String OrchestraGrade 3Code 30261

The Blacksmith

Anon. or Trad. · arranged by O\'loughlin · Carl Fischer, Inc.

Performances442011–2026

Schools36

Avg concert1.361 is best

Straight ones70%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.

Concert
Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 3 String Orchestra piece performed since 2011.

<1%of 9,216 performances

44 of this piece vs 9,172 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Dulles High Schoolavg 1.33×
Hebron High Schoolavg 1.03×
Clear Brook High Schoolavg 1.02×
Cypress Ranch High Schoolavg 1.02×
Lewisville High Schoolavg 2.52×
Rice Middle Schoolavg 1.02×
Arlington High Schoolavg 2.01×
Beckendorff Junior Highavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 2.03×
A Scottish Ballade (Annie Laurie) — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 1.52×
Adagio and Allegro — MarcelloGr 3 · avg 1.52×
Danny Boy — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 1.52×
Deja Vu — NunezGr 4 · avg 1.52×
Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand (Pong Lang Dance) — MeyerGr 3 · avg 1.02×
Jubilant Overture — ReznicowGr 4 · avg 1.52×
Reverie for String Orchestra — DayGr 3 · avg 1.02×

Performances

All 44 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Juan Seguin High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Danny Boy — Arr. Harry Alshin Bavarian Rhapsody — Shaffer	TJ Fletcher	Non Varsity	2	1
2026	Memorial High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Deep River — Trad./Gruselle Rush — Oostenbroek	Leslie Campbell	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2025	Dulles High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages Theme from Symphony No. 1 Movement 3 (timpani OR harp required) — Mahler/Pfeil	Peter Pomajevich	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2025	Hebron High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Night Shift — Richard Meyer The Old Boatman — Price/Perna	Matthew Cautivar	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2025	Mercedes High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Deja Vu — Nunez Dragons Flight — Ramsey-White	Mark Reney	Varsity	1	1
2025	Quail Valley Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand (Pong Lang Dance) — Meyer Gauntlet — Spata	David McAllister	Varsity	1	1
2024	Elkins High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	The Old Sioux Trail (19541) — Holmes/ Suo Gan (19513) — Welsh Folk Song/Clark	Joe Garcia	Non Varsity	1	1
2024	Highland Park Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	M to the Third Power — Carold Nunez Reverie for String Orchestra — James Corigliano	Ben Mitchell	Varsity	1	1
2023	Beckendorff Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Small Overture (15948) — Mathews Flight (19496) — Day	Amy Williams	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2023	Bowie High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Jubilant Overture (19390) — Reznicow Reverie for String Orchestra (15940) — Day	Jennifer Cliborn	Non Varsity	1	1
2023	Clear Falls HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Scottish Ballade (Annie Laurie) (17662) — Anon. or Trad./Sheldon Whirligig — Day	Chris Tran	Non Varsity	1	1
2023	Cypress Ridge High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Song of the Ocean Winds (20864) — Gordon Lullaby — Hofeldt	Catherine Walker	Non Varsity	1	1
2023	Georgetown High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Carrickfergus (19665) (Piano or Harp required) — Traditional Irish Folk Song/Roszell Warrior Legacy (18419) — Newbold	Barbara Hughston	Non Varsity	2	1
2022	Arlington High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	String Chatter (15939) — Daniels Momentum — Longfield	Sandra M. Mour	Non Varsity	2	1
2022	Clear Brook High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 1st mov. — Bach/Isaac Reverie for String Orchestra — Day	Brady Meyer	Non Varsity	1	1
2022	Lewisville High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Reverie — James Corigliano Turning Point — Robert Longfield	Richard Greenwood	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2021	Liberty High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	She Will Hang The Night With Stars — Hofeldt Arabian Dreams — Newbold	Julie Blackstock	Non Varsity	1	1
2021	Temple High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Hornpipe (from Water Music) — Handel/Meyer Dance Suite for Strings (Allemande) — Whitney	James E. Flowers II	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Central JHSBBB	String Orchestra	Echelon — Griesinger Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand (Pong Lang Dance) — Meyer	Tara Truex	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	An American Folk Symphony III. Cowboy Waltz — Bishop Aspire — Phillips	Elizabeth Ledford	Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Hill Country MSCC	String Orchestra	Gagliarda — Respighi/Gruselle Lonestar — Strommen	Rachel Horvitz	Varsity	1	1
2018	Clear Brook High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Supernova — Hopkins Danny Boy — Trad./Alshin	David Weigert	Non Varsity	1	1
2018	Coronado HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Contredanse — Clark The Bird: Finale from String Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 — Haydn/Moreno	Laura Flanagan	Non Varsity	1	1
2018	Dulles High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Handelian — Atwell Shirl Jae Adagio and Allegro (play all) — Marcello/Law	Michael Isadore	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2018	Hebron High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Pyramids — Frost Ancient Flower — Nishimura	Matthew Cautivar	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Seguin HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Sea Songs — Vaughan Williams/Longfield The Salley Gardens — Britten/Longfield	Melina Shaffer	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2016	Hill Country Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Symphony No. 1 in D Major — Mahler/Dackow Sleepers Wake (Cantata #140) — Bach/Caponergro	Rachel Horvitz	Varsity	1	1
2016	Lewisville High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	The Dance of the Iscariot — Mosier Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./ Yamada	Erin Rich	Non Varsity	3	2
2016	Rice Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Tango Espressivo — Turner Adagio and Allegro — Marcello/Law	Emily De La Torre	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2015	Conrad High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Hatikva — Anon. or Trad./Shapiro Jubilant Overture — Reznicow	Mike Harris	Varsity	2	1
2015	Fort Settlement Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Toccata — Frescobaldi/Higgins Sanseneon — Frost/	Jose Garcia	Varsity	1	1
2015	McKinney High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Velvet Morning — O'loughlin Turning Point — Longfield	Fawn Sorgi	Non Varsity	1	1
2015	T H Rogers Education CenterCC	String Orchestra	Enchanted Village — O'loughlin Lijiang River Landscape — Trad/Albert Wang	Lynsey Slavonic	Non Varsity	2	2
2014	Dulles High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch	Michael Isadore	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2014	Parkland High SchoolAAAA	String Orchestra	An Elizabethan Madrigal (Now is the Month of Maying) — Morley/Monday Deja Vu — Nunez	Ryan Snodgrass	Varsity	2	2
2014	Smith MSCCC	String Orchestra	Arlington Sketches — Del Borgo/ A Scottish Ballade (Annie Laurie) — Anon. or Trad./Sheldon	Sandra Justice	Varsity	2	1
2013	Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer American Landscape — Newbold	Elizabeth Ledford	Non Varsity	1	1
2013	MacArthur High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Celtic Suite — Fishburn/ Last Rose of Summer from Martha — Flotow/Longfield	Phillip Anderson	Non Varsity	2	3
2013	Madison HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer Chorale and Minuet — Bach/Del Borgo	Allen Williams	Non Varsity	4	4
2013	Seven Lakes HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Serenade for Strings Mvt. I (Prelude) Mvt. IV (Cakewalk) — Leyden/ Adagio per Archi (Adagio for Strings) — Mangani	Maya Mathews	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2012	Hebron High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running (from American Serenade) — Kerr/	Dawn Oyedipe	Non Varsity	1	1
2012	Rice Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	English Folk Song Suite 1. March — Vaughn Williams/Bulla Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Johannes Brahms/Isaac	Barbara Gordy Fox	Non Varsity	1	1
2012	Westlake High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Spartacus — Brian Balmages Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer	James Edwards	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2011	Irons Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Modus # 4 — Atwell Dance Scenario — Del Borgo	Laura Flanagan	Varsity	1	1

Juan Seguin High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
TJ Fletcher
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Danny Boy — Arr. Harry Alshin
- Bavarian Rhapsody — Shaffer
Memorial High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Leslie Campbell
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Deep River — Trad./Gruselle
- Rush — Oostenbroek
Dulles High School
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Peter Pomajevich
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- To Tame the Raging Rapids — Balmages
- Theme from Symphony No. 1 Movement 3 (timpani OR harp required) — Mahler/Pfeil
Hebron High School
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Matthew Cautivar
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Night Shift — Richard Meyer
- The Old Boatman — Price/Perna
Mercedes High School
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Mark Reney
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Deja Vu — Nunez
- Dragons Flight — Ramsey-White
Quail Valley Middle School
2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
David McAllister
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand (Pong Lang Dance) — Meyer
- Gauntlet — Spata
Elkins High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Joe Garcia
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- The Old Sioux Trail (19541) — Holmes/
- Suo Gan (19513) — Welsh Folk Song/Clark
Highland Park Middle School
2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Ben Mitchell
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- M to the Third Power — Carold Nunez
- Reverie for String Orchestra — James Corigliano
Beckendorff Junior High
2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity
Amy Williams
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Small Overture (15948) — Mathews
- Flight (19496) — Day
Bowie High School
2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Jennifer Cliborn
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Jubilant Overture (19390) — Reznicow
- Reverie for String Orchestra (15940) — Day
Clear Falls HS
2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Chris Tran
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A Scottish Ballade (Annie Laurie) (17662) — Anon. or Trad./Sheldon
- Whirligig — Day
Cypress Ridge High School
2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Catherine Walker
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Song of the Ocean Winds (20864) — Gordon
- Lullaby — Hofeldt
Georgetown High School
2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Barbara Hughston
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Carrickfergus (19665) (Piano or Harp required) — Traditional Irish Folk Song/Roszell
- Warrior Legacy (18419) — Newbold
Arlington High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Sandra M. Mour
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- String Chatter (15939) — Daniels
- Momentum — Longfield
Clear Brook High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Brady Meyer
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 1st mov. — Bach/Isaac
- Reverie for String Orchestra — Day
Lewisville High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Richard Greenwood
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Reverie — James Corigliano
- Turning Point — Robert Longfield
Liberty High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Julie Blackstock
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- She Will Hang The Night With Stars — Hofeldt
- Arabian Dreams — Newbold
Temple High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
James E. Flowers II
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Hornpipe (from Water Music) — Handel/Meyer
- Dance Suite for Strings (Allemande) — Whitney
Central JHS
2019 · String Orchestra · BBB · Non Varsity
Tara Truex
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Echelon — Griesinger
- Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand (Pong Lang Dance) — Meyer
Cypress Ranch High School
2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Elizabeth Ledford
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- An American Folk Symphony III. Cowboy Waltz — Bishop
- Aspire — Phillips
Hill Country MS
2019 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Rachel Horvitz
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Gagliarda — Respighi/Gruselle
- Lonestar — Strommen
Clear Brook High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
David Weigert
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Supernova — Hopkins
- Danny Boy — Trad./Alshin
Coronado HS
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Laura Flanagan
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Contredanse — Clark
- The Bird: Finale from String Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 — Haydn/Moreno
Dulles High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Michael Isadore
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Handelian — Atwell Shirl Jae
- Adagio and Allegro (play all) — Marcello/Law
Hebron High School
2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Matthew Cautivar
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Pyramids — Frost
- Ancient Flower — Nishimura
Seguin HS
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Melina Shaffer
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Sea Songs — Vaughan Williams/Longfield
- The Salley Gardens — Britten/Longfield
Hill Country Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Rachel Horvitz
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Symphony No. 1 in D Major — Mahler/Dackow
- Sleepers Wake (Cantata #140) — Bach/Caponergro
Lewisville High School
2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Erin Rich
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- The Dance of the Iscariot — Mosier
- Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./ Yamada
Rice Middle School
2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity
Emily De La Torre
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Tango Espressivo — Turner
- Adagio and Allegro — Marcello/Law
Conrad High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Mike Harris
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Hatikva — Anon. or Trad./Shapiro
- Jubilant Overture — Reznicow
Fort Settlement Middle School
2015 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jose Garcia
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Toccata — Frescobaldi/Higgins
- Sanseneon — Frost/
McKinney High School
2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Fawn Sorgi
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Velvet Morning — O'loughlin
- Turning Point — Longfield
T H Rogers Education Center
2015 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity
Lynsey Slavonic
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Enchanted Village — O'loughlin
- Lijiang River Landscape — Trad/Albert Wang
Dulles High School
2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Michael Isadore
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada
- Ahlan Sabaya Alfarah (percussion is required) — Anon. or Trad./Sarch
Parkland High School
2014 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity
Ryan Snodgrass
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- An Elizabethan Madrigal (Now is the Month of Maying) — Morley/Monday
- Deja Vu — Nunez
Smith MS
2014 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Sandra Justice
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Arlington Sketches — Del Borgo/
- A Scottish Ballade (Annie Laurie) — Anon. or Trad./Sheldon
Cypress Ranch High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Elizabeth Ledford
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
- American Landscape — Newbold
MacArthur High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Phillip Anderson
Concert2SR3
Performed with
- Celtic Suite — Fishburn/
- Last Rose of Summer from Martha — Flotow/Longfield
Madison HS
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Allen Williams
Concert4SR4
Performed with
- Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) (harp or piano required) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
- Chorale and Minuet — Bach/Del Borgo
Seven Lakes HS
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Maya Mathews
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Serenade for Strings Mvt. I (Prelude) Mvt. IV (Cakewalk) — Leyden/
- Adagio per Archi (Adagio for Strings) — Mangani
Hebron High School
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Dawn Oyedipe
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
- Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running (from American Serenade) — Kerr/
Rice Middle School
2012 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Barbara Gordy Fox
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- English Folk Song Suite 1. March — Vaughn Williams/Bulla
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Johannes Brahms/Isaac
Westlake High School
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
James Edwards
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Spartacus — Brian Balmages
- Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) — Anon. or Trad./Meyer
Irons Middle School
2011 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Laura Flanagan
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Modus # 4 — Atwell
- Dance Scenario — Del Borgo

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