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String OrchestraGrade 4(harp)Code 30280

Prayer for Peace

Williams · Hal Leonard Music, Inc.

Performances372011–2026
Schools34
Avg concert1.111 is best
Straight ones89%33 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 4 String Orchestra piece performed since 2011.

<1%of 4,767 performances

32 of this piece vs 4,735 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Hebron High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Independence High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Martin High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Alamo Heights HSavg 1.01×
  • Allen High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Atascocita H Savg 1.01×
  • Austin High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Cedar Ridge High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • St. Paul Suite — HolstGr 5 · avg 1.03×
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 — BachGr 5 · avg 1.52×
  • Choreography — Dello JoioGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — BlochGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Concerto in D — VivaldiGr 3 · avg 1.52×
  • Serenade for Strings, Op. 6 — SukGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Simple Symphony — BrittenGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110) — ShostakovichGr 5 · avg 1.02×

Performances

All 37 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Round Rock High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato mvt 4 Fugue — Bloch
  • Serenade for Strings mvt 5: Finale — Herbert
Erin KeithVarsity11
2026Westlake High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • St. Paul's Suite Op. 29 — Holst
  • Death and The Maiden — SchubertSelby
Josue MartinezVarsity11
2025Cedar Ridge High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 50 in C Major IV Finale — Haydn/Dackow
  • Molly on the Shore — Grainger
Jessica DelfeldVarsity11
2025Flower Mound High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto for Two Cellos in G-Minor (Allegro and Largo) — Vivaldi
  • Metal Rhythmico — Mosier
Stephen ClinkNon Varsity11
2025Grand Oaks High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Through the Dark Domain — Spata
  • Iditarod — Newbold
Michael CasagrandeNon Varsity11
2025Guyer High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony for Strings No. 1 — Jeffery Bishop
  • Finlandia — Sibelius/Latham
Sarah WrightNon Varsity11
2025Martin High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • The Montagues and Capulets — Prokofieff/Siennicki
  • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 mvt IV — Bizet
Jamie OvalleNon Varsity11
2024Atascocita H SAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Reverie (6240) — Corigliano
  • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (6390) (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher
William BewleyNon Varsity11
2024Hebron High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sinfonia for Strings (6585) (play one mvt) — Beglarian/Pied
  • WYHIWYG — Höricht
Matthew CautivarVarsity11
2024Independence High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Russlan and Ludmilla Overture (6061) — Glinka/Sopkin
  • Carmen Suite No. 1 (6029) (mvt IV & V) — Bizet
Lindsey TitusVarsity11
2023Klein Oak High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso (6602) (play first or last mvt) — Giannini
  • Suite for Strings — Mcgrath
Tanner LedfordVarsity11
2023Westwood HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 (10235) Mvt. 1 — Suk
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato mvt. III — Bloch
Joshua ThompsonVarsity11
2022Katy High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) (6608) — Grieg/
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (6600) — Elgar/
MaryEvelyn ThwaitesVarsity12
2021Harker Heights High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Hebrides Overture — Mendelssohn/Librande
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts). Op. 6 No. 1 — Corelli
Jeremy CameronVarsity11
2021Martin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Double Cello Concerto in G Minor — Vivaldi
  • Momentum Suite for Strings Mvt 3 Momentum — Hope
Jamie OvalleVarsity11
2020Kealing Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Zoom! — Richard Meyer
  • Suite For Strings - Mvt. 1 — John Rutter
David JarrottVarsity11
2018Denton HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (mvt 2) — Shostakovich/Drew
  • Fiesta Jubiloso — Compello
Julianne BoothVarsity11
2018Independence High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (play mvt 2 3) — Shostakovich/Drew
  • Choreography (Mvt. 3) — Dello Joio
Lindsey TitusVarsity11
2018Reagan HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • String Quartet No. 10 Op. 118- mvt. 2 'Allegretto Furioso' — Dimitri Shostakovich
  • Souvenir of Florence- mvt. 3 — Tschaikowsky/Drew
Sixto ElizondoVarsity11
2017Alamo Heights HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade in Four Movements (from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) (play one mvt) — Mozart/
  • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/
Colin MeineckeVarsity11
2017Creekview High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4 I. and II. — Handel/
  • St. Paul Suite (I. Jig) — Holst/
Jeff HarvickVarsity11
2017Hebron High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Otono Porteno — Piazzolla/Desyatnikov
  • St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst/
Matthew CautivarVarsity11
2017Sartartia Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Point Lookout — Balmages/
  • Orion and the Scorpion — Soon Hee Newbold
Ann VictorVarsity11
2016Centennial High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac
  • Double Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in d Minor — J.s. Bach
Priscilla HoltVarsity11
2016Doerre Intermediate SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Legend Op. 59 No. 6 (harp required) — Dvorak/Sieving
  • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/
Rowina TorresVarsity11
2015Allen High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Poet and Peasant Overture — Von Suppe
  • Symphony No. 5 mvt IV — Shostakovich
David DeVotoVarsity11
2015Westlake High School OrchestraAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • A Hectic Overture — Lloyd/
  • The Second Storm — Smith/
Andrew PotterNon Varsity11
2014Austin High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 (play one mvt) - #1 — Suk/
  • Symphonie Spirituelle mvt 2 — Hamerik
Carolyn VandiverVarsity11
2014Clear Creek HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brandenburg #3 Mvt. 3 — J.s. Bach
  • Drifen — Shirl Jae Atwell
Kysha BradshawVarsity21
2014Dulles High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Mill and the Train — Allen/
  • Danzas de Panama (play one mvt)movement III — Still/
Michael IsadoreNon Varsity11
2013The Woodlands College Park HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Bach/
  • Choreography (play two contrasting mvts) — Dello Joio/
Peter KempterVarsity11
2012EL Paso High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto for Violin in D Major (3rd movement) — Beethoven/Marcia Fountain
  • Perseus — Newbold/
Diana GillilandVarsity11
2012Klein High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (harp) — Gould
  • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Prelude Song or Finale) — Carse/
Keith MarkusonNon Varsity11
2012Morton Ranch HSAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Farandole (from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Stone
  • Symphony No. 9 IV. Allegro con fuoco — Dvorak
Renee GillilandVarsity22
2012Sam Houston HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Minuetto — Bolzoni/Dasch
  • Time Piece — Amundson
Roz WaldorfVarsity22
2012Stony Point High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No. 11 - all mvts) — Vivaldi/
  • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter
Catrina LotspeichVarsity21
2011Clark High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson
  • The Texians — Nunez
Andrew Goins & Stefanie HayesNon Varsity11
  • Round Rock High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Erin Keith

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato mvt 4 Fugue — Bloch
    • Serenade for Strings mvt 5: Finale — Herbert
  • Westlake High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Josue Martinez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • St. Paul's Suite Op. 29 — Holst
    • Death and The Maiden — SchubertSelby
  • Cedar Ridge High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jessica Delfeld

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony No. 50 in C Major IV Finale — Haydn/Dackow
    • Molly on the Shore — Grainger
  • Flower Mound High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Stephen Clink

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto for Two Cellos in G-Minor (Allegro and Largo) — Vivaldi
    • Metal Rhythmico — Mosier
  • Grand Oaks High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Michael Casagrande

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Through the Dark Domain — Spata
    • Iditarod — Newbold
  • Guyer High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Sarah Wright

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony for Strings No. 1 — Jeffery Bishop
    • Finlandia — Sibelius/Latham
  • Martin High School

    2025 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jamie Ovalle

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Montagues and Capulets — Prokofieff/Siennicki
    • L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 mvt IV — Bizet
  • Atascocita H S

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    William Bewley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Reverie (6240) — Corigliano
    • Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance (6390) (play Fiddle Dance only) — Fletcher
  • Hebron High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Cautivar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia for Strings (6585) (play one mvt) — Beglarian/Pied
    • WYHIWYG — Höricht
  • Independence High School

    2024 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Lindsey Titus

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Russlan and Ludmilla Overture (6061) — Glinka/Sopkin
    • Carmen Suite No. 1 (6029) (mvt IV & V) — Bizet
  • Klein Oak High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Tanner Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso (6602) (play first or last mvt) — Giannini
    • Suite for Strings — Mcgrath
  • Westwood HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Joshua Thompson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 (10235) Mvt. 1 — Suk
    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato mvt. III — Bloch
  • Katy High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    MaryEvelyn Thwaites

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) (6608) — Grieg/
    • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (6600) — Elgar/
  • Harker Heights High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jeremy Cameron

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Hebrides Overture — Mendelssohn/Librande
    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts). Op. 6 No. 1 — Corelli
  • Martin High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jamie Ovalle

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Double Cello Concerto in G Minor — Vivaldi
    • Momentum Suite for Strings Mvt 3 Momentum — Hope
  • Kealing Middle School

    2020 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    David Jarrott

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Zoom! — Richard Meyer
    • Suite For Strings - Mvt. 1 — John Rutter
  • Denton HS

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Julianne Booth

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (mvt 2) — Shostakovich/Drew
    • Fiesta Jubiloso — Compello
  • Independence High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Lindsey Titus

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (play mvt 2 3) — Shostakovich/Drew
    • Choreography (Mvt. 3) — Dello Joio
  • Reagan HS

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Sixto Elizondo

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • String Quartet No. 10 Op. 118- mvt. 2 'Allegretto Furioso' — Dimitri Shostakovich
    • Souvenir of Florence- mvt. 3 — Tschaikowsky/Drew
  • Alamo Heights HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Colin Meinecke

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade in Four Movements (from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) (play one mvt) — Mozart/
    • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/
  • Creekview High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jeff Harvick

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4 I. and II. — Handel/
    • St. Paul Suite (I. Jig) — Holst/
  • Hebron High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Cautivar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Otono Porteno — Piazzolla/Desyatnikov
    • St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst/
  • Sartartia Middle School

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Ann Victor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Point Lookout — Balmages/
    • Orion and the Scorpion — Soon Hee Newbold
  • Centennial High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Priscilla Holt

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac
    • Double Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in d Minor — J.s. Bach
  • Doerre Intermediate School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Rowina Torres

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Legend Op. 59 No. 6 (harp required) — Dvorak/Sieving
    • Simple Symphony (play one mvt) — Britten/
  • Allen High School

    2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    David DeVoto

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Poet and Peasant Overture — Von Suppe
    • Symphony No. 5 mvt IV — Shostakovich
  • Westlake High School Orchestra

    2015 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Andrew Potter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Hectic Overture — Lloyd/
    • The Second Storm — Smith/
  • Austin High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Carolyn Vandiver

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 6 (play one mvt) - #1 — Suk/
    • Symphonie Spirituelle mvt 2 — Hamerik
  • Clear Creek HS

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Kysha Bradshaw

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Brandenburg #3 Mvt. 3 — J.s. Bach
    • Drifen — Shirl Jae Atwell
  • Dulles High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Mill and the Train — Allen/
    • Danzas de Panama (play one mvt)movement III — Still/
  • The Woodlands College Park HS

    2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Peter Kempter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Bach/
    • Choreography (play two contrasting mvts) — Dello Joio/
  • EL Paso High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Diana Gilliland

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto for Violin in D Major (3rd movement) — Beethoven/Marcia Fountain
    • Perseus — Newbold/
  • Klein High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Keith Markuson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (harp) — Gould
    • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (play Prelude Song or Finale) — Carse/
  • Morton Ranch HS

    2012 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Renee Gilliland

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Farandole (from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2) — Bizet/Stone
    • Symphony No. 9 IV. Allegro con fuoco — Dvorak
  • Sam Houston HS

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Roz Waldorf

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Minuetto — Bolzoni/Dasch
    • Time Piece — Amundson
  • Stony Point High School

    2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Catrina Lotspeich

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No. 11 - all mvts) — Vivaldi/
    • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter
  • Clark High School

    2011 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Andrew Goins & Stefanie Hayes

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson
    • The Texians — Nunez