String OrchestraGrade 2Code 30213

Emperor Waltz (Op. 437)

Strauss · arranged by Monday · Kendor Music, Inc.

Performances372007–2026

Schools34

Avg concert2.001 is best

Straight ones35%13 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 2007.

<1%of 13,579 performances

36 of this piece vs 13,543 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Americas High Schoolavg 2.33×
Centennial High Schoolavg 1.02×
Beck Junior Highavg 1.01×
Beckendorff Junior High Schoolavg 1.01×
Boerne Champion High Schoolavg 3.01×
Boerne Middle School Southavg 1.01×
Cedar Ridge High Schoolavg 2.01×
Clemens (SCUCISD)avg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad.Gr 1 · avg 1.73×
Ashokan Farewell — UngarGr 3 · avg 2.02×
Dance Scenario — Del BorgoGr 2 · avg 2.52×
Dragonhunter — MeyerGr 1 · avg 3.02×
El Toro — BrubakerGr 2 · avg 3.52×
Fiddling A-Round — CaponegroGr 1 · avg 2.52×
Gaelic Castle — NewboldGr 1 · avg 2.52×
Intensity — O'loughlinGr 2 · avg 1.52×

Performances

All 37 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Americas High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Scarborough Fair — Balmages Path of Mirkwood — Frizzi	Jose L Rios	Non Varsity	3	3
2026	Riverside High SchoolAAAA	String Orchestra	Burst! — Brian Balmages Dance Scenario — Del Borgo	Ramon Acosta	Non Varsity	3	3
2025	Beck Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	El Matador (POP) (opt percussion) — Halferty Intensity — O^Loughlin	Barb Nelsen	Non Varsity	1	1
2025	McCullough Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Gaelic Castle — Soon Hee Newbold Valse Diabolique — Joseph Compello	Aimee Odeh Dutchover	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2024	Americas High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Ashokan Farewell (10141) — Ungar/Custer Sahara Crossing (10067) — Meyer	Jose L Rios	Non Varsity	2	3
2024	Americas High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Ashokan Farewell (10141) — Ungar/Custer Sahara Crossing (10067) — Meyer	Jose L Rios	Non Varsity	2	2
2024	Highlands Junior High SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Avatar (15925) — Spata Country Wedding (from The Mouldau) (10077) — Smetana/Dackow	Joshua Nerona	Varsity	1	2
2024	Irvin High SchoolAAAA	String Orchestra	Rhosymedre (6564) — Vaughan Williams/Foster Symphony No. 3 Mvt III (19677) — Stamitz/Phillips	Ernest Jimenez	Varsity	2	2
2024	Lawler MSCC	String Orchestra	Sunburst (15924) — Silva No Place Like Home — Kevin Sluder	Christine LaLonde	Varsity	1	1
2024	Nimitz MSCCC	String Orchestra	Little Symphony — Carlod Nunez A Modal Festival — Gerry Jon Marsh	Darryl J Tolliver Jr	Varsity	2	2
2023	Garza MSCCC	Full Orchestra	M to the Third Power — Nunez Rosamunde Overture — Schubert/Meyer	Yajaira Lara-Sanchez	Varsity	2	1
2023	Lanier Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	The Hunt (String Quartet No. 17) (21741) — Mozart/Clinesmith Finale (from Overture to William Tell ) (10075) — Rossini/Dackow	Aleta Cole	Non Varsity	2	2
2023	Lone Star MSCCC	String Orchestra	Chester — Billings/Calhoun Gargoyles — Spata	David Engelman	Varsity	3	3
2022	Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Small Overture (15948) — Mathews Earle of Oxford's Marche — Byrd/Hoffman	Aaron Johnston	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2022	Tejeda MSCCC	String Orchestra	Gavotte — Strauss/Farrar-Royce Velocity — Brian Balmages	Anna Trevino	Varsity	1	2
2021	Centennial High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Ethos — Larry Clark Adventure in India — Kevin Mixon	Nikit Desai	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2020	Spence MS and North Dallas HSCC	String Orchestra	Sinfonia — Telemann/Mathews El Toro — Brubaker	Benjamin Henson	Varsity	4	3
2018	Desert View Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Intensity — O'loughlin Boots and Saddle — Sharp	Elizabeth Carson	Varsity	2	2
2018	Wakeland High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Midnight Tango — Pordon Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips	Liudmila Duston	Non Varsity	1	2
2017	Clemens (SCUCISD)AAAAAA	String Orchestra	Sonata No. 1 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Rossini/Wright Brevard Sketches — Del Borgo/	Jennifer Tudyk	Varsity	1	1
2017	Klein Oak High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Arlington Sketches — Del Borgo/ Ice Sculptures (piano required) — Balmages/	Tanner Ledford	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Sanchez Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Dragonhunter — Meyer/ Gaelic Castle — Newbold/	Matthew Nava	Varsity	3	3
2016	Cedar Ridge High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Crossbow Overture — Niehaus/ Crusader — Spata/	Rachel Ringeisen	Non Varsity	2	2
2016	Ross Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	El Toro — Brubaker/ Tales of the Kojiki (piano required) — Yamada/	Francisco David Pedroza	Varsity	3	1
2016	SFA Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	A Beethoven Lullaby (piano opt) — Balmages/ Kemp's Jig — Anon. or Trad./Wilcott	Glenn Lemons	Non Varsity	2	1
2015	Boerne Champion High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	English Folk Song Suite mvt II: Intermezzo — Vaughan-Williams/Bulla Organ Fugue in g minor — Bach/Cerulli	Maggie Raveneau	Varsity	3	2
2015	Boerne Middle School SouthCCC	String Orchestra	Petite Tango — Kriechbaum/ Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages	Maggie Raveneau	Varsity	1	2
2015	Centennial High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Out of Winter — Clark/ Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages	Priscilla Holt	Non Varsity	1	2
2015	Huffines Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	North Country Legend — Williams/ After the Rain — Day	Christy LaLonde	Varsity	2	1
2014	Edison HSAAAA	String Orchestra	Brandenburg Concerto #5 1st Movement — J.s. Bach/Isaac The Ash Grove — Arr. Michael Hopkins	Samuel Mendez	Non Varsity	4	2
2014	ODonnell MSCCC	String Orchestra	Enchanted Village — O'loughlin/ Kingbridge March — Dyson/	Richard Spitz	Varsity	1	1
2013	Harold W Lang MSCC	String Orchestra	Sailor's Song — Williams/ Fiddling A-Round — Caponegro/	Beth Poquette Drews	Non Varsity	4	3
2012	Durham Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Toccatina — Hofeldt Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost	Alicia Walls	Varsity	1	1
2012	San Jacinto Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Dance Scenario — Del Borgo/ Telemann Sinfonia — Telemann/Brown	Bill DeLavan	Varsity	2	2
2008	Union Grove Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Dragonhunter — Meyer Little Symphony — Nunez	Sherri L. Broome	Non Varsity	3	2
2007	Beckendorff Junior High SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Baroque Fugue — Edmund J. Siennicki Fiddling A-Round — John Caponegro	Matthew Porter	Non Varsity	1	1
2007	Travis MSCCC	String Orchestra	Contredanse — Clark A Shaker Hymm — O'reilly	Alicia Walls	Varsity	2	3

Americas High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Jose L Rios
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Scarborough Fair — Balmages
- Path of Mirkwood — Frizzi
Riverside High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity
Ramon Acosta
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Burst! — Brian Balmages
- Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
Beck Junior High
2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Barb Nelsen
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- El Matador (POP) (opt percussion) — Halferty
- Intensity — O^Loughlin
McCullough Junior High
2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity
Aimee Odeh Dutchover
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Gaelic Castle — Soon Hee Newbold
- Valse Diabolique — Joseph Compello
Americas High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Jose L Rios
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Ashokan Farewell (10141) — Ungar/Custer
- Sahara Crossing (10067) — Meyer
Americas High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Jose L Rios
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Ashokan Farewell (10141) — Ungar/Custer
- Sahara Crossing (10067) — Meyer
Highlands Junior High School
2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Joshua Nerona
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Avatar (15925) — Spata
- Country Wedding (from The Mouldau) (10077) — Smetana/Dackow
Irvin High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity
Ernest Jimenez
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Rhosymedre (6564) — Vaughan Williams/Foster
- Symphony No. 3 Mvt III (19677) — Stamitz/Phillips
Lawler MS
2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Christine LaLonde
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sunburst (15924) — Silva
- No Place Like Home — Kevin Sluder
Nimitz MS
2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Darryl J Tolliver Jr
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Little Symphony — Carlod Nunez
- A Modal Festival — Gerry Jon Marsh
Garza MS
2023 · Full Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Yajaira Lara-Sanchez
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- M to the Third Power — Nunez
- Rosamunde Overture — Schubert/Meyer
Lanier Middle School
2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Aleta Cole
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- The Hunt (String Quartet No. 17) (21741) — Mozart/Clinesmith
- Finale (from Overture to William Tell ) (10075) — Rossini/Dackow
Lone Star MS
2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
David Engelman
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Chester — Billings/Calhoun
- Gargoyles — Spata
Cypress Creek High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Aaron Johnston
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Small Overture (15948) — Mathews
- Earle of Oxford's Marche — Byrd/Hoffman
Tejeda MS
2022 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Anna Trevino
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Gavotte — Strauss/Farrar-Royce
- Velocity — Brian Balmages
Centennial High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Nikit Desai
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Ethos — Larry Clark
- Adventure in India — Kevin Mixon
Spence MS and North Dallas HS
2020 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Benjamin Henson
Concert4SR3
Performed with
- Sinfonia — Telemann/Mathews
- El Toro — Brubaker
Desert View Middle School
2018 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Elizabeth Carson
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Intensity — O'loughlin
- Boots and Saddle — Sharp
Wakeland High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Liudmila Duston
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Midnight Tango — Pordon
- Fantasia on a Original Theme — Phillips
Clemens (SCUCISD)
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity
Jennifer Tudyk
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sonata No. 1 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Rossini/Wright
- Brevard Sketches — Del Borgo/
Klein Oak High School
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Tanner Ledford
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Arlington Sketches — Del Borgo/
- Ice Sculptures (piano required) — Balmages/
Sanchez Middle School
2017 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Matthew Nava
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Dragonhunter — Meyer/
- Gaelic Castle — Newbold/
Cedar Ridge High School
2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Rachel Ringeisen
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Crossbow Overture — Niehaus/
- Crusader — Spata/
Ross Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Francisco David Pedroza
Concert3SR1
Performed with
- El Toro — Brubaker/
- Tales of the Kojiki (piano required) — Yamada/
SFA Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Glenn Lemons
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- A Beethoven Lullaby (piano opt) — Balmages/
- Kemp's Jig — Anon. or Trad./Wilcott
Boerne Champion High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Maggie Raveneau
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- English Folk Song Suite mvt II: Intermezzo — Vaughan-Williams/Bulla
- Organ Fugue in g minor — Bach/Cerulli
Boerne Middle School South
2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Maggie Raveneau
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Petite Tango — Kriechbaum/
- Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
Centennial High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Priscilla Holt
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Out of Winter — Clark/
- Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
Huffines Middle School
2015 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Christy LaLonde
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- North Country Legend — Williams/
- After the Rain — Day
Edison HS
2014 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Non Varsity
Samuel Mendez
Concert4SR2
Performed with
- Brandenburg Concerto #5 1st Movement — J.s. Bach/Isaac
- The Ash Grove — Arr. Michael Hopkins
ODonnell MS
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Richard Spitz
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Enchanted Village — O'loughlin/
- Kingbridge March — Dyson/
Harold W Lang MS
2013 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Beth Poquette Drews
Concert4SR3
Performed with
- Sailor's Song — Williams/
- Fiddling A-Round — Caponegro/
Durham Middle School
2012 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Alicia Walls
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Toccatina — Hofeldt
- Themes (from the Moldau) — Smetana/Frost
San Jacinto Junior High
2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Bill DeLavan
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Dance Scenario — Del Borgo/
- Telemann Sinfonia — Telemann/Brown
Union Grove Middle School
2008 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Sherri L. Broome
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Dragonhunter — Meyer
- Little Symphony — Nunez
Beckendorff Junior High School
2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Matthew Porter
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Baroque Fugue — Edmund J. Siennicki
- Fiddling A-Round — John Caponegro
Travis MS
2007 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Alicia Walls
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Contredanse — Clark
- A Shaker Hymm — O'reilly

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