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String OrchestraGrade 3Code 28328

Kentucky Jam

Atwell · Alfred Music Company, Inc.

Performances362008–2026
Schools30
Avg concert1.581 is best
Straight ones58%21 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 3 String Orchestra piece performed since 2008.

<1%of 10,409 performances

35 of this piece vs 10,374 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Fort Settlement Middle Schoolavg 1.33×
  • Clark High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Elkins High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • Lopez MSavg 1.02×
  • Tomball Memorial High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Austin Academy avg 1.01×
  • Bradley MSavg 1.01×
  • Bush MSavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Serenade for Strings — LeydenGr 3 · avg 1.33×
  • Turning Point — LongfieldGr 3 · avg 1.73×
  • Appalachian Sunrise — GazdaGr 2 · avg 2.02×
  • Capriol Suite — WarlockGr 4 · avg 1.52×
  • Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn — SmithGr 2 · avg 1.52×
  • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • A Ballad of Inis Mór — SpataGr 3 · avg 3.01×
  • A Modal Festival — MarshGr 2 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 36 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Elkins High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Daughter of the Stars (opt harp) — Savage
  • Turning Point — Longfield
Joe GarciaNon Varsity11
2026Kerr High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Water Music Suite (mvt. 1) — Handel / Etling
  • Kilimanjaro — Silva
Cynthia KingSub Non Varsity21
2026Klein Forest High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Canyonland Skies (piano not required) — Monday
  • El Toro — Brubaker
Adrianna GarzaSub Non Varsity21
2026Tomball Memorial High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme (opt harp or piano) — Phillips
  • Cordoba — Albeniz/Lipton
Kade EckhardtSub Non Varsity11
2025Georgetown High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • A Ballad of Inis Mor — Doug Spata
  • Turning Point — Longfield
Barbara BahrainwalaNon Varsity32
2025Lopez MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Echelon — Griesinger
  • Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (harp required) — Offenbach/Dackow
Diana PopoviciVarsity11
2024West Briar MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Silhouettes — Alan Lee Silva
  • Hornpipe (from 'Water Music') — G. F. Handel / Richard Meyer
Wesley SmithVarsity32
2022Clark High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rockport Images — Story
  • Reverie (6240) — Corigliano
Brian EatonSub Non Varsity11
2022Tomball Memorial High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Lullaby (6415) — Hofeldt
  • Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand (Pong Lang Dance) (18410) — Meyer
Kade EckhardtNon Varsity11
2021Ranchview High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Many Miles Away Across the Sea — Day
  • Labyrinth — Zuehlsdorff
Brian TowndrowVarsity11
2019Elkins High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Dorian Dance — Phillips
  • Dance Suite for Strings — Whitney
Priscilla McGarNon Varsity22
2019Fort Settlement Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock
  • Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn (piano or harp required) — Smith
Angela PeugnetNon Varsity11
2019Fort Settlement Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock
  • Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn (piano or harp required) — Smith
Angela PeugnetNon Varsity21
2019Harlingen South High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • An English Folksong — Terry Mcquillkin
  • Midnight Tango — William Pordon
Onario LedezmaSub Non Varsity21
2019Lopez Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Scheherazade — Rimsky-Korsakov/Gruselle
  • Turning Point — Longfield
Melanie SorgiVarsity11
2018Young Jr. High SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Kinetic Energy — Clark
  • A Scottish Ballade (Annie Laurie) — Anon. or Trad./Sheldon
Diane HarperVarsity21
2017Clark High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings (mvts 1 & 2) — Leyden/
  • Lyric Pieces (mvts 1 & 2) — Grieg/Mccashin
Brad Davis and Brian EatonSub Non Varsity11
2017Riverside High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • O Magnum Mysterium — Lauridsen/Dackow
  • Russian Sailors' Dance — Gilere/Caponegro
Osvaldo AltamiranoVarsity32
2016Denton HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Contredanse — Salieri/Fendler
  • An Irish Air — Mcquilkin/
Julianne BoothNon Varsity11
2016Fort Settlement Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost
  • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
Jose GarciaNon Varsity11
2016Killian Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Oblivion — Piazzolla/Longfield
  • Baltic Dance — Mosier/
Matthew CautivarVarsity11
2015Bradley MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Terra Nova — Meyer/
  • Deerpath Triptych (Movement I: Open Lands) — Hofeldt
Julie PostVarsity11
2015Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Supernova — Hopkins/
  • Poor Wayfaring Stranger — Traditional/Fenske
Elizabeth LedfordSub Non Varsity11
2015Seguin HSAAAAString Orchestra
  • Song for Strings — Edmondson/Mullins
  • Serenade for String Orchestra Mvmt 4. Cakewalk — Leyden
Melina ShafferSub Non Varsity21
2015Spring Woods HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto op. 7 Nr. 1 Allegro and Adagio e staccato — Albinoni/
  • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
Michael R ChandlerVarsity11
2014Lopez MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Tango Mysterioso — Day/
  • Mantras — Meyer/
Melanie SorgiVarsity11
2013LBJ High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Tannhauser Entrance and March of the Guests — Wagner/Dackow
  • A Quiet Music — Wagner
Andrew PotterNon Varsity11
2012Bush MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Cello Rondo — Daniels/
  • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda/
Christy NewmanVarsity11
2011Austin Academy CCString Orchestra
  • Vanguard Overture — Stephan
  • The Lovers' Waltz (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski
Jane SamfordVarsity11
2011Conroe High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Jericho Journey — Bulla
  • The Sound of Strings — Robinson
Kirk SmithNon Varsity43
2011Dulles High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata
  • Lion City — Soon Hee Newbold
Michael IsadoreSub Non Varsity21
2011Garcia Middle SchoolCCCFull Orchestra
  • Symphony No 1 3rd mvt — Mahler/Meyer
  • March of the Meistersingers — Wagner/Meyer
Priscilla McGarVarsity22
2010Clear Brook High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Korean Folk Song Variants (Arirang) — Del Borgo
  • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda
Stacy WeillNon Varsity33
2010Gunn JHCCString Orchestra
  • A Modal Festival — Marsh
  • Serenade for Strings: I. Prelude — Leyden
Samuel BranchVarsity11
2009Kerr HSAAAAString Orchestra
  • Dos Fuegos — Sieving
  • Drifen — Atwell
Marty KoranNon Varsity21
2008Murphy Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Fantasy on Amazing Grace — Anon. or Trad./Kerr
  • String Sinfonia No. 2 mvt. I — Mendelssohn
Brian HensonVarsity11

  • Elkins High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Joe Garcia

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Daughter of the Stars (opt harp) — Savage
    • Turning Point — Longfield

  • Kerr High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Cynthia King

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Water Music Suite (mvt. 1) — Handel / Etling
    • Kilimanjaro — Silva

  • Klein Forest High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Adrianna Garza

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Canyonland Skies (piano not required) — Monday
    • El Toro — Brubaker

  • Tomball Memorial High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Kade Eckhardt

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasia on a Original Theme (opt harp or piano) — Phillips
    • Cordoba — Albeniz/Lipton

  • Georgetown High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Barbara Bahrainwala

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • A Ballad of Inis Mor — Doug Spata
    • Turning Point — Longfield

  • Lopez MS

    2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Diana Popovici

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Echelon — Griesinger
    • Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (harp required) — Offenbach/Dackow

  • West Briar MS

    2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Wesley Smith

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Silhouettes — Alan Lee Silva
    • Hornpipe (from 'Water Music') — G. F. Handel / Richard Meyer

  • Clark High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brian Eaton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rockport Images — Story
    • Reverie (6240) — Corigliano

  • Tomball Memorial High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Kade Eckhardt

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lullaby (6415) — Hofeldt
    • Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand (Pong Lang Dance) (18410) — Meyer

  • Ranchview High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Brian Towndrow

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Many Miles Away Across the Sea — Day
    • Labyrinth — Zuehlsdorff

  • Elkins High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Priscilla McGar

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Dorian Dance — Phillips
    • Dance Suite for Strings — Whitney

  • Fort Settlement Middle School

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Angela Peugnet

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock
    • Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn (piano or harp required) — Smith

  • Fort Settlement Middle School

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Angela Peugnet

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock
    • Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn (piano or harp required) — Smith

  • Harlingen South High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Onario Ledezma

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • An English Folksong — Terry Mcquillkin
    • Midnight Tango — William Pordon

  • Lopez Middle School

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Melanie Sorgi

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Scheherazade — Rimsky-Korsakov/Gruselle
    • Turning Point — Longfield

  • Young Jr. High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Diane Harper

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Kinetic Energy — Clark
    • A Scottish Ballade (Annie Laurie) — Anon. or Trad./Sheldon

  • Clark High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brad Davis and Brian Eaton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings (mvts 1 & 2) — Leyden/
    • Lyric Pieces (mvts 1 & 2) — Grieg/Mccashin

  • Riverside High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Osvaldo Altamirano

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • O Magnum Mysterium — Lauridsen/Dackow
    • Russian Sailors' Dance — Gilere/Caponegro

  • Denton HS

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Julianne Booth

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Contredanse — Salieri/Fendler
    • An Irish Air — Mcquilkin/

  • Fort Settlement Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Jose Garcia

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost
    • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer

  • Killian Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Matthew Cautivar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Oblivion — Piazzolla/Longfield
    • Baltic Dance — Mosier/

  • Bradley MS

    2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Julie Post

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Terra Nova — Meyer/
    • Deerpath Triptych (Movement I: Open Lands) — Hofeldt

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Supernova — Hopkins/
    • Poor Wayfaring Stranger — Traditional/Fenske

  • Seguin HS

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Melina Shaffer

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Song for Strings — Edmondson/Mullins
    • Serenade for String Orchestra Mvmt 4. Cakewalk — Leyden

  • Spring Woods HS

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Michael R Chandler

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto op. 7 Nr. 1 Allegro and Adagio e staccato — Albinoni/
    • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer

  • Lopez MS

    2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Melanie Sorgi

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Tango Mysterioso — Day/
    • Mantras — Meyer/

  • LBJ High School

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Andrew Potter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Tannhauser Entrance and March of the Guests — Wagner/Dackow
    • A Quiet Music — Wagner

  • Bush MS

    2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Christy Newman

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Cello Rondo — Daniels/
    • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda/

  • Austin Academy

    2011 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Jane Samford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Vanguard Overture — Stephan
    • The Lovers' Waltz (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski

  • Conroe High School

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Kirk Smith

    Concert4SR3

    Performed with

    • Jericho Journey — Bulla
    • The Sound of Strings — Robinson

  • Dulles High School

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata
    • Lion City — Soon Hee Newbold

  • Garcia Middle School

    2011 · Full Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Priscilla McGar

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Symphony No 1 3rd mvt — Mahler/Meyer
    • March of the Meistersingers — Wagner/Meyer

  • Clear Brook High School

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Stacy Weill

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • Korean Folk Song Variants (Arirang) — Del Borgo
    • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda

  • Gunn JH

    2010 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Samuel Branch

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Modal Festival — Marsh
    • Serenade for Strings: I. Prelude — Leyden

  • Kerr HS

    2009 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Marty Koran

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Dos Fuegos — Sieving
    • Drifen — Atwell

  • Murphy Middle School

    2008 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Brian Henson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasy on Amazing Grace — Anon. or Trad./Kerr
    • String Sinfonia No. 2 mvt. I — Mendelssohn