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All songsGrade 5 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 5(play one)(harp)Code 26057

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Gould · Chappell Music Company

Performances232007–2023
Schools17
Avg concert1.001 is best
Straight ones100%23 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 String Orchestra piece performed since 2007.

<1%of 4,216 performances

21 of this piece vs 4,195 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Seven Lakes HSavg 1.03×
  • Austin High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • McCallum High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Round Rock High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Westlake High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Berkner High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Bt Washington HSavg 1.01×
  • Canyon Vista Middle Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Concerto Grosso — GianniniGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus — Vaughan WilliamsGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Psalm and Fugue Op. 40a — HovhanessGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110) — ShostakovichGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • A Moorside Suite — HolstGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • A Night on Bald Mountain — MoussorgskyFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Allegro (From Concerto for Two Trumpets) — VivaldiGr 1 · avg 1.01×
  • Alleluia and Fugue — HovhanessGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 23 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2023Martin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (6643) — Vaughan Williams/Stone/
  • Souvenir de Florence IV. Allegro vivace — Tchaikovsky
Jamie OvalleVarsity11
2023McCallum High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Armenian Rhapsody No. 3 — Hovhaness
  • Octet in E Flat Major Movement 4 — Mendelssohn
Ricky PringleVarsity11
2022McCallum High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso: Movement 1 — Giannini
  • String Quartet # 3: Movement 3 — Shostakovich
Ricky PringleVarsity11
2019Canyon Vista Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Concerto for Four Violins in B minor Op. 3 No. 10 Movement I. Allegro — Vivaldi
  • Signs of Life II Movement I. Allegro — Peck
Ragan WhatleyVarsity11
2018Round Rock High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Kleine Serenade — Lars-Erik Larsson
  • Romance C Major Op. 42 — Sibelius
Sandra VandertulipVarsity11
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
  • Variations on a Theme by Tschaikowsky Op. 35 (play all) — Arensky/
Michael JackoVarsity11
2017Seven Lakes High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (III. Dance) — Carse/
  • The Enchanted Castle (from the Suite From the Middle Ages) (piano or harp required) — Glazunov/Starr
Colleen WhatleySub Non Varsity11
2017Seven Lakes HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite in F (Lady Radnor's Suite) (play one mvt)/ (I. Prelude) — Parry/
  • Danse sacrée et danse profane (II. Danse profane) — Debussy
Desiree OverreeVarsity11
2016Dulles High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (Serenade in C) (play one mvt)--Elegie — Tchaikovsky/
  • Three Olympians - Mvt. III - Ares — Peter Boyer
Michael IsadoreVarsity11
2016Seven Lakes JHCCCString Orchestra
  • Point Lookout — Balmages/
  • A Moorside Suite (mvt 1 or 3) — Holst/
Ragan WhatleyVarsity11
2015Austin High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Hebrides Overture — Mendelssohn
  • Sleeping Beauty Waltz No. 6 — Tschaikovsky
Carolyn VandiverVarsity11
2015Austin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Psalm and Fugue — Hovhaness
  • Music for Strings Percussion & Celeste — Bartok
Carolyn VandiverVarsity11
2015LBJ High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 (play one mvt) — Suk/
  • St. Paul Suite (4) — Holst/
Luzvic BackstromVarsity11
2015Westlake High School OrchestraAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite in E Major Op. 63 (play one) — Foote/
  • 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
Andrew PotterVarsity11
2012Round Rock High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso 'La Follia'(two contrasting mvts) — Geminiani/
  • I crisantemi — Puccini/Talmi
Sandra VandertulipVarsity11
2012Seven Lakes HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Toccata and Fugue in d minor — Bach/Stokowski
  • A Night on Bald Mountain — Sopkin
Desiree OverreeVarsity11
2012Seven Lakes HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade (V. Allegro Vivace) — Dohnanyi/Drew
  • Erotik — Grieg/Spicker
Desiree OverreeNon Varsity11
2011Westlake High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Psalm and Fugue Op. 40a (play both) — Hovhaness
  • Overture to The Messiah — Handel/Stoessel
James EdwardsVarsity11
2010Berkner High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus — Vaughan Williams/Stone
  • Por Una Cabeza — Gardel
Craig NeedhamVarsity11
2009Robinson Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) — Rutter
  • Styres' Rally — Alexander Safford
Mary HavenstriteVarsity11
2009Westlake High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Bach Cantata No. 99 — J.s. Bach/Wm. Pordon
  • Introduction and Allegro Op. 47 — Elgar
James EdwardsVarsity11
2007Elkins HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
  • Concerto in b minor for four violins 1st mv't — Vivaldi
Priscilla McGarVarsity11
2007Fort Bend: Austin HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Overture in c minor — Schubert
  • Alleluia & Fugue (play all) — Hovhaness
Carolyn VandiverVarsity11

  • Martin High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jamie Ovalle

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (6643) — Vaughan Williams/Stone/
    • Souvenir de Florence IV. Allegro vivace — Tchaikovsky

  • McCallum High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ricky Pringle

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Armenian Rhapsody No. 3 — Hovhaness
    • Octet in E Flat Major Movement 4 — Mendelssohn

  • McCallum High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ricky Pringle

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso: Movement 1 — Giannini
    • String Quartet # 3: Movement 3 — Shostakovich

  • Canyon Vista Middle School

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Ragan Whatley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto for Four Violins in B minor Op. 3 No. 10 Movement I. Allegro — Vivaldi
    • Signs of Life II Movement I. Allegro — Peck

  • Round Rock High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Sandra Vandertulip

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Kleine Serenade — Lars-Erik Larsson
    • Romance C Major Op. 42 — Sibelius

  • 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
    • Variations on a Theme by Tschaikowsky Op. 35 (play all) — Arensky/

  • Seven Lakes High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Colleen Whatley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (III. Dance) — Carse/
    • The Enchanted Castle (from the Suite From the Middle Ages) (piano or harp required) — Glazunov/Starr

  • Seven Lakes HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Desiree Overree

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite in F (Lady Radnor's Suite) (play one mvt)/ (I. Prelude) — Parry/
    • Danse sacrée et danse profane (II. Danse profane) — Debussy

  • Dulles High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (Serenade in C) (play one mvt)--Elegie — Tchaikovsky/
    • Three Olympians - Mvt. III - Ares — Peter Boyer

  • Seven Lakes JH

    2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Ragan Whatley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Point Lookout — Balmages/
    • A Moorside Suite (mvt 1 or 3) — Holst/

  • Austin High School

    2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Carolyn Vandiver

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Hebrides Overture — Mendelssohn
    • Sleeping Beauty Waltz No. 6 — Tschaikovsky

  • Austin High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Carolyn Vandiver

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Psalm and Fugue — Hovhaness
    • Music for Strings Percussion & Celeste — Bartok

  • LBJ High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Luzvic Backstrom

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 (play one mvt) — Suk/
    • St. Paul Suite (4) — Holst/

  • Westlake High School Orchestra

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Andrew Potter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite in E Major Op. 63 (play one) — Foote/
    • 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

  • Round Rock High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Sandra Vandertulip

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso 'La Follia'(two contrasting mvts) — Geminiani/
    • I crisantemi — Puccini/Talmi

  • Seven Lakes HS

    2012 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Desiree Overree

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Toccata and Fugue in d minor — Bach/Stokowski
    • A Night on Bald Mountain — Sopkin

  • Seven Lakes HS

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Desiree Overree

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade (V. Allegro Vivace) — Dohnanyi/Drew
    • Erotik — Grieg/Spicker

  • Westlake High School

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    James Edwards

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Psalm and Fugue Op. 40a (play both) — Hovhaness
    • Overture to The Messiah — Handel/Stoessel

  • Berkner High School

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Craig Needham

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus — Vaughan Williams/Stone
    • Por Una Cabeza — Gardel

  • Robinson Middle School

    2009 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Mary Havenstrite

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) — Rutter
    • Styres' Rally — Alexander Safford

  • Westlake High School

    2009 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    James Edwards

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Bach Cantata No. 99 — J.s. Bach/Wm. Pordon
    • Introduction and Allegro Op. 47 — Elgar

  • Elkins HS

    2007 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Priscilla McGar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
    • Concerto in b minor for four violins 1st mv't — Vivaldi

  • Fort Bend: Austin HS

    2007 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Carolyn Vandiver

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Overture in c minor — Schubert
    • Alleluia & Fugue (play all) — Hovhaness