Mixed ChorusGrade 5(SATB) (sop, tenor, bass soli) (opt orchestra) (accomp)Code 27568

The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God

Haydn · arranged by Rutter · Oxford University Press [from The Creation]

Re-graded from 4 to 5 — UIL considers it harder than it used to. The change happened sometime between the 2019 and 2025-2026 lists — those are the only two editions on record, so the exact year is unknown.

Performances182005–2025

Schools18

Avg concert1.391 is best

Straight ones61%11 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 2005.

<1%of 5,293 performances

15 of this piece vs 5,278 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Boerne High Schoolavg 1.01×
Central High Schoolavg 1.01×
Coppell High Schoolavg 1.01×
Coronado High Schoolavg 1.01×
Dulles High Schoolavg 1.01×
Foster High Schoolavg 1.01×
Homer Hanna Early College High Schoolavg 1.01×
Lake Dallas Middle Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Bin-Nam-Ma (Lluvia Larga - Endless Rain) — GrauGr 5 · avg 1.52×
A Ce Joli Mois — JannequinGr 5 · avg 2.01×
Andenken — MendelssohnGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Ave Verum Corpus — MozartGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Blackbird's Courting Song (From Folk Song Trilogy) — Anon. or Trad.Gr 4 · avg 1.01×
Cantate Domino — CobbTreble Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 2.01×
Daemon Irrepit Callidus — OrbanGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Dirait-On (From les Chansons des Roses) — LauridsenGr 4 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 18 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2025	Foster High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Lux Aeterna (SSATB) (a cappella) — Eenvalds Ai nama mamina — Andrejs jansons	Jason Carson	Varsity	1	1
2023	Lake Ridge High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Andenken (11862) — Mendelssohn/Richter/Banner New Moon (from Three by Langston) — Gordon	Philip Glenn	Varsity	1	1
2022	Coronado High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Blackbirds Courting Song (from Folk Song Trilogy) (15086) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Mabry How Can I Keep From Singing (18254) (SATB) (divisi w/ descant) (a cappella) — Lowry/Thomas	John Clay Vandertulip	Varsity	1	1
2018	Homer Hanna Early College High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	If Music Be the Food of Love — Dickau Daemon Irrepit Callidus — Orban	Travis Carie	Varsity	1	1
2018	Tuloso-Midway HSAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren (German) (keyboard) (accomp) — Brahms/Klein Ubi caritas (SATTBB) (Latin) (a cappella) — Durufle	Guadalupe Rivera Jr. DMA	Varsity	1	1
2017	Lake Dallas Middle SchoolCC	Treble Chorus	Dance Boatmen Dance — Scott Zum Gali Gali — Terri	Nancy Todd	Non Varsity	2	2
2015	Central High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	O Vos Omnes (Is It Nothing To You?) (Latin) — Vittoria/Klein Flower of Beauty (SATB div) — Clements/	Landon Gilmore	Varsity	1	2
2014	Shepton High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Hymn and Fuguing Tune on Middlebury — Laplante/ Echoes of Bartok — Bartok/Cummings	Joshua Thompson	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2011	Stratford High SchoolAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Dirait-On (from Les Chansons des Roses) (SATBB) (French) — Lauridsen Shenandoah — James Erb	Peter Steinmetz	Varsity	1	1
2011	Westbrook IntermediateCCC	Mixed Chorus	Kyrie — Porterfield Follow the River — Wheeler	Carolyn M. Barksdale	Varsity	2	1
2010	Dulles High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Ave Verum Corpus — W.a. Mozart Go Lovely Rose — Eric Whitacre	Courtney Vanderbeck	Varsity	1	1
2009	Paschal High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Lamentations of Jeremiah — Stroope Bin-Nam-Ma (Lluvia Larga - Endless Rain) (SATB divisi) — Grau/Guinand	Jolene Webster	Varsity	2	2
2008	Westside HSAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Melodies Steal into My Heart — Dvorak/Zipper Go and Tell John (SSATB) — Pfautsch	Jason A. Carson	Non Varsity	1	1
2006	The Colony HSAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	A ce Joli Mois (French) — Jannequin The Moon is Distant from the Sea — David N. Childs	Margaret E. Miller	Varsity	2	2
2006	Tison MSCC	Treble Chorus	Cantate Domino — Cobb When Jesus Wept (4-part) — Billings/Terri	Kathi Richards	Varsity	2	3
2005	Boerne High SchoolAAAA	Mixed Chorus	And the Night Shall Be Filled With Music — Gilpin With a Voice of Singing — Jennings	Steve Davis	Varsity	1	1
2005	Coppell High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	The Promised Land — Staheli Bin-Nam-Ma (Lluvia Larga - Endless Rain) (SATB divisi) — Grau/Guinand	Jolene Webster	Varsity	1	1
2005	Lincoln High SchoolAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Lord make me an instrument — Wilcocks Amazing Grace — Valerio/Buechner	Gloria Thompson	Varsity	2	5

Foster High School
2025 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Jason Carson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Lux Aeterna (SSATB) (a cappella) — Eenvalds
- Ai nama mamina — Andrejs jansons
Lake Ridge High School
2023 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Philip Glenn
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Andenken (11862) — Mendelssohn/Richter/Banner
- New Moon (from Three by Langston) — Gordon
Coronado High School
2022 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
John Clay Vandertulip
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Blackbirds Courting Song (from Folk Song Trilogy) (15086) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Mabry
- How Can I Keep From Singing (18254) (SATB) (divisi w/ descant) (a cappella) — Lowry/Thomas
Homer Hanna Early College High School
2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Travis Carie
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- If Music Be the Food of Love — Dickau
- Daemon Irrepit Callidus — Orban
Tuloso-Midway HS
2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Guadalupe Rivera Jr. DMA
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren (German) (keyboard) (accomp) — Brahms/Klein
- Ubi caritas (SATTBB) (Latin) (a cappella) — Durufle
Lake Dallas Middle School
2017 · Treble Chorus · CC · Non Varsity
Nancy Todd
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Dance Boatmen Dance — Scott
- Zum Gali Gali — Terri
Central High School
2015 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Landon Gilmore
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- O Vos Omnes (Is It Nothing To You?) (Latin) — Vittoria/Klein
- Flower of Beauty (SATB div) — Clements/
Shepton High School
2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Joshua Thompson
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Hymn and Fuguing Tune on Middlebury — Laplante/
- Echoes of Bartok — Bartok/Cummings
Stratford High School
2011 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Peter Steinmetz
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Dirait-On (from Les Chansons des Roses) (SATBB) (French) — Lauridsen
- Shenandoah — James Erb
Westbrook Intermediate
2011 · Mixed Chorus · CCC · Varsity
Carolyn M. Barksdale
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Kyrie — Porterfield
- Follow the River — Wheeler
Dulles High School
2010 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Courtney Vanderbeck
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Ave Verum Corpus — W.a. Mozart
- Go Lovely Rose — Eric Whitacre
Paschal High School
2009 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Jolene Webster
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Lamentations of Jeremiah — Stroope
- Bin-Nam-Ma (Lluvia Larga - Endless Rain) (SATB divisi) — Grau/Guinand
Westside HS
2008 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Jason A. Carson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Melodies Steal into My Heart — Dvorak/Zipper
- Go and Tell John (SSATB) — Pfautsch
The Colony HS
2006 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Margaret E. Miller
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- A ce Joli Mois (French) — Jannequin
- The Moon is Distant from the Sea — David N. Childs
Tison MS
2006 · Treble Chorus · CC · Varsity
Kathi Richards
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Cantate Domino — Cobb
- When Jesus Wept (4-part) — Billings/Terri
Boerne High School
2005 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Steve Davis
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- And the Night Shall Be Filled With Music — Gilpin
- With a Voice of Singing — Jennings
Coppell High School
2005 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Jolene Webster
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Promised Land — Staheli
- Bin-Nam-Ma (Lluvia Larga - Endless Rain) (SATB divisi) — Grau/Guinand
Lincoln High School
2005 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity
Gloria Thompson
Concert2SR5
Performed with
- Lord make me an instrument — Wilcocks
- Amazing Grace — Valerio/Buechner

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