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String OrchestraGrade 2Code 30231

Variations upon the Sailor's Hornpipe

Anon. or Trad. · arranged by Croft · Carl Fischer, Inc.

Performances122012–2025
Schools11
Avg concert1.751 is best
Straight ones33%4 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 2012.

<1%of 11,197 performances

12 of this piece vs 11,185 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Rider HSavg 1.52×
  • Austin Academy avg 2.01×
  • Canyon Vista Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Central Jr. High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Horace Mann JSavg 2.01×
  • Lanier HSavg 3.01×
  • Lanier Middle Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Midway Middle Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Accents — FrostGr 2 · avg 2.01×
  • An English Folksong — McquilkinGr 2 · avg 2.01×
  • Boots and Saddle — SharpGr 2 · avg 3.01×
  • Contrasts in e Minor — FeeseGr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Dance of the Maidens (From the Opera Prince Igor) — BorodinGr 2 · avg 2.01×
  • Dragonhunter — MeyerGr 1 · avg 1.01×
  • Firestorm — Ramsey-WhiteGr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Gaelic Castle — NewboldGr 1 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 12 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025Midway Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • An English Folksong — McQuilkin
  • Firestorm — Ramsey-White
Terence GuerreroVarsity21
2023Rider HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Thunderstruck (21745) — Oloughlin
  • Mystical Mage (24175) — Woolstenhulme
Loy StuderNon Varsity11
2019Lanier Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Dance of the Maidens (from the opera Prince Igor) (harp or piano) — Borodin/Wagner
  • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
Aleta ColeNon Varsity22
2019Rider HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite in C (play one mvt) — Pleyel/Halen
  • Sinfonia in D (play mvt 1) — Stamitz C/Green
Loy StuderNon Varsity22
2017Horace Mann JSCCCString Orchestra
  • Gaelic Castle — Newbold/
  • Greensleeves (must also play one additional tune from this collection) — Anon. or Trad./Hare
Heidi SchornickVarsity22
2016Central Jr. High SchoolBBBString Orchestra
  • Goin' To Boston — Trad/Gruselle
  • Terra Nova — Meyer
Tara TruexNon Varsity12
2015Lanier HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Boots and Saddle — Sharp/
  • King William's March — Clarke/Phillips
Ruben Zepeda Non Varsity33
2014W. T. White High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Tango D Amour — Day
  • Contrasts in e minor — Feese/
Bob NulischNon Varsity22
2013VISD Middle School OrchestraCCString Orchestra
  • Honor and Glory — Soon Hee Newbold
  • Misty Cavern — James Kazik
Kathy Murdock Varsity11
2012Austin Academy CCString Orchestra
  • Sonatina — Hook/Strommen
  • Meditation and Ritual — Calhoun/
Sara HowellNon Varsity22
2012Canyon Vista Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Dragonhunter — Meyer/
  • Sunburst — Silva/
Elizabeth FrederickSub Non Varsity11
2012R. L. Turner High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Accents — Frost
  • Medieval Wars — Balmages
Brian TowndrowSub Non Varsity21

  • Midway Middle School

    2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Terence Guerrero

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • An English Folksong — McQuilkin
    • Firestorm — Ramsey-White

  • Rider HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Loy Studer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Thunderstruck (21745) — Oloughlin
    • Mystical Mage (24175) — Woolstenhulme

  • Lanier Middle School

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Aleta Cole

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Dance of the Maidens (from the opera Prince Igor) (harp or piano) — Borodin/Wagner
    • Sahara Crossing — Meyer

  • Rider HS

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Loy Studer

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Suite in C (play one mvt) — Pleyel/Halen
    • Sinfonia in D (play mvt 1) — Stamitz C/Green

  • Horace Mann JS

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Heidi Schornick

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Gaelic Castle — Newbold/
    • Greensleeves (must also play one additional tune from this collection) — Anon. or Trad./Hare

  • Central Jr. High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · BBB · Non Varsity

    Tara Truex

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Goin' To Boston — Trad/Gruselle
    • Terra Nova — Meyer

  • Lanier HS

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Ruben Zepeda

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • Boots and Saddle — Sharp/
    • King William's March — Clarke/Phillips

  • W. T. White High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Bob Nulisch

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Tango D Amour — Day
    • Contrasts in e minor — Feese/

  • VISD Middle School Orchestra

    2013 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Kathy Murdock

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Honor and Glory — Soon Hee Newbold
    • Misty Cavern — James Kazik

  • Austin Academy

    2012 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Sara Howell

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Sonatina — Hook/Strommen
    • Meditation and Ritual — Calhoun/

  • Canyon Vista Middle School

    2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Frederick

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dragonhunter — Meyer/
    • Sunburst — Silva/

  • R. L. Turner High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brian Towndrow

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Accents — Frost
    • Medieval Wars — Balmages