String OrchestraGrade 2Code 30219

Meditation and Ritual

Calhoun · Carl Fischer, Inc.

Performances502010–2026

Schools40

Avg concert1.441 is best

Straight ones68%34 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 2010.

<1%of 12,279 performances

50 of this piece vs 12,229 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Austin Academy avg 1.52×
Beverly Hills Intermediateavg 1.02×
Cypress Creek High Schoolavg 1.02×
Cypress Falls High Schoolavg 1.02×
Eastlake High Schoolavg 1.02×
Eastwood Middle School avg 1.02×
Hedrick Middle Schoolavg 1.02×
Langham Creek High Schoolavg 1.52×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Intensity — O'loughlinGr 2 · avg 1.34×
Contredanse — ClarkGr 2 · avg 1.33×
Lijiang River Landscape — TraditionalGr 2 · avg 1.03×
Ablaze — BernotasGr 2 · avg 2.52×
Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 1.02×
Black Knight — EdlundGr 3 · avg 1.52×
Boots and Saddle — SharpGr 2 · avg 1.02×
Danza — NelhybelGr 3 · avg 2.02×

Performances

All 50 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	The Lovers^ Waltz (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski Elasticity — Giebler	Aaron Johnston	Non Varsity	1	1
2026	Hedrick Middle School CC	String Orchestra	Fiddles on Fire — Williams Mystic Dances — Frizzi	Jaxon Straw	Varsity	1	1
2026	Morton Ranch Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Bow Hunters — Deborah Baker Monday The Old Rocking Chair — Jeremy Woolstenhulme	Connor Dorsey	Non Varsity	2	1
2025	Comal Canyon HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Spring Song — Daniels Black Knight — Edlund	Fernanda Cuevas	Non Varsity	2	2
2025	Labay Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Toccatina — Hoefeltd Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda	GINA CHANDLER	Varsity	1	1
2025	Spring Forest Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	An English Folksong — McQuilkin Boots and Saddle — Sharp	Kareem Goode	Varsity	1	1
2024	Delay Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Arioso — Handel/Wagner Sparta (20873) — Parrish	Gil Jarvis	Varsity	2	2
2024	Eastlake High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Lijiang River Landscape (19341) — Traditional/Wang Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (10147) (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch	Cindy Cabada	Non Varsity	1	2
2024	Eastlake High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Lijiang River Landscape (19341) — Traditional/Wang Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (10147) (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch	Cindy Cabada	Non Varsity	1	1
2024	Stinson MS CCC	String Orchestra	Contredanse — Larry Clark Midnight Rain — Susan Day	Marcelino Guerrero	Varsity	1	1
2023	Austin Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Ablaze — Chris M. Bernotas Legends of Glory — Kathryn Griesinger	Silke Holdys	Varsity	3	1
2023	Hedrick MSCC	String Orchestra	Loch Lomond (6188) — Klauss Sparta (20873) — Parrish	Jaxon Straw	Varsity	1	1
2022	Beverly Hills IntermediateCCC	String Orchestra	M to the Third Power (6443) — Nunez/ Celtic Sunrise — Soon Hee Newbold	Ana Payne	Varsity	1	1
2022	Parkland High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	'Jupiter' from The Planets — Holst/Monday Turning Point — Longfield	David Pena	Varsity	1	1
2021	Bonnette MSCC	String Orchestra	Mystic Dances — Frizzi Diana the Huntress — Woolstenhulme	Rachel Davenport	Varsity	1	1
2021	Cypress Falls High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Little Symphony — Nunez Midnight Adventure	John Ricarte	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2021	Klein Cain High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata/ North Star to Freedom — Newbold/	Sundas Mohi-Truong	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2020	Cockrill Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Silhouettes (19364) — Silva Echelon — Greisinger	Nicole Brown	Varsity	1	1
2020	Lebanon Trail High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Boots and Saddle — Sharp Gauntlet — Spata	Aline Moore	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2020	Walsh Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (10088) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer Gauntlet (15956) — Spata	Nathan Ledgerwood	Varsity	1	1
2019	Bonham Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Ocean Storm — Vivaldi/Fritz Ablaze — Bernotas	Josh Salinas	Varsity	2	1
2019	Cypress Falls High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Lullaby — Hofeldt Dragon Dances — Soon Hee Newbold	John Ricarte	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Eastwood Middle School CCC	String Orchestra	Lijiang River Landscape — Traditional/Wang Spartacus — Brian Balmages	Cynthia Cabada	Varsity	1	1
2019	Hedrick Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	All Strings Attached — Neihaus Misty Cavern (piano and percussion optional) — Kazik	Bill Zauner	Varsity	1	1
2019	Hildebrandt IntermediateCCC	String Orchestra	Two Lyric Pieces: The Watchman's Song — Grieg/Chin Sunburst — Silva	Lynsey Slavonic	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Langham Creek High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle Terra Nova — Meyer	Melissa Shideler	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2019	Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Black Knight — Edlund Spring Song — Daniels	Matthew Porter	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2018	Austin Academy CC	String Orchestra	Sunburst — Silva Scottish Bobber — Clark	Sara Howell	Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Mayde Creek HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Renaissance Suite (play two) — Leidig/ Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada	Michael Chandler	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2017	Pasadena HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Cliffs Of Moher — Susan Day When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan	Michael Bonas	Non Varsity	1	1
2016	Beverly Hills IntermediateCCC	String Orchestra	Moonlight Shadows — O'loughlin/ Contredanse — Clark/	Ana Payne	Non Varsity	1	1
2016	Eastwood Middle School CCC	String Orchestra	Fiddles on Fire — Williams/ Wait your Turn! (percussion must be omitted) — Spata/	Cynthia Cabada	Non Varsity	1	1
2016	Ensor Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Ukrainian Folk Songs Movement III Kolomeka — Anon. or Trad./Dackow Tres Valses Poeticos Movement II — Granados/Mcquilkin	Jesus Esteban Diaz	Varsity	2	1
2016	Labay MSCCC	String Orchestra	Highland Song — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Brian Balmages	GINA CHANDLER	Varsity	1	1
2016	Mercedes High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Storm the Gates — Silva/ Gaelic Castle — Newbold/	Mark Reney	Non Varsity	1	1
2015	Desert View Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	The Gypsy Rover — Del Borgo El Toro — Brubaker	Elizabeth Carson	Varsity	1	1
2015	Hebron High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Serenade for Strings movt 1 Prelude movt 2 Fugue — Leyden/ Crusader — Spata/	Dawn Oyedipe	Sub Non Varsity	2	2
2015	Spring Forest Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Terra Nova — Meyer/ M to the Third Power — Nunez/	Kareem Goode	Varsity	1	1
2014	Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Intensity — O'loughlin/ Spring — Vivaldi/Monday	Jonathan Cohen	Non Varsity	1	1
2014	Forest Oak MSCCC	String Orchestra	Air and Caprice — Larry Clark Enchanted Village — Sean O'laughlin	Don Crosby	Varsity	5	4
2014	Jackson IntermediateCCC	String Orchestra	Intensity — O'loughlin/ Sonatine — Del Borgo/	Bradley Jacob	Varsity	1	1
2014	PSJA: Escalante MSCC	String Orchestra	Intensity — O'loughlin Rustic Dance — Mark Williams	Kelly M Alvarado	Non Varsity	2	2
2014	Sam Rayburn Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	A Shaker Hymn — O'reilly/ Contredanse — Clark/	Lee Rivera	Varsity	2	1
2014	Sanchez Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Jupiter Theme (From 'The Planets') — Phillip Hash Aftershock — Larry Clark	Matthew Nava	Varsity	2	1
2013	Gorzycki Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Ode To Joy — Beethoven/Caponegro/Chase Tribal Dance — Brian Balmages	Carolyn Hagler	Non Varsity	1	1
2013	Langham Creek High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Danza — Nelhybel/ Quintus — Clark/	Dave Hunter	Non Varsity	1	2
2013	William James MSCCC	String Orchestra	Quinto-Quarto Suite Mov. 2 'Penticato' — Isaac Intensity — O'loughlin/	Doreida Aleksi	Varsity	1	1
2012	Austin Academy CC	String Orchestra	Sonatina — Hook/Strommen Variations Upon the Sailor's Hornpipe — Anon. or Trad./Croft	Sara Howell	Non Varsity	2	2
2012	Morton Ranch Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	The Lost Tomb — O'loughlin/ Whimsical Dance — Broege/	Timothy Jones	Non Varsity	3	3
2010	John Tyler High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (play mvt 1) — Bach/Isaac Danza — Nelhybel	Barbara Woodring	Non Varsity	3	2

Cypress Creek High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Aaron Johnston
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Lovers^ Waltz (opt harp) — Unger/Dabczynski
- Elasticity — Giebler
Hedrick Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Jaxon Straw
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Fiddles on Fire — Williams
- Mystic Dances — Frizzi
Morton Ranch Junior High
2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Connor Dorsey
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Bow Hunters — Deborah Baker Monday
- The Old Rocking Chair — Jeremy Woolstenhulme
Comal Canyon HS
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Fernanda Cuevas
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Spring Song — Daniels
- Black Knight — Edlund
Labay Middle School
2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
GINA CHANDLER
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Toccatina — Hoefeltd
- Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda
Spring Forest Middle School
2025 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Kareem Goode
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- An English Folksong — McQuilkin
- Boots and Saddle — Sharp
Delay Middle School
2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Gil Jarvis
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Arioso — Handel/Wagner
- Sparta (20873) — Parrish
Eastlake High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Cindy Cabada
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Lijiang River Landscape (19341) — Traditional/Wang
- Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (10147) (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch
Eastlake High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Cindy Cabada
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Lijiang River Landscape (19341) — Traditional/Wang
- Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (10147) (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch
Stinson MS
2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Marcelino Guerrero
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Contredanse — Larry Clark
- Midnight Rain — Susan Day
Austin Middle School
2023 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Silke Holdys
Concert3SR1
Performed with
- Ablaze — Chris M. Bernotas
- Legends of Glory — Kathryn Griesinger
Hedrick MS
2023 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Jaxon Straw
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Loch Lomond (6188) — Klauss
- Sparta (20873) — Parrish
Beverly Hills Intermediate
2022 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Ana Payne
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- M to the Third Power (6443) — Nunez/
- Celtic Sunrise — Soon Hee Newbold
Parkland High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
David Pena
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- 'Jupiter' from The Planets — Holst/Monday
- Turning Point — Longfield
Bonnette MS
2021 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Rachel Davenport
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Mystic Dances — Frizzi
- Diana the Huntress — Woolstenhulme
Cypress Falls High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
John Ricarte
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Little Symphony — Nunez
- Midnight Adventure
Klein Cain High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Sundas Mohi-Truong
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata/
- North Star to Freedom — Newbold/
Cockrill Middle School
2020 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Nicole Brown
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Silhouettes (19364) — Silva
- Echelon — Greisinger
Lebanon Trail High School
2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Aline Moore
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Boots and Saddle — Sharp
- Gauntlet — Spata
Walsh Middle School
2020 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Nathan Ledgerwood
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (10088) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
- Gauntlet (15956) — Spata
Bonham Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Josh Salinas
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Ocean Storm — Vivaldi/Fritz
- Ablaze — Bernotas
Cypress Falls High School
2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
John Ricarte
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Lullaby — Hofeldt
- Dragon Dances — Soon Hee Newbold
Eastwood Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Cynthia Cabada
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Lijiang River Landscape — Traditional/Wang
- Spartacus — Brian Balmages
Hedrick Middle School
2019 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Bill Zauner
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- All Strings Attached — Neihaus
- Misty Cavern (piano and percussion optional) — Kazik
Hildebrandt Intermediate
2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Lynsey Slavonic
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Two Lyric Pieces: The Watchman's Song — Grieg/Chin
- Sunburst — Silva
Langham Creek High School
2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Melissa Shideler
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Over the Sea to Skye — Gruselle
- Terra Nova — Meyer
Tompkins High School
2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Matthew Porter
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Black Knight — Edlund
- Spring Song — Daniels
Austin Academy
2018 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Sara Howell
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sunburst — Silva
- Scottish Bobber — Clark
Mayde Creek HS
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Michael Chandler
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Renaissance Suite (play two) — Leidig/
- Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada
Pasadena HS
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Michael Bonas
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Cliffs Of Moher — Susan Day
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Anon. or Trad./Stephan
Beverly Hills Intermediate
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Ana Payne
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Moonlight Shadows — O'loughlin/
- Contredanse — Clark/
Eastwood Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Cynthia Cabada
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Fiddles on Fire — Williams/
- Wait your Turn! (percussion must be omitted) — Spata/
Ensor Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jesus Esteban Diaz
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Ukrainian Folk Songs Movement III Kolomeka — Anon. or Trad./Dackow
- Tres Valses Poeticos Movement II — Granados/Mcquilkin
Labay MS
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
GINA CHANDLER
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Highland Song — Anon. or Trad./Caponegro
- Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Brian Balmages
Mercedes High School
2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Mark Reney
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Storm the Gates — Silva/
- Gaelic Castle — Newbold/
Desert View Middle School
2015 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Elizabeth Carson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Gypsy Rover — Del Borgo
- El Toro — Brubaker
Hebron High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Dawn Oyedipe
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Serenade for Strings movt 1 Prelude movt 2 Fugue — Leyden/
- Crusader — Spata/
Spring Forest Middle School
2015 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Kareem Goode
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Terra Nova — Meyer/
- M to the Third Power — Nunez/
Cypress Creek High School
2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Jonathan Cohen
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Intensity — O'loughlin/
- Spring — Vivaldi/Monday
Forest Oak MS
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Don Crosby
Concert5SR4
Performed with
- Air and Caprice — Larry Clark
- Enchanted Village — Sean O'laughlin
Jackson Intermediate
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Bradley Jacob
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Intensity — O'loughlin/
- Sonatine — Del Borgo/
PSJA: Escalante MS
2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Kelly M Alvarado
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Intensity — O'loughlin
- Rustic Dance — Mark Williams
Sam Rayburn Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Lee Rivera
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- A Shaker Hymn — O'reilly/
- Contredanse — Clark/
Sanchez Middle School
2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Matthew Nava
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Jupiter Theme (From 'The Planets') — Phillip Hash
- Aftershock — Larry Clark
Gorzycki Middle School
2013 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Carolyn Hagler
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Ode To Joy — Beethoven/Caponegro/Chase
- Tribal Dance — Brian Balmages
Langham Creek High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Dave Hunter
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Danza — Nelhybel/
- Quintus — Clark/
William James MS
2013 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Doreida Aleksi
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Quinto-Quarto Suite Mov. 2 'Penticato' — Isaac
- Intensity — O'loughlin/
Austin Academy
2012 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Sara Howell
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Sonatina — Hook/Strommen
- Variations Upon the Sailor's Hornpipe — Anon. or Trad./Croft
Morton Ranch Junior High
2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Timothy Jones
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- The Lost Tomb — O'loughlin/
- Whimsical Dance — Broege/
John Tyler High School
2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Barbara Woodring
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (play mvt 1) — Bach/Isaac
- Danza — Nelhybel

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