String OrchestraGrade 2Code 28312

Painted Desert

Mcginty · arranged by Mullins · Queenwood Publications

Performances492009–2026

Schools44

Avg concert1.631 is best

Straight ones49%24 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 String Orchestra piece performed since 2009.

<1%of 12,783 performances

48 of this piece vs 12,735 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Austin Academy avg 1.33×
El Dorado High Schoolavg 2.02×
Riverside Middle Schoolavg 2.02×
Strack Int.avg 1.02×
Ann Richards High Schoolavg 2.01×
Bowman Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
Brazoswood High Schoolavg 3.01×
Carter Junior Highavg 3.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Avatar — SpataGr 2 · avg 1.34×
North Star to Freedom — NewboldGr 3 · avg 2.33×
A Modal Festival — MarshGr 2 · avg 1.52×
Contredanse — ClarkGr 2 · avg 2.02×
Crossing Pirates' Cove — MondayGr 2 · avg 1.52×
Crusader — SpataGr 2 · avg 1.52×
Honor and Glory — NewboldGr 1 · avg 2.02×
Hornpipe (From Water Music) — HandelGr 2 · avg 1.02×

Performances

All 49 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Pike Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Velocity — Balmages Sword Dance — Arbeau/Phillips	Anna Shiro	Varsity	1	1
2025	J.M. Hanks Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Kuusamo — Claudio Ordaz Variations on a Well-Known Sea Chanty — Stephan	Osvaldo Altamirano	Varsity	1	1
2023	Lubbock High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Las Mariposas Exoticas (10080) — Spata Echoes of Bartok (17672) — Bartok/Cummings	Alejos Anaya	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2023	Trent Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Crossing Pirates Cove (15922) — Monday Age of Heroes — Woolstenhulme	Shelly Phillips	Varsity	1	1
2022	Sherman High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Ships of Ireland — Newbold Modus a 4 — Atwell	Michael Moore	Non Varsity	2	1
2020	Navo Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Salisbury Overture (6298) — Mcquilkin Folk Festival (19501) — O'reilly	Sarah Dominguez	Varsity	2	2
2019	Hirschi HSAAAA	String Orchestra	Perpetual Fiddle Motion — Brian Balmanges Concerto in D Major — Bach/Issac	Desmond Juarez	Varsity	2	3
2019	Irving High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Midnight Rain — Day Gobi Warriors — Stephen Chin	Matt Epperson	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	North Mesquite High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Belvedere Suite (play 2 contrasting mvts) — Isaac Gothic Cathedral — Compello	Kim Shimpo	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Truitt MSCCC	String Orchestra	The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier Knight's Quest — Newbold	Danielle Darrigo	Varsity	2	1
2019	YMLA at Kennedy Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Canyon Sunset — John Caponegro Honor and Glory — Soon Hee Newbold	Jaime Bustillo	Varsity	3	3
2018	Cook Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Crossing Pirates' Cove — Monday Highridge Overture — Del Borgo	CARROLL CANTRELL	Varsity	2	3
2018	Dean Middle School CCC	String Orchestra	Fan Dance (piano opt) — Newbold Night Ride — Deborah Baker Monday	Tykesha Harry	Varsity	1	1
2018	El Dorado High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Sinfonia for Strings No. 1 — Vivaldi/Arr. Jan Farrar-Royce North Star to Freedom — Newbold	Stephanie Schmid-Falcon	Non Varsity	2	2
2018	El Dorado High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Sinfonia for Strings No. 1 — Vivaldi/Farrar-Royce North Star to Freedom — Newbold	Stephanie Schmid-Falcon	Non Varsity	2	1
2018	Mc: Fossum MSCC	String Orchestra	St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow Viking — Soon Hee Newbold	Brian Miller	Varsity	2	1
2017	Austin Academy CC	String Orchestra	Montecito — Niehaus Avatar — Spata/	Sara Howell	Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Watkins MSCCC	String Orchestra	Contredanse — Clark/ El Matador (POP) — Halferty/	MARISSA YOUNG	Varsity	1	1
2016	Cypress Ridge High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Spring — Vivaldi/Monday Moonlight Shadows — O'loughlin/	Catherine Walker	Non Varsity	1	1
2016	MacArthur High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Modal Festival — Marsh/ When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan	Stephanie L. Sunder	Non Varsity	2	1
2016	Strack Int.CCC	String Orchestra	Star Dancer — Williams/ Sahara Crossing — Meyer/	Kirk Jones	Non Varsity	1	1
2015	Brazoswood High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Kingbridge March — Dyson/ North Star to Freedom — Newbold/	Doug Rickaway	Sub Non Varsity	3	2
2015	Williams High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Quintus — Larry Clark Honor & Glory — Soon Hee Newbold	Ronald L. Planks	Sub Non Varsity	1	2
2014	Austin Academy CC	String Orchestra	Polovetzian Dance — Borodin/Frost Caprice — Frost/	Sara Howell	Non Varsity	2	1
2014	Desert View Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	English Fugue — Selby/Sheinberg Russian Sailors Dance — Rheinhold Gliere/Arr. Allen	Travis Patterson	Varsity	2	3
2014	Dewitt Perry Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Kingbridge March — Dyson/ Joust — Meyer	Bradley Ballard	Varsity	1	1
2014	Harris MS (NEISD)CCC	String Orchestra	Orpheus in the Underworld Finale — Offenbach/Dackow A Touch of Ireland — Anon. or Trad./Del Borgo	Molly Turner	Varsity	1	1
2014	Murchison Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Concerto for Guitar RV 93 (Movt. 1) — Vivaldi/ Little Symphony — Nunez/	Paul Robertson	Varsity	1	1
2014	Riverside Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Hallelujah Chorus — Handel/Newbold Mechanisms — Caponegro/	Osvaldo Altamirano	Varsity	3	2
2014	Victory Lakes IntermediateCC	String Orchestra	Sahara Crossing — Meyer/ Crusader — Spata/	Rob Brownfield	Varsity	2	1
2013	Coakley Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Moonlight Tango — Meyer Crusader — Spata/	Lucas Darger	Varsity	1	1
2013	R. L. Turner High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Gauntlet — Spata/ Contredanse — Clark/	Brian Towndrow	Sub Non Varsity	3	2
2013	Ranchview High SchoolAAA	String Orchestra	Whimsical Dance — Broege/ Conquistador! — Monday	Stephanie L Sunder	Non Varsity	2	1
2013	Thornton MSCCC	String Orchestra	Highland Song — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro M to the Third Power — Nunez/	Gerald Klich	Varsity	1	1
2012	Hirschi High SchoolAAA	Full Orchestra	Corelli Suite (play two mvts) — Corelli/Bauernschmidt Slavonic Legend — Del Borgo/	Shirley Johnston	Non Varsity	3	2
2012	Kingwood Park HSAAAA	String Orchestra	Rondo Caprice — Daniels/ Fanfare and Frippery (play both) — Stephan/	Michael Astwood	Non Varsity	2	2
2012	O'Connor High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Pyramids — Frost/ Danza — Smith/	Lisa McCutchan	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2011	Ann Richards High SchoolAA	String Orchestra	Dabbling in the Dew — Anon. or Trad./Atwell Avatar — Spata	MJ Mateo	Non Varsity	2	1
2011	Carter Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	El Toro — Brubaker Rondeau from — Mouret/Leidig	Barbara J. Roth	Varsity	3	4
2011	Cathey MSCCC	String Orchestra	Scarborough Fair — Balmages Irish Suite #2 — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro	Louise Abreu	Varsity	1	1
2011	Creekwood MSCCC	String Orchestra	Overture (from the Royal Fireworks Music) — Handel/Meyer Dorchester Street Songs (Mvt. 1) — Porter	Ken Buck	Non Varsity	2	1
2011	Faubion Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Variations on a Ground — Shapiro Alchemic Adventure — Zamora	Kari Zamora	Varsity	1	1
2011	Pin Oak MSCCC	String Orchestra	Salisbury Overture — Mcquilkin Avatar — Spata	Carol Whiting	Varsity	1	1
2011	Riverside Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Hornpipe (from Water Music) — Handel/Meyer Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow	Osvaldo Altamirano	Non Varsity	1	1
2011	Strack Int.CCC	String Orchestra	Hornpipe (from Water Music) — Handel/Meyer Gargoyles — Spata	Alicia Eissler	Varsity	1	1
2010	Bowman Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Dance Scenario — Del Borgo A Modal Festival — Marsh	Lindsey M. Hernandez	Varsity	1	1
2010	West Briar MSCCC	String Orchestra	Purcell in Miniature (play two) — Purcell/Forbes Avatar — Spata	Jessica Chandler	Varsity	1	2
2009	Austin Academy CC	String Orchestra	Montecito — Niehaus Little Symphony — Nunez	Sara Howell	Non Varsity	1	1
2009	Travis Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Dragonhunter — Meyer Fancy Fiddles — Williams	Dominic Powell	Varsity	2	2

Pike Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Anna Shiro
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Velocity — Balmages
- Sword Dance — Arbeau/Phillips
J.M. Hanks Middle School
2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Osvaldo Altamirano
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Kuusamo — Claudio Ordaz
- Variations on a Well-Known Sea Chanty — Stephan
Lubbock High School
2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Alejos Anaya
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Las Mariposas Exoticas (10080) — Spata
- Echoes of Bartok (17672) — Bartok/Cummings
Trent Middle School
2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Shelly Phillips
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Crossing Pirates Cove (15922) — Monday
- Age of Heroes — Woolstenhulme
Sherman High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Michael Moore
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Ships of Ireland — Newbold
- Modus a 4 — Atwell
Navo Middle School
2020 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Sarah Dominguez
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Salisbury Overture (6298) — Mcquilkin
- Folk Festival (19501) — O'reilly
Hirschi HS
2019 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity
Desmond Juarez
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Perpetual Fiddle Motion — Brian Balmanges
- Concerto in D Major — Bach/Issac
Irving High School
2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Matt Epperson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Midnight Rain — Day
- Gobi Warriors — Stephen Chin
North Mesquite High School
2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Kim Shimpo
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Belvedere Suite (play 2 contrasting mvts) — Isaac
- Gothic Cathedral — Compello
Truitt MS
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Danielle Darrigo
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier
- Knight's Quest — Newbold
YMLA at Kennedy Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Jaime Bustillo
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Canyon Sunset — John Caponegro
- Honor and Glory — Soon Hee Newbold
Cook Middle School
2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
CARROLL CANTRELL
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Crossing Pirates' Cove — Monday
- Highridge Overture — Del Borgo
Dean Middle School
2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Tykesha Harry
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Fan Dance (piano opt) — Newbold
- Night Ride — Deborah Baker Monday
El Dorado High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Stephanie Schmid-Falcon
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Sinfonia for Strings No. 1 — Vivaldi/Arr. Jan Farrar-Royce
- North Star to Freedom — Newbold
El Dorado High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Stephanie Schmid-Falcon
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Sinfonia for Strings No. 1 — Vivaldi/Farrar-Royce
- North Star to Freedom — Newbold
Mc: Fossum MS
2018 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Brian Miller
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- St. Anthony Chorale — Haydn/Dackow
- Viking — Soon Hee Newbold
Austin Academy
2017 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Sara Howell
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Montecito — Niehaus
- Avatar — Spata/
Watkins MS
2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
MARISSA YOUNG
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Contredanse — Clark/
- El Matador (POP) — Halferty/
Cypress Ridge High School
2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Catherine Walker
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Spring — Vivaldi/Monday
- Moonlight Shadows — O'loughlin/
MacArthur High School
2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Stephanie L. Sunder
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- A Modal Festival — Marsh/
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan
Strack Int.
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Kirk Jones
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Star Dancer — Williams/
- Sahara Crossing — Meyer/
Brazoswood High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Doug Rickaway
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Kingbridge March — Dyson/
- North Star to Freedom — Newbold/
Williams High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Ronald L. Planks
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Quintus — Larry Clark
- Honor & Glory — Soon Hee Newbold
Austin Academy
2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Sara Howell
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Polovetzian Dance — Borodin/Frost
- Caprice — Frost/
Desert View Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Travis Patterson
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- English Fugue — Selby/Sheinberg
- Russian Sailors Dance — Rheinhold Gliere/Arr. Allen
Dewitt Perry Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Bradley Ballard
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Kingbridge March — Dyson/
- Joust — Meyer
Harris MS (NEISD)
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Molly Turner
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Orpheus in the Underworld Finale — Offenbach/Dackow
- A Touch of Ireland — Anon. or Trad./Del Borgo
Murchison Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Paul Robertson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Concerto for Guitar RV 93 (Movt. 1) — Vivaldi/
- Little Symphony — Nunez/
Riverside Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Osvaldo Altamirano
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Hallelujah Chorus — Handel/Newbold
- Mechanisms — Caponegro/
Victory Lakes Intermediate
2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Rob Brownfield
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Sahara Crossing — Meyer/
- Crusader — Spata/
Coakley Middle School
2013 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Lucas Darger
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Moonlight Tango — Meyer
- Crusader — Spata/
R. L. Turner High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Brian Towndrow
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Gauntlet — Spata/
- Contredanse — Clark/
Ranchview High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAA · Non Varsity
Stephanie L Sunder
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Whimsical Dance — Broege/
- Conquistador! — Monday
Thornton MS
2013 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Gerald Klich
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Highland Song — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro
- M to the Third Power — Nunez/
Hirschi High School
2012 · Full Orchestra · AAA · Non Varsity
Shirley Johnston
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Corelli Suite (play two mvts) — Corelli/Bauernschmidt
- Slavonic Legend — Del Borgo/
Kingwood Park HS
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity
Michael Astwood
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Rondo Caprice — Daniels/
- Fanfare and Frippery (play both) — Stephan/
O'Connor High School
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Lisa McCutchan
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Pyramids — Frost/
- Danza — Smith/
Ann Richards High School
2011 · String Orchestra · AA · Non Varsity
MJ Mateo
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Dabbling in the Dew — Anon. or Trad./Atwell
- Avatar — Spata
Carter Junior High
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Barbara J. Roth
Concert3SR4
Performed with
- El Toro — Brubaker
- Rondeau from — Mouret/Leidig
Cathey MS
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Louise Abreu
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Scarborough Fair — Balmages
- Irish Suite #2 — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro
Creekwood MS
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Ken Buck
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Overture (from the Royal Fireworks Music) — Handel/Meyer
- Dorchester Street Songs (Mvt. 1) — Porter
Faubion Middle School
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Kari Zamora
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Variations on a Ground — Shapiro
- Alchemic Adventure — Zamora
Pin Oak MS
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Carol Whiting
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Salisbury Overture — Mcquilkin
- Avatar — Spata
Riverside Middle School
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Osvaldo Altamirano
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Hornpipe (from Water Music) — Handel/Meyer
- Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
Strack Int.
2011 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Alicia Eissler
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Hornpipe (from Water Music) — Handel/Meyer
- Gargoyles — Spata
Bowman Middle School
2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Lindsey M. Hernandez
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
- A Modal Festival — Marsh
West Briar MS
2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jessica Chandler
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Purcell in Miniature (play two) — Purcell/Forbes
- Avatar — Spata
Austin Academy
2009 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Sara Howell
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Montecito — Niehaus
- Little Symphony — Nunez
Travis Middle School
2009 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Dominic Powell
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Dragonhunter — Meyer
- Fancy Fiddles — Williams

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