clark — Brent Smith
Glynnes LanthierNon Varsity11
2011Plano Senior High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Holberg Suite Praelude — Edvard Grieg
  • Adagio for Strings — Barber
Stefanie HayesVarsity11
2010Memorial High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Nocturne — Hofeldt
  • Mock Morris — Grainger/Dackow
Danielle ProntkaNon Varsity11
2009Johnson HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3- mvt 2 — Bach/Isaac
  • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
Karen GeorgeNon Varsity21
2005Memorial High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concertino 2 (play two contrasting mvts) — Ricciotti
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fuges #1 — Bach/Russ
Bingiee ShiuNon Varsity11

  • Abilene HS

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Thomas Roberts

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Intrada — Balmages
    • M to the Third Power — Nunez

  • Braswell High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Nicole Laborte

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Perseus — Newbold
    • Libertango — Piazzolla arr. Kazik

  • Adams JH

    2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Nicole McNeal

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • String Chatter — Daniels
    • 'Jupiter' from The Planets — Holst/Monday

  • Churchill HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jason Thibodeaux

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (6495) (play one complete Prelude and Fugue) — Bach/Russ
    • North Star to Freedom (18318) — Newbold

  • Flower Mound High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Stephen Clink

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings Op.1: Praludium — Nielsen
    • Suite Concertante for String Orchestra: Toccata La Rocca — Reed

  • O'Connor High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Brenda Johnson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dos Miniaturas Andaluzas — Rodrigo
    • Brooke Green Suite Mvt. 3 Dance — Holst

  • Northwest High School

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Aaron Gemoets

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Ase's Death (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) (6523) — Grieg
    • Suite for Strings (15995) (play mvt. 1 or 4)(Mvt. 4) — Rutter

  • Beck Junior High

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Barbara Nelsen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Reverie — Corigliano
    • Arabian Dreams — Newbold

  • Brazoswood High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Matthew Cooperman

    Concert3SR1

    Performed with

    • On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss — Holsinger
    • Farandole (from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Isaac

  • Johnson HS

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Karen George

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for String Orchestra 1st movement — Janacek
    • Prelude for String Orchestra — Finzi

  • Memorial High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Danielle Prontka

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Journey — Butz
    • Agincourt — Spata

  • Brandeis High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Kevin Garcia-Hettinger

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips
    • Libertango — Piazzolla/Kazik

  • Dulles High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite in F (Lady Radnor's Suite) (play one mvt)/--III. Sarabande & VI. Gigue — Parry
    • Suite For Lower Strings: Mvts. IV & I — Arr. Clarice Assad

  • John Marshall

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    John Thornton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Two Persuasions (II. Allegro Molto) — Robert Frost
    • 'Angelus' from Annees de pelerinage III S.163 — Liszt

  • Bt Washington HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Jacko

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (play mvt 2 3 4 or 5) (mvt 1 may be added to mvt 2 but not required) — Shostakovich/Drew
    • Spirituals for Strings (play one)(harp) — Gould/

  • College Park High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Peter Kempter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Night Beat — Daniels/
    • Legend Op. 59 No. 6 (harp required) — Dvorak/Sieving

  • South Houston HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Ovidiu Manolache

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Symphonia de Nativitate-1759 (play any 2 mvts.) — Anon. or Trad./Blahnik
    • Hopak (from The Fair at Sorochinsk) — Moussorgsky/Issac

  • The Woodlands HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Aaron T. Michaelson

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Elegie for Strings — Tchaikovsky
    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato Mvt. 4 — Bloch/

  • Garland HS

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Brian Peacock

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (No. 2) — Bach/Russ
    • Suite for Strings (Mvmt 1) — Rutter

  • Manor High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Paula Soloff

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • Classical Symphony (play Finale) — Prokovfiev/Gruselle
    • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac

  • Coronado High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Ida Steadman

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — Bloch
    • Melodia en La Menor Canto de Octubre — Piazzolla

  • Cy-Fair High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Kevin Ray

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato (play one mvt) (mvt 1) — Bloch/
    • A Gaelic Overture — David O'fallon

  • John Marshall High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    John Thornton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Musetta's Waltz Song — Puccini/Mcleod
    • Concerto for Four Violins in B minor Opus 3 No. 10 (Mvmts 1 & 2) — Vivaldi

  • Memorial High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Danielle Prontka

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Yorkshire Ballad — Barnes/
    • To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages/

  • Plano East Senior High

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Betsy Thomas

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Spanish Dance — Shostakovich
    • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 Finale — Tschaikowsky

  • Cinco Ranch High School

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Brett Nelsen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Brevard Sketches — Del Borgo/
    • Preludio — Whear/

  • Johnson HS

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Karen George

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings 1st movmt — Rutter/
    • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 1st movmt — Suk/

  • Stratford High School

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Barbara Nelsen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Mock Morris — Grainger/Dackow
    • Farandole (from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Isaac

  • Denton High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Tanya Schwoch

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto in G Major for Viola (play two contrasting mvts) — Telemann/Matesky
    • Egmont Overture — Mccashin/Beethoven

  • Jasper High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Ruth Kurtis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) Mvts 1 & 5 — Grieg/
    • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Finale) — Carse/

  • Salyards Middle School

    2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Glynnes Lanthier

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Autumn (from The Four Seasons) — Vivaldi/Meyer
    • Lewis and Clark — Brent Smith

  • Plano Senior High School

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Stefanie Hayes

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Holberg Suite Praelude — Edvard Grieg
    • Adagio for Strings — Barber

  • Memorial High School

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Danielle Prontka

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Nocturne — Hofeldt
    • Mock Morris — Grainger/Dackow

  • Johnson HS

    2009 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Karen George

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3- mvt 2 — Bach/Isaac
    • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan

  • Memorial High School

    2005 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Bingiee Shiu

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concertino 2 (play two contrasting mvts) — Ricciotti
    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fuges #1 — Bach/Russ