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String OrchestraGrade 4Code 31014

Vanishing Pointe

Meyer · Alfred Music Company, Inc.

Performances382014–2026
Schools33
Avg concert1.111 is best
Straight ones89%34 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 2014.

<1%of 3,974 performances

38 of this piece vs 3,936 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Georgetown High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • John Jayavg 1.52×
  • Poteet High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Tascosa High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Westbrook Intermediateavg 1.02×
  • Alamo Heights High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Central Jr. High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Clear Springs High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan WilliamsGr 4 · avg 1.03×
  • A Moorside Suite — HolstGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Adagio from "Spartacus" — KhachaturianGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 — BachGr 5 · avg 1.02×
  • Lullaby — HofeldtGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • October — WhitacreGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Rest — TicheliGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) — GriegGr 5 · avg 1.02×

Performances

All 38 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026McCallum High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Allegretto from Symphony No. 5 — Shotakovich/Keiser
  • Fugue from Requiem in D minor — Mozart/Fin
Erika ElderNon Varsity11
2026Socorro High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Force of Nature — Brian Balmages
  • Suite for String Orchestra Mvt. 3 Nocturne — Frank Bridge
Aime De AndaVarsity23
2025Rogers MSCCString Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.1 Allegro — Hander/Dackow
  • Lullaby — William Hofeldt
Joyce Myoung Jang Varsity11
2025Wagner High School (Judson ISD)AAAAAString Orchestra
  • Land of Dragons — Thomas
  • Rest (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli
Katherine GonzalezVarsity11
2025West Fork HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) Op. 6 No. 1 in G major: Adagio and Allegro — Handel
  • Two Swedish Folk Melodies: 1. Allt under himlens faste — Johan Svendsen
Stuart WoodardNon Varsity11
2025Westbrook IntermediateCCCString Orchestra
  • Concerto in e minor (play two contrasting mvts) — Avison/Glass
  • Girl with the Flaxen Hair — Debussy/Monday
Tom DinardisVarsity11
2024Clear Springs High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Baltic Dance (6538) — Mosier
  • Souvenir de Porto Rico (from March of the Gibaros Op. 31) (10172) — Gottschalk/Frost
Diana FrazierNon Varsity11
2024L.D. Bell High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • English Rondo — Hart/
  • Ruby Mountain Serenade — Atterbury/
Allison L. KingNon Varsity11
2024Wylie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Elegie — Lovrien
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms Isaac
Brian CoatneyNon Varsity21
2023East View High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
  • Beethoven Symphony No.5 Allegro — Beethoven/Jamin Hoffman
Xinyu MaVarsity11
2023John JayAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Danzas de Panama (6637) (play one mvt) — Still
  • Canzone Sotto le Stelle — Elena Roussanova Lucas
Heather GonzalezVarsity21
2023Roma High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Such Sweet Sorrow — Woolstenhulme
  • A Streak of Light — Griesinger
Francisco HernandezVarsity11
2023Tascosa High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Waltz No. 2 (20889) — Shostakovich/Lavender
  • In the Company of Angels — Hofeldt
Harold ScarbroughVarsity11
2023Westlake HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running from American Serenade — Kerr
  • Visions of the Sky — Sims
Josue MartinezNon Varsity11
2022Georgetown High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rondo (From the Incidental Music for Abdelazer) — Purcell/Stroud
  • Adagio from Symphony No. 2 (20659) — Rachmaninoff/Longfield
Barbara HughstonVarsity11
2022Irving High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese/
  • Rhosymedre (6564) — Vaughan Williams/Foster
Carly AddisonVarsity12
2022Judson HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Finale (from Serenade No. 9 Posthorn) (6431) — Mozart/Dackow
  • Yorkshire Ballad (15935) — Barnes
Robert SaboVarsity12
2022William Howard TaftAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fantasy on Amazing Grace (10148) — Anon. or Trad./Kerr
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Third Movement) — Bach/Leidig
Esther WilliamsVarsity11
2021Poteet High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • North Star to Freedom — Newbold
  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
Christopher FrankVarsity11
2019Clements High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 11 - IV. Marcia — Wiren
  • Adagio from Symphony No. 2 — Rachmaninoff/Longfield
Neal SpringerNon Varsity11
2019John JayAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) — Rutter
  • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender
Heather GonzalezVarsity11
2019Kealing Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • A Moorside Suite (mvt 1) — Holst
  • The Last Spring — Grieg
David JarrottVarsity11
2019Lovejoy High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender
  • American Reel — Mosier
Jennifer VanhookVarsity11
2018Deer Park High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Bach
  • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) Prelude — Grieg
John LawVarsity11
2018Tascosa High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Three Choral Preludes (play one Prelude) No. 1 — Bach/Ormandy
  • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter
Harold ScarbroughVarsity11
2017Flower Mound High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concertino for String Orchestra (play mvts 1 & 2) — Whear/
  • The Lovers' Waltz — Jay Ungar and Molly Mason/Dabcynski
Stephen ClinkNon Varsity11
2017GP Fine Arts AcademyAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rest (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli/
  • A Moorside Suite (2. Nocturne & 3. March) — Holst/
Richard Galvan Varsity11
2017Mercedes High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Lullaby — Hofeldt/
  • Highland Celebration — Silva/
Mark ReneyVarsity11
2017Porter HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Overture to Lucio Silla — Mozart/Dackow
  • Poco Adagio from Symphony No. 3 — Saint Saens/Dackow
Stuart WoodardVarsity21
2017Westbrook IntermediateCCCString Orchestra
  • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) 1st mvt — Grieg
  • Preludio — Whear/
Tom DinardisVarsity11
2016Hebron High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Red Pony — Copland/Morales
  • Romance C Major Op. 42 — Sibelius/
Dawn OyedipeVarsity11
2016Klein Forest High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Canzona for Double String Orchestra — Gabrielli/Napolitano
  • Simple Symphony-Sentimental Sarabande — Britten/
Mamie Morlacci-CookVarsity11
2016McKinney High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto Per Due Violoncelli in G minor I. Allegro II. Largo — Vivaldi/
  • Serenade in g minor — Kalinnikov/
Fawn SorgiVarsity11
2016Poteet High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brook Green Suite - Mvt 3 Dance (play mvts 1 & 2; or mvt 3) — Holst
  • Nocturne — Hofeldt
Vernon LewisVarsity11
2015Alamo Heights High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Overture Mvts. 1 &2 — Barsanti
  • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster
Randy JohnsonVarsity11
2015Central Jr. High SchoolBBBString Orchestra
  • Impresario Overture — Mozart/Frackenpohl
  • Aspire — Phillips
Tara TruexVarsity11
2014Georgetown High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sea Songs — Vaughan Williams/Longfield
  • Short Overture for Strings — Berger/
Mary PowersVarsity11
2014McKinney North High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Irish Fantasy II. Jig — Miriam Overholt
  • Salvation is Created — Tchesnokov/Mcalister
Margaret BrownVarsity11

  • McCallum High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Erika Elder

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Allegretto from Symphony No. 5 — Shotakovich/Keiser
    • Fugue from Requiem in D minor — Mozart/Fin

  • Socorro High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Aime De Anda

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Force of Nature — Brian Balmages
    • Suite for String Orchestra Mvt. 3 Nocturne — Frank Bridge

  • Rogers MS

    2025 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Joyce Myoung Jang

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.1 Allegro — Hander/Dackow
    • Lullaby — William Hofeldt

  • Wagner High School (Judson ISD)

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Katherine Gonzalez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Land of Dragons — Thomas
    • Rest (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli

  • West Fork HS

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Stuart Woodard

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) Op. 6 No. 1 in G major: Adagio and Allegro — Handel
    • Two Swedish Folk Melodies: 1. Allt under himlens faste — Johan Svendsen

  • Westbrook Intermediate

    2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Tom Dinardis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto in e minor (play two contrasting mvts) — Avison/Glass
    • Girl with the Flaxen Hair — Debussy/Monday

  • Clear Springs High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Diana Frazier

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Baltic Dance (6538) — Mosier
    • Souvenir de Porto Rico (from March of the Gibaros Op. 31) (10172) — Gottschalk/Frost

  • L.D. Bell High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Allison L. King

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • English Rondo — Hart/
    • Ruby Mountain Serenade — Atterbury/

  • Wylie High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Brian Coatney

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Elegie — Lovrien
    • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms Isaac

  • East View High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Xinyu Ma

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
    • Beethoven Symphony No.5 Allegro — Beethoven/Jamin Hoffman

  • John Jay

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Heather Gonzalez

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Danzas de Panama (6637) (play one mvt) — Still
    • Canzone Sotto le Stelle — Elena Roussanova Lucas

  • Roma High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Francisco Hernandez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Such Sweet Sorrow — Woolstenhulme
    • A Streak of Light — Griesinger

  • Tascosa High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Harold Scarbrough

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Waltz No. 2 (20889) — Shostakovich/Lavender
    • In the Company of Angels — Hofeldt

  • Westlake HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Josue Martinez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running from American Serenade — Kerr
    • Visions of the Sky — Sims

  • Georgetown High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Barbara Hughston

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rondo (From the Incidental Music for Abdelazer) — Purcell/Stroud
    • Adagio from Symphony No. 2 (20659) — Rachmaninoff/Longfield

  • Irving High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Carly Addison

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese/
    • Rhosymedre (6564) — Vaughan Williams/Foster

  • Judson HS

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Robert Sabo

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Finale (from Serenade No. 9 Posthorn) (6431) — Mozart/Dackow
    • Yorkshire Ballad (15935) — Barnes

  • William Howard Taft

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Esther Williams

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasy on Amazing Grace (10148) — Anon. or Trad./Kerr
    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Third Movement) — Bach/Leidig

  • Poteet High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Christopher Frank

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • North Star to Freedom — Newbold
    • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster

  • Clements High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Neal Springer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 11 - IV. Marcia — Wiren
    • Adagio from Symphony No. 2 — Rachmaninoff/Longfield

  • John Jay

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Heather Gonzalez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings (play mvt 1 or 4) — Rutter
    • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender

  • Kealing Middle School

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    David Jarrott

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Moorside Suite (mvt 1) — Holst
    • The Last Spring — Grieg

  • Lovejoy High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jennifer Vanhook

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • October (percussion) — Whitacre/Lavender
    • American Reel — Mosier

  • Deer Park High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    John Law

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (play mvt 1 or 3) — Bach
    • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) Prelude — Grieg

  • Tascosa High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Harold Scarbrough

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Three Choral Preludes (play one Prelude) No. 1 — Bach/Ormandy
    • Bacchanale — Saint-Saens/Porter

  • Flower Mound High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Stephen Clink

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concertino for String Orchestra (play mvts 1 & 2) — Whear/
    • The Lovers' Waltz — Jay Ungar and Molly Mason/Dabcynski

  • GP Fine Arts Academy

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Richard Galvan

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rest (alternate [extended] version only) — Ticheli/
    • A Moorside Suite (2. Nocturne & 3. March) — Holst/

  • Mercedes High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Mark Reney

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lullaby — Hofeldt/
    • Highland Celebration — Silva/

  • Porter HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Stuart Woodard

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Overture to Lucio Silla — Mozart/Dackow
    • Poco Adagio from Symphony No. 3 — Saint Saens/Dackow

  • Westbrook Intermediate

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Tom Dinardis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Suite for Strings Op. 40 (Holberg Suite) 1st mvt — Grieg
    • Preludio — Whear/

  • Hebron High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Dawn Oyedipe

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Red Pony — Copland/Morales
    • Romance C Major Op. 42 — Sibelius/

  • Klein Forest High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Mamie Morlacci-Cook

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Canzona for Double String Orchestra — Gabrielli/Napolitano
    • Simple Symphony-Sentimental Sarabande — Britten/

  • McKinney High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Fawn Sorgi

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto Per Due Violoncelli in G minor I. Allegro II. Largo — Vivaldi/
    • Serenade in g minor — Kalinnikov/

  • Poteet High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Vernon Lewis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Brook Green Suite - Mvt 3 Dance (play mvts 1 & 2; or mvt 3) — Holst
    • Nocturne — Hofeldt

  • Alamo Heights High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Randy Johnson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Overture Mvts. 1 &2 — Barsanti
    • Rhosymedre — Vaughan Williams/Foster

  • Central Jr. High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · BBB · Varsity

    Tara Truex

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Impresario Overture — Mozart/Frackenpohl
    • Aspire — Phillips

  • Georgetown High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Mary Powers

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sea Songs — Vaughan Williams/Longfield
    • Short Overture for Strings — Berger/

  • McKinney North High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Margaret Brown

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Irish Fantasy II. Jig — Miriam Overholt
    • Salvation is Created — Tchesnokov/Mcalister