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Concert BandGrade 2Code 28199

Chorale Prelude - for the Beauty of the Earth

Colquitt · Twin Towers Music Publications

Re-graded from 1 to 2 — 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.
Performances102008–2014
Schools10
Avg concert2.001 is best
Straight ones40%4 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 2 Concert Band piece performed since 2008.

<1%of 29,934 performances

10 of this piece vs 29,924 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Alba-Golden I.S.D.avg 3.01×
  • DeSoto West Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Floydada High Schoolavg 4.01×
  • Gatesville Junior Highavg 3.01×
  • Hooks ISDavg 1.01×
  • Kelly Lane Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Killeen Combined MSavg 2.01×
  • Lowell MSavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • A Sailor's Odyssey — BobrowitzGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Catch the Wind — HannickelGr 2 · avg 3.01×
  • Contempo — StoryGr 2 · avg 2.01×
  • Declaration Overture — SmithGr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Japanese Festival — HilliardGr 2 · avg 3.01×
  • Joy — TicheliGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Sparks — BalmagesGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Two Irish Sketches — BlackGr 3 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 10 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2014Lowell MSCCConcert Band
  • Honor Roll March — John Edmondson
  • Wind Storm — John O'reilly
Ken JuryVarsity21
2014Quitman High SchoolAAConcert Band
  • The Golden Vanity — Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Declaration Overture — Smith/
Tim SchodowskiVarsity22
2012Hooks ISDCConcert Band
  • Prestissimo — King/Swearingen
  • Joy — Ticheli/
T.Jon KellyVarsity11
2012New Boston High SchoolAAConcert Band
  • The Trombone King — K.l. King
  • A Sailor's Odyssey — Bobrowitz/
Margie ManningVarsity11
2011DeSoto West Middle SchoolCCConcert Band
  • Sparks — Balmages
  • The Golden Vanity — Vaughan Williams/Wagner
Ryan DeLaGarzaVarsity11
2010Gatesville Junior HighCCConcert Band
  • Monterey March — Laplante
  • Japanese Festival — Hilliard
Brian PlaceNon Varsity31
2010Killeen Combined MSCCConcert Band
  • Excelsior (Concert March) — William Owens
  • Contempo — Michael Story
Bruce PetersonVarsity22
2009Floydada High SchoolAAConcert Band
  • La Pequena Marcha Espanola — Fred Oldencott
  • Under An Irish Sky — Neeck
Brian PlaceVarsity43
2008Alba-Golden I.S.D.AAConcert Band
  • Catch The Wind — Hannickel
  • Quality Plus — Jewell/Longfield
Mitch BoeckmanVarsity32
2008Kelly Lane Middle SchoolCCConcert Band
  • Dalarna Shuffle — Dawson
  • Two Irish Sketches (1st and 2nd Mvts.) — Black
Kurt MoedeVarsity11

  • Lowell MS

    2014 · Concert Band · CC · Varsity

    Ken Jury

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Honor Roll March — John Edmondson
    • Wind Storm — John O'reilly

  • Quitman High School

    2014 · Concert Band · AA · Varsity

    Tim Schodowski

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • The Golden Vanity — Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • Declaration Overture — Smith/

  • Hooks ISD

    2012 · Concert Band · C · Varsity

    T.Jon Kelly

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Prestissimo — King/Swearingen
    • Joy — Ticheli/

  • New Boston High School

    2012 · Concert Band · AA · Varsity

    Margie Manning

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Trombone King — K.l. King
    • A Sailor's Odyssey — Bobrowitz/

  • DeSoto West Middle School

    2011 · Concert Band · CC · Varsity

    Ryan DeLaGarza

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sparks — Balmages
    • The Golden Vanity — Vaughan Williams/Wagner

  • Gatesville Junior High

    2010 · Concert Band · CC · Non Varsity

    Brian Place

    Concert3SR1

    Performed with

    • Monterey March — Laplante
    • Japanese Festival — Hilliard

  • Killeen Combined MS

    2010 · Concert Band · CC · Varsity

    Bruce Peterson

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Excelsior (Concert March) — William Owens
    • Contempo — Michael Story

  • Floydada High School

    2009 · Concert Band · AA · Varsity

    Brian Place

    Concert4SR3

    Performed with

    • La Pequena Marcha Espanola — Fred Oldencott
    • Under An Irish Sky — Neeck

  • Alba-Golden I.S.D.

    2008 · Concert Band · AA · Varsity

    Mitch Boeckman

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Catch The Wind — Hannickel
    • Quality Plus — Jewell/Longfield

  • Kelly Lane Middle School

    2008 · Concert Band · CC · Varsity

    Kurt Moede

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dalarna Shuffle — Dawson
    • Two Irish Sketches (1st and 2nd Mvts.) — Black