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String OrchestraGrade 4(play two contrasting mvts) (percussion, piano opt)Code 29210

English Folk Song Suite

Vaughan-Williams · arranged by Bulla · Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.

Performances412008–2024
Schools33
Avg concert1.341 is best
Straight ones76%31 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.

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Share of its category

Against every grade 4 String Orchestra piece performed since 2008.

<1%of 5,445 performances

41 of this piece vs 5,404 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Klein High Schoolavg 1.33×
  • Brazoswood High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • Kilgore High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Klein Collins High Schoolavg 2.52×
  • Klein Oak High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Ridge Point High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • Seven Lakes High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Allen High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Adagio Cantabile (From Pathetique Sonata) — BeethovenGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Don Quixote, Suite for Strings and Cembalo (Don Quixote Suite) — TelemannGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Fan Dance — NewboldGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance — FletcherGr 4 · avg 1.52×
  • Pavane Opus 50 — FaureGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Simple Symphony — BrittenGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • St. Paul Suite — HolstGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Variations on an Appalachian Hymn — DysonGr 4 · avg 2.52×

Performances

All 41 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2024Independence High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages
  • Concerto Polonois Largo mvt. — Telemann/Schroeder
Kathryn SabrsulaNon Varsity11
2024Klein High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Pavane Opus 50 (20666) — Faure/Clark
  • Iditarod (17700) — Newbold/
Jennifer HillenSub Non Varsity11
2024Ridge Point High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Dance of Iscariot (10181) — Mosier/
  • Pavane Opus 50 (20666) — Faure/Clark
Shaun HillenNon Varsity11
2023Seven Lakes High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Mighty Columbia — Butz
  • Ancient Wonders Suite (24196) (III. The Great Pyramid at Giza IV. Statue of Zeus at Olympia) — Parrish
Sean CarltonSub Non Varsity11
2023Veterans Memorial HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Chaconne in e minor (6507) — Buxtehude/Hause
  • Girl with the Flaxen Hair (15976) — Debussy/Monday
Brandon LoweVarsity11
2021Brazoswood High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ
  • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
Phillip HintzeVarsity11
2021Highland Park HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance — Fletcher/
  • A Moorside Suite — Holst/
Chris TranNon Varsity21
2021Klein Oak High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (play one mvt) — Elgar
  • Concerto for Violin and Piano — Haydn
Tanner LedfordVarsity11
2020Curtis Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana — Mascagni/Doan
  • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (6390) (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher
Amanda SuVarsity11
2019Allen High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Overture to Rodelinda for String Orchestra — Handel/Clark
  • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Howard Hanson
David DeVotoSub Non Varsity11
2019Atascocita HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • A Maid in Bedlam — Atwell
  • Contrasts in e minor — Feese
Colin CatoeSub Non Varsity11
2019Bush High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Nocturne — Hofeldt
  • Turning Point — Longfield
Brian RunnelsVarsity21
2019Memorial High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Avatar — Spata
  • Danny Boy — Anon. or Trad./Alshin or Morales
Matthew ChanNon Varsity11
2019Ridge Point High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso — Corelli
  • Blue-Fire Fiddler — Soon Hee Newbold
Henry WattsVarsity21
2018Stony Point High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Spartacus — Balmages
  • Water Music Suite 1st Mvt. — Handel/Etling
Allison SozanskySub Non Varsity11
2017Faubion Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings (play mvt 2 or 3) III — Rutter/
  • Mad Hatter Musings — Mosier/
Kari ZamoraVarsity11
2017Kilgore High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • English Fugue — Selby/Sheinberg
  • Donegal Fiddles — Tim Mccarrick
Tristan Drake RobertsVarsity11
2017LBJ High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Forest Incantations — Alan Lee Silva
  • Choreography (Movements I and II) — Dello Joio/
Luzvic BackstromNon Varsity11
2017McMillen High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Higgins
  • Keystone — Silva
Maria RohrNon Varsity21
2017Seven Lakes High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Adagio Cantabile (from Pathetique Sonata) — Beethoven/Gruselle
  • Fire Dance — Newbold
Colleen WhatleySub Non Varsity11
2016J. Frank Dobie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/
  • Point Lookout — Balmages/
Sam FlippinVarsity11
2015Boerne Champion High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Emperor Waltz (Op. 437) — Strauss/Monday
  • Organ Fugue in g minor — Bach/Cerulli
Maggie RaveneauVarsity32
2015Klein High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brook Green Suite (play mvts 1 & 2; or mvt 3) — Holst/
  • Hoedown (from Rodeo) (string orchestra version) — Copland/
Keith MarkusonNon Varsity21
2015Pasadena Memorial HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Voyage for String Orchestra — Corigliano/
  • Fire Dance — Soon Hee Newbold
Noah ClaytorVarsity11
2015The Woodlands College Park HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender
  • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/
Peter KempterVarsity11
2014Brazoswood High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Romanian Folk Dances Movements 1 and 2 — Bartok/Monday
  • The Texians — Nunez/
Doug RickawayVarsity21
2014Klein Oak High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto in g minor for 2 cellos — Vivaldi/
  • Adagio for Strings — Barber/
Tanner LedfordVarsity11
2012Cinco Ranch High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite Concertante for String Orchestra — Reed/
  • St. Paul Suite — Holst/
Brett NelsenNon Varsity11
2012Kilgore High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Adagio Cantabile (from Pathetique Sonata) — Beethoven/Gruselle
  • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter
Tristan RobertsVarsity11
2012Rice Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • The Blacksmith — Sean O'loughlin
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Johannes Brahms/Isaac
Barbara Gordy FoxNon Varsity11
2011Central High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Don Quixote Suite for Strings and Cembalo (Don Quixote Suite) (play two contrasting mvts) Overture; His Attack...; Sighs of Love...; — Telemann
  • Adagio in G Minor — Albinoni/Giazotto
David PhillipsVarsity11
2011Skyline CenterAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Bach
  • Toccatina — William Hofeldt
Brian SagueVarsity45
2010Klein High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Ase's Death (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) — Grieg
  • Perseus — Newbold
Keith MarkusonNon Varsity11
2009Bailey JHCCCString Orchestra
  • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) - piano — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
  • Variations on a Well-Known Sea Chanty — Stephan
Amanda MusserVarsity11
2009Guyer High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Don Quixote Suite for Strings and Cembalo (Don Quixote Suite) Mvts. 1 3 5 — Telemann
  • Themes from The Rite of Spring — Stravinsky/Lipton
Michelle BriansVarsity11
2008Anderson High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto for Harp Movement 1 — Dittersdorf/Strings
  • St. Paul Suite (mvmt.1) — Holst
Richard FrazierVarsity11
2008Clear Creek High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • An English Suite (play one mvt from: 1 2 3 4 or 7) (1) — Parry
  • Two Pieces (from Henry 5) (play both pieces) — Walton
Michael V. AstwoodVarsity11
2008Ereckson Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Medieval Wars — Balmages
  • Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch
Angie CimbaloVarsity11
2008Klein Collins High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Variations on an Appalachian Hymn — Dyson
  • M to the Third Power — Nunez
Carlos LaraSub Non Varsity22
2008Klein Collins High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Overture to Lucio Silla — Mozart/Dackow
  • Variations on an Appalachian Hymn — Dyson
Carlos LaraNon Varsity32
2008Robert E. Lee HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Mummers — John Merle
  • Ashoken Farewell — Ungar/Custer
Michael GrinnellNon Varsity11

  • Independence High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Kathryn Sabrsula

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages
    • Concerto Polonois Largo mvt. — Telemann/Schroeder

  • Klein High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Jennifer Hillen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Pavane Opus 50 (20666) — Faure/Clark
    • Iditarod (17700) — Newbold/

  • Ridge Point High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Shaun Hillen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Dance of Iscariot (10181) — Mosier/
    • Pavane Opus 50 (20666) — Faure/Clark

  • Seven Lakes High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Sean Carlton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Mighty Columbia — Butz
    • Ancient Wonders Suite (24196) (III. The Great Pyramid at Giza IV. Statue of Zeus at Olympia) — Parrish

  • Veterans Memorial HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Brandon Lowe

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Chaconne in e minor (6507) — Buxtehude/Hause
    • Girl with the Flaxen Hair (15976) — Debussy/Monday

  • Brazoswood High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Phillip Hintze

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ
    • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan

  • Highland Park HS

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Chris Tran

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance — Fletcher/
    • A Moorside Suite — Holst/

  • Klein Oak High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Tanner Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (play one mvt) — Elgar
    • Concerto for Violin and Piano — Haydn

  • Curtis Middle School

    2020 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Amanda Su

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana — Mascagni/Doan
    • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (6390) (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher

  • Allen High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    David DeVoto

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Overture to Rodelinda for String Orchestra — Handel/Clark
    • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Howard Hanson

  • Atascocita HS

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Colin Catoe

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Maid in Bedlam — Atwell
    • Contrasts in e minor — Feese

  • Bush High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Brian Runnels

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Nocturne — Hofeldt
    • Turning Point — Longfield

  • Memorial High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Matthew Chan

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Avatar — Spata
    • Danny Boy — Anon. or Trad./Alshin or Morales

  • Ridge Point High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Henry Watts

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso — Corelli
    • Blue-Fire Fiddler — Soon Hee Newbold

  • Stony Point High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Allison Sozansky

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Spartacus — Balmages
    • Water Music Suite 1st Mvt. — Handel/Etling

  • Faubion Middle School

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Kari Zamora

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings (play mvt 2 or 3) III — Rutter/
    • Mad Hatter Musings — Mosier/

  • Kilgore High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Tristan Drake Roberts

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • English Fugue — Selby/Sheinberg
    • Donegal Fiddles — Tim Mccarrick

  • LBJ High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Luzvic Backstrom

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Forest Incantations — Alan Lee Silva
    • Choreography (Movements I and II) — Dello Joio/

  • McMillen High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Maria Rohr

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Higgins
    • Keystone — Silva

  • Seven Lakes High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Colleen Whatley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Adagio Cantabile (from Pathetique Sonata) — Beethoven/Gruselle
    • Fire Dance — Newbold

  • J. Frank Dobie High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Sam Flippin

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/
    • Point Lookout — Balmages/

  • Boerne Champion High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Maggie Raveneau

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Emperor Waltz (Op. 437) — Strauss/Monday
    • Organ Fugue in g minor — Bach/Cerulli

  • Klein High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Keith Markuson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Brook Green Suite (play mvts 1 & 2; or mvt 3) — Holst/
    • Hoedown (from Rodeo) (string orchestra version) — Copland/

  • Pasadena Memorial HS

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Noah Claytor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Voyage for String Orchestra — Corigliano/
    • Fire Dance — Soon Hee Newbold

  • The Woodlands College Park HS

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Peter Kempter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender
    • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/

  • Brazoswood High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Doug Rickaway

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Romanian Folk Dances Movements 1 and 2 — Bartok/Monday
    • The Texians — Nunez/

  • Klein Oak High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Tanner Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto in g minor for 2 cellos — Vivaldi/
    • Adagio for Strings — Barber/

  • Cinco Ranch High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Brett Nelsen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite Concertante for String Orchestra — Reed/
    • St. Paul Suite — Holst/

  • Kilgore High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Tristan Roberts

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Adagio Cantabile (from Pathetique Sonata) — Beethoven/Gruselle
    • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter

  • Rice Middle School

    2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Barbara Gordy Fox

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Blacksmith — Sean O'loughlin
    • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Johannes Brahms/Isaac

  • Central High School

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    David Phillips

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Don Quixote Suite for Strings and Cembalo (Don Quixote Suite) (play two contrasting mvts) Overture; His Attack...; Sighs of Love...; — Telemann
    • Adagio in G Minor — Albinoni/Giazotto

  • Skyline Center

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Brian Sague

    Concert4SR5

    Performed with

    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Bach
    • Toccatina — William Hofeldt

  • Klein High School

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Keith Markuson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Ase's Death (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) — Grieg
    • Perseus — Newbold

  • Bailey JH

    2009 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Amanda Musser

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) - piano — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
    • Variations on a Well-Known Sea Chanty — Stephan

  • Guyer High School

    2009 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Michelle Brians

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Don Quixote Suite for Strings and Cembalo (Don Quixote Suite) Mvts. 1 3 5 — Telemann
    • Themes from The Rite of Spring — Stravinsky/Lipton

  • Anderson High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Richard Frazier

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto for Harp Movement 1 — Dittersdorf/Strings
    • St. Paul Suite (mvmt.1) — Holst

  • Clear Creek High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Michael V. Astwood

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • An English Suite (play one mvt from: 1 2 3 4 or 7) (1) — Parry
    • Two Pieces (from Henry 5) (play both pieces) — Walton

  • Ereckson Middle School

    2008 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Angie Cimbalo

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Medieval Wars — Balmages
    • Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch

  • Klein Collins High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Carlos Lara

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Variations on an Appalachian Hymn — Dyson
    • M to the Third Power — Nunez

  • Klein Collins High School

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Carlos Lara

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Overture to Lucio Silla — Mozart/Dackow
    • Variations on an Appalachian Hymn — Dyson

  • Robert E. Lee HS

    2008 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Michael Grinnell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Mummers — John Merle
    • Ashoken Farewell — Ungar/Custer