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Mixed ChorusGrade 3(SATB) (a cappella)Code 30790

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

Potter · Santa Barbara Music Publishing

Performances342013–2026
Schools28
Avg concert1.441 is best
Straight ones65%22 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 Mixed Chorus piece performed since 2013.

<1%of 3,664 performances

32 of this piece vs 3,632 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Madison HSavg 2.33×
  • Hargrave High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • Keller Middle Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Lamar High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Morton Ranch High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Alvarado High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Alvarado HSavg 2.01×
  • Amarillo High Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep — FarnellGr 3 · avg 1.33×
  • Amor Vittorioso — GastoldiGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • Come in from Firefly Darkness — BernonGr 2 · avg 1.52×
  • Come to Me, O My Love — PetkerTenor-Bass Chorus · Gr 3 · avg 3.02×
  • Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel — Anon. or Trad.Gr 1 · avg 2.02×
  • Exsultate Justi in Domino — AdamsGr 4 · avg 1.52×
  • Gloria — HaydnGr 3 · avg 1.52×
  • Hold Fast to Dreams — LabarrGr 3 · avg 2.02×

Performances

All 34 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Amarillo High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Lord I Know I Been Changed (SATB) (accomp) — Shackley
  • La Llorona — Soto
Sauncy BrowneNon Varsity21
2026Lamar High SchoolAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Moonlight — Burrows
  • Ma Bella Bimba (SATB or three part mixed) (accomp) — Moore
Robert DeeNon Varsity12
2026Lancaster Middle SchoolCCCMixed Chorus
  • Gloria Alleluia (three part mixed) (accomp) — Crocker
  • Keep Your Lamps (three part mixed) (accomp) — Johnson
KeAndre KeelingVarsity25
2026Madison HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Hold Fast To Dreams — LaBarr
  • Come to me O my love — Petker
Allen WilliamsNon Varsity13
2024Westside HSAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Dona Nobis Pacem (from Mass in C) — Mozart/Liebergen
  • Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel — Arr: Emerson
Thao PhamNon Varsity11
2023Stratford High SchoolAAAAAATreble Chorus
  • Antiphonal Kyrie (17826) (SA) (a cappella) — Thrift
  • Keep Your Lamps! (16337) (SSA) (conga drums) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Thomas
Gyasi BlantonSub Non Varsity11
2022Hargrave High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (18493) (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
  • Exsultate justi in Domino (16843) (SATB) (accomp) — Adams
Brice CampbellVarsity23
2022Madison HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Come to me O my love — Petker
  • Hold Fast To Dreams (22790) (SATB) (accomp) — Labarr
Allen WilliamsNon Varsity32
2021Seguin HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Sing Me to Heaven (a cappella) — Gawthrop
  • Ave Maria (Latin) (a cappella) — Stravinsky
Leo GarciaVarsity11
2019Alvarado HSAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Come In (from Firefly Darkness) (SAB sop alto baritone soli) (accomp) — Bernon
  • The Pasture (No. 2 from Where the Earth Meets the Sky) (SATB) (accomp) — Stroope
Edward SmithVarsity21
2019BanderaAAAAMixed Chorus
  • O occhi manza mia (Italian) (a cappella) — Di Lasso/Klein
  • Dance For Love — Stroope
Catherine E HolmesVarsity23
2019Braswell High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Away from the Roll of the Sea (accomp) — Macgillivray
  • Festival Sanctus (SATB)(Latin) (accomp) — Leavitt
Ben OehlschlaegerVarsity11
2019Keller Middle SchoolCCCMixed Chorus
  • Hear the Sound of Joy — Viadana/Hopson
  • America the Beautiful — Buryl Red
Carla EppersonNon Varsity11
2019Mountain View High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Et In Terra Pax (SATB) (accomp) — Lightfoot
  • El Vito (SAB) (accomp) — Traditional Spanish/Crocker
Luiz Alberto RodriguezNon Varsity11
2018Graham High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Keep Your Lamps — Thomas
  • Jenny — Kerr Myers
Deborah LoeschVarsity21
2018Hargrave High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
  • Exsultate justi in Domino (SATB) (accomp) — Adams
Brice CampbellVarsity11
2018Harwood Jr. High SchoolBBBMixed Chorus
  • The White Moon (accomp) — Butler
  • Gloria in excelsis — Vivaldi-Martens
Kristin StewartVarsity11
2018Madison HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Come to me O my love — Petker
  • Chester (also pub separately) (a cappella) — Billings
Allen WilliamsNon Varsity34
2018Morton Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
  • Awake My Soul and Sing — Johnson
David Van WykNon Varsity12
2018Whitehouse HSAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Come Live With Me and Be My Love (SSAB) (accomp) — Gilpin
  • Placido e il mar (Italian) (accomp) — Mozart/Wagner
Amy McMichaelVarsity11
2017Clint High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel — Emerson
  • 1. In the Village 2. Boatman! Boatman! — Bartok/Suchoff
Dennis McFarlingNon Varsity34
2017Flower Mound HSAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Chi la Gagliarda (Italian) (1 verse) (w/ or w/o accomp) — Donato/Klein
  • All That You Need is You — Jenni Brandon
Lindsay SwartwoodNon Varsity11
2017Lone Star HSAAAAATreble Chorus
  • Gerakina (SSA) — Anon. or Trad./Leck
  • All Join Hands — Anon. or Trad./Crocker
Glen MillerNon Varsity11
2017Red Oak High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Der Tanz (German) — Schubert/Robinson
  • Weep No More — Childs
Julia CooperVarsity12
2016Waco High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • My Lord What a Morning (SAB) — Anon. or Trad./Gilpin
  • Festival Cantate (3-part mixed) — Johnson/
Carrie ForehandNon Varsity23
2015Alvarado High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Come In (from Firefly Darkness) (SAB sop alto baritone soli) — Bernon/
  • The Pasture (No. 2 from Where the Earth Meets the Sky) (SATB) — Stroope/
Edward SmithVarsity12
2015United HS 9th Grade CampusAAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Ma Navu (Hebrew) (SAB or SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Snyder
  • Gloria (from Heiligmesse) (Latin) — Haydn/Woodman/Leavitt
Hacel AriasSub Non Varsity23
2014Bushland High SchoolAAMixed Chorus
  • Non Nobis Domine — Victor C. Johnson
  • There Is Sweet Music Here (SATB) — Gilpin/
Laura LaneVarsity11
2014Centennial High SchoolAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia (SSATB) — Brunner/
  • On Some Solemn Shore (SATB) — Ramsey/
Ben OehlschlaegerVarsity21
2014Lindale HSAAAAMixed Chorus
  • My Heart is Offered Still to You (Mon coeur se recommande a vous) (French) — Lassus/Randolph
  • Follow the River (SATB) — Wheeler/
Phillip NixNon Varsity13
2014W. E. Greiner Middle SchoolCCCMixed Chorus
  • Amor Vittorioso (Italian) — Gastoldi/Leininger
  • O To Make a Jubilant Song — Porterfield
Jaime PerezVarsity11
2013Keller Middle SchoolCCCMixed Chorus
  • We Are The Music Makers — Johnson
  • Gloria — Stephens
Carla EppersonNon Varsity11
2013Lamar High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Halle Hodie! — Douglas Wagner
  • Agnus Dei — Sonja Poorman
Toni WorleySub Non Varsity12
2013Morton Ranch High SchoolAAAAAMixed Chorus
  • Gloria from Heiligmesse — Haydn/Liebergen
  • Amor Vittorioso (Italian) — Gastoldi/Leininger
David Van WykNon Varsity11

  • Amarillo High School

    2026 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Sauncy Browne

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Lord I Know I Been Changed (SATB) (accomp) — Shackley
    • La Llorona — Soto

  • Lamar High School

    2026 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Robert Dee

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Moonlight — Burrows
    • Ma Bella Bimba (SATB or three part mixed) (accomp) — Moore

  • Lancaster Middle School

    2026 · Mixed Chorus · CCC · Varsity

    KeAndre Keeling

    Concert2SR5

    Performed with

    • Gloria Alleluia (three part mixed) (accomp) — Crocker
    • Keep Your Lamps (three part mixed) (accomp) — Johnson

  • Madison HS

    2026 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Allen Williams

    Concert1SR3

    Performed with

    • Hold Fast To Dreams — LaBarr
    • Come to me O my love — Petker

  • Westside HS

    2024 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Thao Pham

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dona Nobis Pacem (from Mass in C) — Mozart/Liebergen
    • Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel — Arr: Emerson

  • Stratford High School

    2023 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Gyasi Blanton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Antiphonal Kyrie (17826) (SA) (a cappella) — Thrift
    • Keep Your Lamps! (16337) (SSA) (conga drums) (accomp) — Anon. or Trad./Thomas

  • Hargrave High School

    2022 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Brice Campbell

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (18493) (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
    • Exsultate justi in Domino (16843) (SATB) (accomp) — Adams

  • Madison HS

    2022 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Allen Williams

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Come to me O my love — Petker
    • Hold Fast To Dreams (22790) (SATB) (accomp) — Labarr

  • Seguin HS

    2021 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Leo Garcia

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sing Me to Heaven (a cappella) — Gawthrop
    • Ave Maria (Latin) (a cappella) — Stravinsky

  • Alvarado HS

    2019 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Edward Smith

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Come In (from Firefly Darkness) (SAB sop alto baritone soli) (accomp) — Bernon
    • The Pasture (No. 2 from Where the Earth Meets the Sky) (SATB) (accomp) — Stroope

  • Bandera

    2019 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Catherine E Holmes

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • O occhi manza mia (Italian) (a cappella) — Di Lasso/Klein
    • Dance For Love — Stroope

  • Braswell High School

    2019 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ben Oehlschlaeger

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Away from the Roll of the Sea (accomp) — Macgillivray
    • Festival Sanctus (SATB)(Latin) (accomp) — Leavitt

  • Keller Middle School

    2019 · Mixed Chorus · CCC · Non Varsity

    Carla Epperson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Hear the Sound of Joy — Viadana/Hopson
    • America the Beautiful — Buryl Red

  • Mountain View High School

    2019 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Luiz Alberto Rodriguez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Et In Terra Pax (SATB) (accomp) — Lightfoot
    • El Vito (SAB) (accomp) — Traditional Spanish/Crocker

  • Graham High School

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Deborah Loesch

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Keep Your Lamps — Thomas
    • Jenny — Kerr Myers

  • Hargrave High School

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Brice Campbell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
    • Exsultate justi in Domino (SATB) (accomp) — Adams

  • Harwood Jr. High School

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · BBB · Varsity

    Kristin Stewart

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The White Moon (accomp) — Butler
    • Gloria in excelsis — Vivaldi-Martens

  • Madison HS

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Allen Williams

    Concert3SR4

    Performed with

    • Come to me O my love — Petker
    • Chester (also pub separately) (a cappella) — Billings

  • Morton Ranch High School

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    David Van Wyk

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep (SATB) (accomp) — Farnell
    • Awake My Soul and Sing — Johnson

  • Whitehouse HS

    2018 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Amy McMichael

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Come Live With Me and Be My Love (SSAB) (accomp) — Gilpin
    • Placido e il mar (Italian) (accomp) — Mozart/Wagner

  • Clint High School

    2017 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Dennis McFarling

    Concert3SR4

    Performed with

    • Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel — Emerson
    • 1. In the Village 2. Boatman! Boatman! — Bartok/Suchoff

  • Flower Mound HS

    2017 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Lindsay Swartwood

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Chi la Gagliarda (Italian) (1 verse) (w/ or w/o accomp) — Donato/Klein
    • All That You Need is You — Jenni Brandon

  • Lone Star HS

    2017 · Treble Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Glen Miller

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gerakina (SSA) — Anon. or Trad./Leck
    • All Join Hands — Anon. or Trad./Crocker

  • Red Oak High School

    2017 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity

    Julia Cooper

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Der Tanz (German) — Schubert/Robinson
    • Weep No More — Childs

  • Waco High School

    2016 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Carrie Forehand

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • My Lord What a Morning (SAB) — Anon. or Trad./Gilpin
    • Festival Cantate (3-part mixed) — Johnson/

  • Alvarado High School

    2015 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Edward Smith

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Come In (from Firefly Darkness) (SAB sop alto baritone soli) — Bernon/
    • The Pasture (No. 2 from Where the Earth Meets the Sky) (SATB) — Stroope/

  • United HS 9th Grade Campus

    2015 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Hacel Arias

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Ma Navu (Hebrew) (SAB or SATB) — Anon. or Trad./Snyder
    • Gloria (from Heiligmesse) (Latin) — Haydn/Woodman/Leavitt

  • Bushland High School

    2014 · Mixed Chorus · AA · Varsity

    Laura Lane

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Non Nobis Domine — Victor C. Johnson
    • There Is Sweet Music Here (SATB) — Gilpin/

  • Centennial High School

    2014 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Varsity

    Ben Oehlschlaeger

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia (SSATB) — Brunner/
    • On Some Solemn Shore (SATB) — Ramsey/

  • Lindale HS

    2014 · Mixed Chorus · AAAA · Non Varsity

    Phillip Nix

    Concert1SR3

    Performed with

    • My Heart is Offered Still to You (Mon coeur se recommande a vous) (French) — Lassus/Randolph
    • Follow the River (SATB) — Wheeler/

  • W. E. Greiner Middle School

    2014 · Mixed Chorus · CCC · Varsity

    Jaime Perez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Amor Vittorioso (Italian) — Gastoldi/Leininger
    • O To Make a Jubilant Song — Porterfield

  • Keller Middle School

    2013 · Mixed Chorus · CCC · Non Varsity

    Carla Epperson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • We Are The Music Makers — Johnson
    • Gloria — Stephens

  • Lamar High School

    2013 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Toni Worley

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Halle Hodie! — Douglas Wagner
    • Agnus Dei — Sonja Poorman

  • Morton Ranch High School

    2013 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    David Van Wyk

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gloria from Heiligmesse — Haydn/Liebergen
    • Amor Vittorioso (Italian) — Gastoldi/Leininger