String OrchestraGrade 4(piano and percussion)Code 30282

Shepherd's Dance (From "Amahl and the Night Visitors")

Menotti · arranged by Conley · Multiple Publishers;G. Schirmer, Inc.;Hal Leonard Music, Inc.

Performances72012–2026

Schools7

Avg concert1.141 is best

Straight ones86%6 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 2012.

<1%of 4,524 performances

7 of this piece vs 4,517 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Central High Schoolavg 1.01×
Cypress Ranch High Schoolavg 1.01×
Hebron High Schoolavg 1.01×
John Jay High Schoolavg 2.01×
La Porte HSavg 1.01×
The Colony High Schoolavg 1.01×
Westwood High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

A Downland Suite — IrelandGr 5 · avg 1.01×
A Moorside Suite — HolstGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Capriol Suite — WarlockGr 4 · avg 1.01×
Carillon (From L'arlesienne, Suite, No. 1) — BizetFull Orchestra · Gr 4 · avg 1.01×
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — BlochGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Nocturne — HofeldtGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Overture Op. 4 No. 2 — BarsantiGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Simple Symphony — BrittenGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 7 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Westwood High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Three Movements from Lincolnshire Posy mvt. I II — Grainger/Longfield Carillon — Bizet/Monday	Joshua Thompson	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2025	The Colony High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Moorside Suite (mvt 1 or 3) - Mvmt. 1 Scherzo — Holst Sinfonia No. 2 (play one mvt) - Mvmt 2. Andante. Vivace. — Vivaldi	Matthew Lovelace	Varsity	1	1
2013	Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Nocturne — Hofeldt/ Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato (play one mvt) 1. Prelude — Bloch/	Elizabeth Ledford	Varsity	1	1
2013	John Jay High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Sinfonia in g 1st mvt. — Albinoni Sinfonia XII 1st and 2nd mvt. — Mendelssohn/	Deana Johnson	Varsity	2	1
2012	Central High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Overture Op. 4 No. 2 (play all) — Barsanti/ Simple Symphony (play one mvt) Mvt III — Britten/	David Phillips	Varsity	1	1
2012	Hebron High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Downland Suite movt 2 — Ireland/Bush Kalimba African Thumb Piano — Bob Lipton	Dawn Oyedipe	Varsity	1	1
2012	La Porte HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Concerto Op. 6 Nr. 8 Vivace - Grave - Allegro — Corelli Capriol Suite Mvm't 2. Pavane — Warlock	Geoff Carlton	Varsity	1	1

Westwood High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Joshua Thompson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Three Movements from Lincolnshire Posy mvt. I II — Grainger/Longfield
- Carillon — Bizet/Monday
The Colony High School
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Matthew Lovelace
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A Moorside Suite (mvt 1 or 3) - Mvmt. 1 Scherzo — Holst
- Sinfonia No. 2 (play one mvt) - Mvmt 2. Andante. Vivace. — Vivaldi
Cypress Ranch High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Elizabeth Ledford
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Nocturne — Hofeldt/
- Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato (play one mvt) 1. Prelude — Bloch/
John Jay High School
2013 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Deana Johnson
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Sinfonia in g 1st mvt. — Albinoni
- Sinfonia XII 1st and 2nd mvt. — Mendelssohn/
Central High School
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
David Phillips
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Overture Op. 4 No. 2 (play all) — Barsanti/
- Simple Symphony (play one mvt) Mvt III — Britten/
Hebron High School
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Dawn Oyedipe
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A Downland Suite movt 2 — Ireland/Bush
- Kalimba African Thumb Piano — Bob Lipton
La Porte HS
2012 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Geoff Carlton
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Concerto Op. 6 Nr. 8 Vivace - Grave - Allegro — Corelli
- Capriol Suite Mvm't 2. Pavane — Warlock

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