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All songsGrade 4 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 4(play 1, 2, or 4 - select one mvt)Code 28370

An American Folk Symphony

Bishop · Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Performances442008–2026
Schools36
Avg concert1.431 is best
Straight ones59%26 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
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Share of its category

Against every grade 4 String Orchestra piece performed since 2008.

<1%of 5,445 performances

43 of this piece vs 5,402 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Plano Senior High Schoolavg 1.33×
  • Sterling High Schoolavg 2.03×
  • Coronado High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Cypress Ranch High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Elkins High Schoolavg 2.02×
  • Sherman High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • Alamo Heights Junior Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Andress High Schoolavg 3.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Bold Venture — DanielsGr 4 · avg 1.03×
  • Concerto Grosso — GianniniGr 5 · avg 1.73×
  • Allegro (From Sonata No.1) — TelemannGr 3 · avg 2.52×
  • Contrasts in e Minor — FeeseGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Dance Diabolique — SpearsGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Nimrod — ElgarGr 4 · avg 2.02×
  • Perpetuoso — HolmesGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Serenade for Strings — LeydenGr 3 · avg 1.02×

Performances

All 44 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Plano West Senior High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Pulcinella Overture — Stravinsky/McCashin
  • Forever Joyful — Balmages
Ryan RossSub Non Varsity21
2025Kingwood HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Bold Venture — Daniels
  • A Riverside Celebration — Balmages
Mackenzie HenryNon Varsity11
2024Coronado High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Concerto No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra III. Rondo — Carl Maria von Weber
  • Hoedown (from Rodeo) (6042) — Copland
Leslee WayVarsity12
2023Plano Senior High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss — David R. Holsinger
  • Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese
April KondratSub Non Varsity11
2023Ryan High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso (6641) Intrada and Burlesca Ostinata — Vaughan Williams/
  • March Slav — P.i. Tchaikovsky/Carrie Lane Gruselle
Jeremy AtkinsVarsity11
2022Martin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Grieved Soul — Woolstenhulme
  • Rhythm Dances — Balmages
Holly BurtonSub Non Varsity11
2021McKinney North High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sinfonia in A minor — Telemann/Mathews
  • Fiesta Jubiloso — Compello
Lamar SmithNon Varsity11
2021Morton Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • A Downland Suite mvt. 3 Minuet — Ireland/Bush
  • Momentum — Meyer
Gabriel KatzVarsity11
2020Bowie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serende for Strings Mvt. 1 — Leyden
  • Perpetuoso (19691) — Holmes
Jennifer ClibornNon Varsity11
2020McMillen High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) (6476) — Telemann/Mosier
  • Suite for Strings (15991) (mvt 3) — Rutter
Maria RohrNon Varsity21
2019Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Aspire — Phillips
  • The Blacksmith — Anon. or Trad./O'loughlin
Elizabeth LedfordNon Varsity11
2018Coronado High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Water Reflections (piano opt) — Nishimura
  • Perpetuoso — Holmes
Susan HernandezNon Varsity11
2018L.D. Bell High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Bold Venture — Daniels
  • Forever Joyful — Balmages
Allison KingNon Varsity11
2018Plano Senior High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Chacony in g minor For Strings — Purcell/Britten
  • Rosa Mundi — Lewis
Brian CoatneySub Non Varsity21
2017Dulles High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Terra Nova — Meyer/
  • Jupiter from — Holst/Monday
Michael IsadoreSub Non Varsity11
2017William BrennanAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost
  • Danza — Smith/Mccashin
Armando RiveraNon Varsity21
2016Andress High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) — Telemann/Mosier
  • Ave Verum Corpus — Mozart/Del Borgo
Luke FrancoVarsity32
2016Bush High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Classical Symphony (play Finale) — Prokovfiev/Gruselle
  • Nimrod — Elgar/Bender
Brian RunnelsVarsity21
2016Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Quicksilver — Spata
  • Baltic Dance — Mosier/
Elizabeth LedfordNon Varsity11
2016Elkins High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Drifen — Atwell
  • Theme and Variations — Bryant
Nady BenyamineVarsity21
2016Franklin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto For Four Violins in B minor 1st Movement — Vivaldi/Matesky
  • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Prelude or Finale) — Carse/
Leslee WayVarsity11
2016Plano Senior High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1 - First Movement — Beethoven/Sieving
  • Elegy — Jarrett
Brian CoatneyNon Varsity11
2016Sherman High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Gauntlet — Spata/
  • Incantations — Meyer/
Melba AvilaVarsity11
2015Burges High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Nimrod — Elgar/Bender
  • Pyramids — Frost/
Amy JaquezVarsity21
2015Cypress Lakes High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerti da Chiesa Op. 2 No. 5 (play two contrasting mvts of one concerto) (Allergo Spiritoso and Grave) — Dall'abaco
  • To Tame the Raging Rapids — Brian Balmages
Natalie MurrayVarsity11
2015Sterling High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst/
  • A Gaelic Overture — David O'fallon
Reuben ChanceVarsity21
2014Guyer High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • William Tell (Finale) — Rossini/Hall
  • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter
Jeremy AtkinsNon Varsity22
2013Clear Creek HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Capriol Suite Mvmts 4 and 5 — Warlock/
  • Concerto Grosso No.1 in D maj. Mvmts. III and IV — Corelli/
Kysha BradshawVarsity22
2013Sam Rayburn HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso Accompanied — Corelli/
  • Rumanian Folk Dances (play three) — Bartok/Willner
Lyndon WangVarsity21
2012BurgesAAAAString Orchestra
  • Chaconne in e minor — Buxtehude/Hause
  • Serenade For String Orchestra — Norman Leyden
Gloria Y. MendozaNon Varsity12
2012Lubbock High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Aria — Tenaglia Arr. Doan
  • Bold Venture — Daniels
Alejos AnayaNon Varsity11
2012Sherman High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada
  • North Country Legend — Williams/
Melba AvilaVarsity21
2012Sterling High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Overture in D Major (play mvt 1; or mvts 2 & 3) — Gluck
  • Latham Suite — Kirk/
Stuart EisenVarsity22
2012Warren H.S.AAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) — Rutter/
  • Concerto in D (play two mvts) — Vivaldi/Higgins
Darrell JalowiecVarsity12
2011Kingwood Park HSAAAAString Orchestra
  • Dance Diabolique — Spears
  • Contrasts in e minor — Feese
Michael AstwoodVarsity11
2010Rice Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Concerto grosso XII — G.f. Handel
  • Fantasia Espanola — Soon Hee Newbold
Barbara Gordy FoxVarsity11
2009Alamo Heights Junior SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • M to the Third Power — Nunez
  • Kaleidoscope — Missal
Gene WilliamsVarsity11
2009Elkins High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sheep May Safely Graze — Back/Arr. Rick England
  • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson
Ryan BaldridgeVarsity22
2008Cigarroa HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 38 in C Major Allegro di Molto — Haydn/Dackow
  • Nocturne — Hofeldt
Tomas Aguilar Jr.Varsity11
2008Cypress Springs HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerti da Chiesa Op. 2 Nos. 4 (Mvts 1&2) — Dall'abaco
  • Night Beat — Daniels
Howard WilliamsVarsity22
2008Grand Prairie High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Polonis (Mvt. 1) — Telemann/Schroeder
  • Dance Diabolique — Spears
Richard GalvanNon Varsity11
2008Lamar High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fugue in g minor (The Great) — Bach/Doan
  • June Barcarolle (from The Seasons) — Tschaikowsky/Clebanoff
Pat LeavertonNon Varsity21
2008Sterling High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerti da Chiesa Op. 2 Nos. 4 5 8 9 (play two contrasting mvts of one concerto) — Dall'abaco
  • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher
Stuart EisenVarsity22
2008Westwood HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Armenian Rhapsody No. 3 — Hovhaness
  • Appalachian Folk Fantasy — Anon. or Trad./Mcginty
Susan WilliamsNon Varsity11

  • Plano West Senior High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Ryan Ross

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Pulcinella Overture — Stravinsky/McCashin
    • Forever Joyful — Balmages

  • Kingwood HS

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Mackenzie Henry

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Bold Venture — Daniels
    • A Riverside Celebration — Balmages

  • Coronado High School

    2024 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Leslee Way

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Concerto No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra III. Rondo — Carl Maria von Weber
    • Hoedown (from Rodeo) (6042) — Copland

  • Plano Senior High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    April Kondrat

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss — David R. Holsinger
    • Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese

  • Ryan High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jeremy Atkins

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso (6641) Intrada and Burlesca Ostinata — Vaughan Williams/
    • March Slav — P.i. Tchaikovsky/Carrie Lane Gruselle

  • Martin High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Holly Burton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Grieved Soul — Woolstenhulme
    • Rhythm Dances — Balmages

  • McKinney North High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Lamar Smith

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia in A minor — Telemann/Mathews
    • Fiesta Jubiloso — Compello

  • Morton Ranch High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Gabriel Katz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Downland Suite mvt. 3 Minuet — Ireland/Bush
    • Momentum — Meyer

  • Bowie High School

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jennifer Cliborn

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serende for Strings Mvt. 1 — Leyden
    • Perpetuoso (19691) — Holmes

  • McMillen High School

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Maria Rohr

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) (6476) — Telemann/Mosier
    • Suite for Strings (15991) (mvt 3) — Rutter

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Aspire — Phillips
    • The Blacksmith — Anon. or Trad./O'loughlin

  • Coronado High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Susan Hernandez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Water Reflections (piano opt) — Nishimura
    • Perpetuoso — Holmes

  • L.D. Bell High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Allison King

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Bold Venture — Daniels
    • Forever Joyful — Balmages

  • Plano Senior High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brian Coatney

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Chacony in g minor For Strings — Purcell/Britten
    • Rosa Mundi — Lewis

  • Dulles High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Terra Nova — Meyer/
    • Jupiter from — Holst/Monday

  • William Brennan

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Armando Rivera

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost
    • Danza — Smith/Mccashin

  • Andress High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Luke Franco

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) — Telemann/Mosier
    • Ave Verum Corpus — Mozart/Del Borgo

  • Bush High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Brian Runnels

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Classical Symphony (play Finale) — Prokovfiev/Gruselle
    • Nimrod — Elgar/Bender

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Quicksilver — Spata
    • Baltic Dance — Mosier/

  • Elkins High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Nady Benyamine

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Drifen — Atwell
    • Theme and Variations — Bryant

  • Franklin High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Leslee Way

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto For Four Violins in B minor 1st Movement — Vivaldi/Matesky
    • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Prelude or Finale) — Carse/

  • Plano Senior High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Brian Coatney

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony No. 1 - First Movement — Beethoven/Sieving
    • Elegy — Jarrett

  • Sherman High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Melba Avila

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gauntlet — Spata/
    • Incantations — Meyer/

  • Burges High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Amy Jaquez

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Nimrod — Elgar/Bender
    • Pyramids — Frost/

  • Cypress Lakes High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Natalie Murray

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerti da Chiesa Op. 2 No. 5 (play two contrasting mvts of one concerto) (Allergo Spiritoso and Grave) — Dall'abaco
    • To Tame the Raging Rapids — Brian Balmages

  • Sterling High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Reuben Chance

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst/
    • A Gaelic Overture — David O'fallon

  • Guyer High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Jeremy Atkins

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • William Tell (Finale) — Rossini/Hall
    • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter

  • Clear Creek HS

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Kysha Bradshaw

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Capriol Suite Mvmts 4 and 5 — Warlock/
    • Concerto Grosso No.1 in D maj. Mvmts. III and IV — Corelli/

  • Sam Rayburn HS

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Lyndon Wang

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso Accompanied — Corelli/
    • Rumanian Folk Dances (play three) — Bartok/Willner

  • Burges

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Gloria Y. Mendoza

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Chaconne in e minor — Buxtehude/Hause
    • Serenade For String Orchestra — Norman Leyden

  • Lubbock High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Alejos Anaya

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Aria — Tenaglia Arr. Doan
    • Bold Venture — Daniels

  • Sherman High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Melba Avila

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada
    • North Country Legend — Williams/

  • Sterling High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Stuart Eisen

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Overture in D Major (play mvt 1; or mvts 2 & 3) — Gluck
    • Latham Suite — Kirk/

  • Warren H.S.

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Darrell Jalowiec

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) — Rutter/
    • Concerto in D (play two mvts) — Vivaldi/Higgins

  • Kingwood Park HS

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Michael Astwood

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dance Diabolique — Spears
    • Contrasts in e minor — Feese

  • Rice Middle School

    2010 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Barbara Gordy Fox

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto grosso XII — G.f. Handel
    • Fantasia Espanola — Soon Hee Newbold

  • Alamo Heights Junior School

    2009 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Gene Williams

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • M to the Third Power — Nunez
    • Kaleidoscope — Missal

  • Elkins High School

    2009 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ryan Baldridge

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Sheep May Safely Graze — Back/Arr. Rick England
    • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson

  • Cigarroa HS

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Tomas Aguilar Jr.

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony No. 38 in C Major Allegro di Molto — Haydn/Dackow
    • Nocturne — Hofeldt

  • Cypress Springs HS

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Howard Williams

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Concerti da Chiesa Op. 2 Nos. 4 (Mvts 1&2) — Dall'abaco
    • Night Beat — Daniels

  • Grand Prairie High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Richard Galvan

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Polonis (Mvt. 1) — Telemann/Schroeder
    • Dance Diabolique — Spears

  • Lamar High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Pat Leaverton

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Fugue in g minor (The Great) — Bach/Doan
    • June Barcarolle (from The Seasons) — Tschaikowsky/Clebanoff

  • Sterling High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Stuart Eisen

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Concerti da Chiesa Op. 2 Nos. 4 5 8 9 (play two contrasting mvts of one concerto) — Dall'abaco
    • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher

  • Westwood HS

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Susan Williams

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Armenian Rhapsody No. 3 — Hovhaness
    • Appalachian Folk Fantasy — Anon. or Trad./Mcginty