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String OrchestraGrade 5Code 28395

Simple Song

Bernstein · arranged by Longfield · Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.

Performances462006–2026
Schools39
Avg concert1.091 is best
Straight ones93%43 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 5 String Orchestra piece performed since 2006.

<1%of 4,356 performances

35 of this piece vs 4,321 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Americas HSavg 1.02×
  • Clements High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Creekview High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Dulles High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • El Dorado High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • McKinney Boyd High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • McNeil High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Amarillo High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Suite for Strings — RutterGr 5 · avg 1.54×
  • An American in Paris Suite — GershwinFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Concerto Grosso — GianniniGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — BlochGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Danzas de Panama — StillGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Hoedown (From Rodeo) — CoplandFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Hoedown (From Rodeo) — CoplandGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Pastorale (From Prometheus) — BeethovenFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.52×

Performances

All 46 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Clear Creek HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Divertimento in C Major (play mvt 1; or mvts 2 and 3): Allegro — Mozart/Rothke
  • Simple Symphony (play one mvt): Frolicsome Finale — Britten
Brandon CornettVarsity11
2026Summer Creek HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Strings on Fire — Henry Mancini
  • Pictures at An Exhibition Mvts 1 2 4 9 10 — Mussorgsky/Ravel
David IrishVarsity11
2025Clear Springs High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade fur Streichorchester Op. 22 (play one mvt) — Dvorak
  • Danzas de Panama (play one mvt) — Still
Diana FrazierVarsity11
2025Katy High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 104 (Finale) — Haydn/Parrish
  • Rhythm Dances — Balmages
Glenn R GarridoVarsity11
2025McKinney Boyd High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Danzas Fantasticas (play one mvt) - Mvt. III — Turina
  • Symphony No. 9 IV. Allegro con fuoco — Dvorak
Randal LyleVarsity11
2025Tomball High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rest (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli
  • Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running (from American Serenade) — Kerr
Kade SchmalzVarsity11
2024Amarillo High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • An American in Paris — Gershwin/Whitney
  • McCormick Fanfare — Butz
Breanna L ParkerVarsity11
2023Canyon Vista Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor BWV 1043 I. Vivace — Bach
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato I. Prelude — Bloch
Ragan WhatleyVarsity11
2023San Marcos HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Pizzicato Polka — Strauss
  • Sinfonia in F (17713) — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl
Gabriel BalderramaVarsity11
2022Mayde Creek High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • American Sketches — Reznicow
  • Rhythm Dances — Balmages
Andrew GeyssensVarsity21
2022McNeil High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Divertimento for String Orchestra mvt. 1 — Jon Ward Bauman
  • Circles — Patrick Laird
James CaswellVarsity11
2021Clements High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Guaracha (3rd mvt from the Latin American Symphony) — Gould
  • The Damnation of Faust Hungarian March — Berlioz
Neal SpringerVarsity11
2019Beckendorff Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • Aria — J.s. Bach-Leopold Stokowski
  • Rumanian Folk Dances — Bela Bartok/Arr. Arthur Willner
Karel ButzVarsity11
2019Clear Falls HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Viola Concerto 2nd Movement — Telemann/Parrish
  • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) mvt 1 A-Roving — Rutter
Lisa BatsonVarsity11
2019EL Paso High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Lyric Metal — Brian Balmages
  • Heart of Fire — Bernofsky
Eric RangelVarsity11
2019Jersey Village High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Capriol Suite (Movements 1 and 2) — Warlock
  • Take Flight — Patrick Roszell
Luke SlivaVarsity11
2019McKinney Boyd High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson
  • Simple Symphony Mvt. 4 Frolicsome Finale — Britten
Michael LinkVarsity11
2018El Dorado High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Pastorale (from Prometheus) — Beethoven
  • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac
Stephanie Schmid-FalconVarsity22
2018Klein Cain High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (II. Larghetto) — Elgar
  • Baltic Dance — Mosier
Bryan BarrettNon Varsity11
2018McNeil High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sinfonia no. 10 in b minor — Felix Mendelssohn
  • Suite for Strings movement I: A-Roving — John Rutter
James CaswellVarsity11
2018Weslaco East High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Vanguard Overture — Stephan
  • Suite for Strings (play mvt 2 or 3) — Rutter
ERIC EHRAMJIANVarsity32
2017Americas HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Waltz No. 2 — Shostakovich
  • Hoedown (from Rodeo) — Copland
Adria DunnVarsity11
2017Americas HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Jazz Wa;tz No. 2 — Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Hoedown (from Rodeo) — Copland/
Adria DunnVarsity11
2017Central High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Three Mannheimer Sinfonias (G A B) for Strings (Manheim Symphonies) (play one complete sinfonia) G — Stamitz C/Hoffmann
  • Incantations — Meyer/
David PhillipsVarsity11
2017Denton HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Egmont Overture — Beethoven/Mccashin
  • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Prelude or Finale) — Carse/
Julianne BoothVarsity11
2017Hebron High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Overture tone poem or one mvt of a symphony Accompanied — Mozart/
  • An American in Paris Suite — Gershwin/Whitney
Matthew CautivarVarsity11
2017William BrennanAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Andante From Symphony No. 4 — Mendelssohn/Frost
  • A Moorside Suite (mvt 3) — Holst/
Armando RiveraVarsity11
2016Cigarroa HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Shepherd's Hey — Grainger/Alshin
  • Heart of Fire — Bernofsky/
Tomas Aguilar Jr.Varsity11
2016Kingwood HSAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • John Henry — Copland/
  • Danzon No. 2 — Arturo Marquez
Christopher R. ReidlingerVarsity11
2015Clements High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade in F Major (play one) — Chadwick
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato (play one mvt) — Bloch
Ginger WolfeVarsity11
2015Liberty High School OrchestraAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) C major — Bach/Russ
  • Phantom Tangos — Balmages
Julie BlackstockNon Varsity11
2015Travis High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso Accompanied- Concerto No. 10 Op. 3 Mvt. 2 and 1 — Vivaldi/
  • Mock Morris — Grainger
Sabrina BehrensVarsity11
2015Washington HS BTWHSPVAAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings 1st Mvt. — Janacek
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 3rd mvt — Bach/
David H LargeVarsity11
2014Dulles High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts)larghetto and presto — Bach C.p.e./
  • December — Torke
Michael IsadoreVarsity11
2013Bush High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
  • American Gaelic — Atwell/
Natalyn WhitisVarsity11
2013El Dorado High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Pastorale (from Prometheus) — Beethoven/
  • Introduction and Royal March of the Lions — Saint-Saens/Arr. Story
Stephanie SchmidVarsity12
2013Lamar High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sinfonie F-dur Minuett — Bach W.f.
  • Any String Sinfonia (play one mvt) e minor mvt. 1 — Mendelssohn/
Pat LeavertonVarsity11
2013Westlake High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Danse Macabre — Saint-Saens/
  • Symphony No. 4 Finale — Tschaikowsky/
James EdwardsVarsity11
2012Creekview High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Last Spring — Grieg
  • Troika from Lieutenant Kiji — Prokofiev/Lavender
Julie BlackstockVarsity11
2011Booker T. Washington HSPVAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Hoedown (from Rodeo) (string orchestra version) — Copland
  • Aria (from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5) — Villa-Lobos/Krance
David LargeVarsity11
2010Kerr HSAAAAString Orchestra
  • Overture to The Messiah — Handel/Stoessel
  • The Enchanted Castle (from the Suite From the Middle Ages) (must have piano or harp) — Glazunov/Starr
Marty KoranVarsity11
2010PSJA High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) — Corelli
Albert GarciaVarsity11
2010Seven Lakes HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (play one mvt) — Elgar
  • Danzas de Panama (play one mvt) — Still
Desiree OverreeNon Varsity11
2009Dulles High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) — Vivaldi
  • String Symphony No. 4 mvt. 3 — Larsen
Michael IsadoreVarsity11
2008Nixon HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings (Mvt 1) — Rutter
  • Romance C Major Op. 42 — Sibelius
Juan A. ValencianoVarsity11
2006Creekview High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' — Vaughan Williams/Stone/Ox Lml
  • Hoe Down from Rodeo (String Orchestra version) — Copland
Julie BlackstockVarsity11

  • Clear Creek HS

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Brandon Cornett

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Divertimento in C Major (play mvt 1; or mvts 2 and 3): Allegro — Mozart/Rothke
    • Simple Symphony (play one mvt): Frolicsome Finale — Britten

  • Summer Creek HS

    2026 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    David Irish

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Strings on Fire — Henry Mancini
    • Pictures at An Exhibition Mvts 1 2 4 9 10 — Mussorgsky/Ravel

  • Clear Springs High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Diana Frazier

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade fur Streichorchester Op. 22 (play one mvt) — Dvorak
    • Danzas de Panama (play one mvt) — Still

  • Katy High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Glenn R Garrido

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony No. 104 (Finale) — Haydn/Parrish
    • Rhythm Dances — Balmages

  • McKinney Boyd High School

    2025 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Randal Lyle

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Danzas Fantasticas (play one mvt) - Mvt. III — Turina
    • Symphony No. 9 IV. Allegro con fuoco — Dvorak

  • Tomball High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Kade Schmalz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rest (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli
    • Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running (from American Serenade) — Kerr

  • Amarillo High School

    2024 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Breanna L Parker

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • An American in Paris — Gershwin/Whitney
    • McCormick Fanfare — Butz

  • Canyon Vista Middle School

    2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Ragan Whatley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor BWV 1043 I. Vivace — Bach
    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato I. Prelude — Bloch

  • San Marcos HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Gabriel Balderrama

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Pizzicato Polka — Strauss
    • Sinfonia in F (17713) — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl

  • Mayde Creek High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Andrew Geyssens

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • American Sketches — Reznicow
    • Rhythm Dances — Balmages

  • McNeil High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    James Caswell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Divertimento for String Orchestra mvt. 1 — Jon Ward Bauman
    • Circles — Patrick Laird

  • Clements High School

    2021 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Neal Springer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Guaracha (3rd mvt from the Latin American Symphony) — Gould
    • The Damnation of Faust Hungarian March — Berlioz

  • Beckendorff Junior High

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Karel Butz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Aria — J.s. Bach-Leopold Stokowski
    • Rumanian Folk Dances — Bela Bartok/Arr. Arthur Willner

  • Clear Falls HS

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Lisa Batson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Viola Concerto 2nd Movement — Telemann/Parrish
    • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) mvt 1 A-Roving — Rutter

  • EL Paso High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Eric Rangel

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lyric Metal — Brian Balmages
    • Heart of Fire — Bernofsky

  • Jersey Village High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Luke Sliva

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Capriol Suite (Movements 1 and 2) — Warlock
    • Take Flight — Patrick Roszell

  • McKinney Boyd High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Link

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson
    • Simple Symphony Mvt. 4 Frolicsome Finale — Britten

  • El Dorado High School

    2018 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Stephanie Schmid-Falcon

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Pastorale (from Prometheus) — Beethoven
    • Procession of the Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches) — Ipolitov-Ivanoff/Isaac

  • Klein Cain High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Bryan Barrett

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (II. Larghetto) — Elgar
    • Baltic Dance — Mosier

  • McNeil High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    James Caswell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia no. 10 in b minor — Felix Mendelssohn
    • Suite for Strings movement I: A-Roving — John Rutter

  • Weslaco East High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    ERIC EHRAMJIAN

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Vanguard Overture — Stephan
    • Suite for Strings (play mvt 2 or 3) — Rutter

  • Americas HS

    2017 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Adria Dunn

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Waltz No. 2 — Shostakovich
    • Hoedown (from Rodeo) — Copland

  • Americas HS

    2017 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Adria Dunn

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Jazz Wa;tz No. 2 — Dmitri Shostakovich
    • Hoedown (from Rodeo) — Copland/

  • Central High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    David Phillips

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Three Mannheimer Sinfonias (G A B) for Strings (Manheim Symphonies) (play one complete sinfonia) G — Stamitz C/Hoffmann
    • Incantations — Meyer/

  • Denton HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Julianne Booth

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Egmont Overture — Beethoven/Mccashin
    • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Prelude or Finale) — Carse/

  • Hebron High School

    2017 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Cautivar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Overture tone poem or one mvt of a symphony Accompanied — Mozart/
    • An American in Paris Suite — Gershwin/Whitney

  • William Brennan

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Armando Rivera

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante From Symphony No. 4 — Mendelssohn/Frost
    • A Moorside Suite (mvt 3) — Holst/

  • Cigarroa HS

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Tomas Aguilar Jr.

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Shepherd's Hey — Grainger/Alshin
    • Heart of Fire — Bernofsky/

  • Kingwood HS

    2016 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Christopher R. Reidlinger

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • John Henry — Copland/
    • Danzon No. 2 — Arturo Marquez

  • Clements High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ginger Wolfe

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade in F Major (play one) — Chadwick
    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato (play one mvt) — Bloch

  • Liberty High School Orchestra

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Julie Blackstock

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) C major — Bach/Russ
    • Phantom Tangos — Balmages

  • Travis High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Sabrina Behrens

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso Accompanied- Concerto No. 10 Op. 3 Mvt. 2 and 1 — Vivaldi/
    • Mock Morris — Grainger

  • Washington HS BTWHSPVA

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    David H Large

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings 1st Mvt. — Janacek
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 3rd mvt — Bach/

  • Dulles High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts)larghetto and presto — Bach C.p.e./
    • December — Torke

  • Bush High School

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Natalyn Whitis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
    • American Gaelic — Atwell/

  • El Dorado High School

    2013 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Stephanie Schmid

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Pastorale (from Prometheus) — Beethoven/
    • Introduction and Royal March of the Lions — Saint-Saens/Arr. Story

  • Lamar High School

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Pat Leaverton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonie F-dur Minuett — Bach W.f.
    • Any String Sinfonia (play one mvt) e minor mvt. 1 — Mendelssohn/

  • Westlake High School

    2013 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    James Edwards

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Danse Macabre — Saint-Saens/
    • Symphony No. 4 Finale — Tschaikowsky/

  • Creekview High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Julie Blackstock

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Last Spring — Grieg
    • Troika from Lieutenant Kiji — Prokofiev/Lavender

  • Booker T. Washington HSPVA

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    David Large

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Hoedown (from Rodeo) (string orchestra version) — Copland
    • Aria (from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5) — Villa-Lobos/Krance

  • Kerr HS

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Marty Koran

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Overture to The Messiah — Handel/Stoessel
    • The Enchanted Castle (from the Suite From the Middle Ages) (must have piano or harp) — Glazunov/Starr

  • PSJA High School

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Albert Garcia

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier
    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) — Corelli

  • Seven Lakes HS

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Desiree Overree

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (play one mvt) — Elgar
    • Danzas de Panama (play one mvt) — Still

  • Dulles High School

    2009 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) — Vivaldi
    • String Symphony No. 4 mvt. 3 — Larsen

  • Nixon HS

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Juan A. Valenciano

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings (Mvt 1) — Rutter
    • Romance C Major Op. 42 — Sibelius

  • Creekview High School

    2006 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Julie Blackstock

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' — Vaughan Williams/Stone/Ox Lml
    • Hoe Down from Rodeo (String Orchestra version) — Copland