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String OrchestraGrade 1Code 31775

Overture for Strings

Handel · arranged by Lipton · Grand Mesa Music Publishers

Performances272014–2026
Schools22
Avg concert1.441 is best
Straight ones59%16 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 1 String Orchestra piece performed since 2014.

<1%of 8,245 performances

27 of this piece vs 8,218 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • College Station Middle Schoolavg 2.02×
  • Deer Park HS-Southavg 1.02×
  • Dobie JH (SCUCISD)avg 2.02×
  • Garner MSavg 1.02×
  • Rogers MSavg 1.02×
  • Adams JHavg 1.01×
  • Ben Franklin Middle Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Benold Middle Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Gaelic Castle — NewboldGr 1 · avg 1.73×
  • Dragonhunter — MeyerGr 1 · avg 1.52×
  • Epic — ClarkGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • Fan Dance — NewboldGr 2 · avg 1.52×
  • Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — BalmagesGr 1 · avg 2.52×
  • Forest Hills Folk Suite — PhillipsGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • Out of the Winter — ClarkGr 2 · avg 2.02×
  • "Jupiter" from the Planets — HolstGr 3 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 27 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Adams JHCCCString Orchestra
  • Cyclone — Donahoe
  • Nightwatch — Ford
Nicole McNealSub Non Varsity11
2026College Station Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
  • Dragonhunter — Meyer
Jennifer DayNon Varsity21
2026Dealey Montessori AcademyCString Orchestra
  • Fan Dance — Soon Hee Newbold
  • Forest Hills Folk Suite Mvt. 2 & 3 — Bob Phillips
Kiira RussellVarsity11
2026Eduardo Mata MontessoriCString Orchestra
  • Out of Winter — Clark
  • Beyond the Thunder — Monday
Frederick McKeeVarsity21
2026Rogers MSCCString Orchestra
  • Midnight Tango — Porter
  • Epic — Clark
Joyce Myoung Jang Sub Non Varsity11
2025Deer Park HS-SouthAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • 'Jupiter' from The Planets — Holst/Monday
  • Terra Nova — Meyer
John LawSub Non Varsity11
2025Garner MSCCString Orchestra
  • The Hour Glass — Robert S. Frost
  • Sunburst — Silva
Phyllis MaloneVarsity11
2024Corbett JH (SCUCISD)CCCString Orchestra
  • American Rounds — Trad/Phillips
  • Gaelic Castle — Newbold
Kevin LopezNon Varsity21
2024Dobie JH (SCUCISD)CCCString Orchestra
  • American Rounds — Trad/Phillips
  • Gaelic Castle — Newbold
Kevin LopezNon Varsity21
2024Robinson Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Vanguard Overture (6338) — Stephan
  • Jupiter from The Planets (22385) — Holst/Monday
Christopher SykoraNon Varsity11
2024Rogers MSCCString Orchestra
  • Epic — Larry Clark
  • Midnight Rain — Susan Day
Joyce Myoung Jang Non Varsity11
2023WoodCreek Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • Mountain Hymn — Janelle Zook Cunalata
  • Ablaze (19494) — Bernotas/
Klayton HoeflerSub Non Varsity11
2022Champion High School AAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sparta (20873) — Parrish
  • It Takes Two (19672) — Bernotas
Naitsabes A Barreto PerezNon Varsity11
2022Joe StrausCCString Orchestra
  • Gaelic Castle — Soon Hee Newbold
  • Dragonhunter — Richard Meyer
Mariah RamirezNon Varsity11
2021Deer Park HS-SouthAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Contredanse — Clark
  • Burst! — Balmages
John LawSub Non Varsity11
2020Ben Franklin Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Out of the Winter (10059) — Clark
  • Accents (10061) — Frost
Dwight AndersonNon Varsity21
2018Murphy Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
  • Viking — Newbold
Brian HensonSub Non Varsity21
2018Salyards MSCCCString Orchestra
  • Generations — Zook Cunalata
  • Aeolian Rock — Frizzi
Glynnes LanthierNon Varsity11
2017Clark Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Incantations for String Orchestra — Hinds
  • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
Aline MooreNon Varsity11
2017Dobie JH (SCUCISD)CCCString Orchestra
  • Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages
  • Kinetic Energy — Clark
Matthew LovelaceNon Varsity22
2017Garner MSCCString Orchestra
  • Bow Regard's Parade — Caponegro
  • The Red Lion — Woolstenhulme
Phyllis MaloneNon Varsity11
2017Stafford Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Forest Hills Folk Suite- Mvmts 1 and 2 — Phillips/
  • The Gypsy Rover — Del Borgo/
Amy RutledgeVarsity12
2016Benold Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • El Toro — Brubaker/
  • March of the Intrepid — Susan H. Day
Frances FranklinVarsity11
2016College Station Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Fan Dance (piano opt) — Newbold/
  • Caribbean Festival — Siennicki
Jennifer DayNon Varsity21
2016Memorial Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages/
  • Intensity — O'loughlin/
David CassadyVarsity33
2015League City IntermediateCCString Orchestra
  • Honor and Glory — Newbold/
  • Ukranian Folk Songs (play one) — Anon. or Trad./Dackow
Sara StyskelSub Non Varsity21
2014Chisholm Trail MSCCString Orchestra
  • Scottish Bobber — Clark/
  • Avatar — Spata/
Uel SmithVarsity22

  • Adams JH

    2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    Nicole McNeal

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Cyclone — Donahoe
    • Nightwatch — Ford

  • College Station Middle School

    2026 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Jennifer Day

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
    • Dragonhunter — Meyer

  • Dealey Montessori Academy

    2026 · String Orchestra · C · Varsity

    Kiira Russell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fan Dance — Soon Hee Newbold
    • Forest Hills Folk Suite Mvt. 2 & 3 — Bob Phillips

  • Eduardo Mata Montessori

    2026 · String Orchestra · C · Varsity

    Frederick McKee

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Out of Winter — Clark
    • Beyond the Thunder — Monday

  • Rogers MS

    2026 · String Orchestra · CC · Sub Non Varsity

    Joyce Myoung Jang

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Midnight Tango — Porter
    • Epic — Clark

  • Deer Park HS-South

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    John Law

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • 'Jupiter' from The Planets — Holst/Monday
    • Terra Nova — Meyer

  • Garner MS

    2025 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Phyllis Malone

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Hour Glass — Robert S. Frost
    • Sunburst — Silva

  • Corbett JH (SCUCISD)

    2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Kevin Lopez

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • American Rounds — Trad/Phillips
    • Gaelic Castle — Newbold

  • Dobie JH (SCUCISD)

    2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Kevin Lopez

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • American Rounds — Trad/Phillips
    • Gaelic Castle — Newbold

  • Robinson Middle School

    2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Christopher Sykora

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Vanguard Overture (6338) — Stephan
    • Jupiter from The Planets (22385) — Holst/Monday

  • Rogers MS

    2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Joyce Myoung Jang

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Epic — Larry Clark
    • Midnight Rain — Susan Day

  • WoodCreek Junior High

    2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    Klayton Hoefler

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Mountain Hymn — Janelle Zook Cunalata
    • Ablaze (19494) — Bernotas/

  • Champion High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Naitsabes A Barreto Perez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sparta (20873) — Parrish
    • It Takes Two (19672) — Bernotas

  • Joe Straus

    2022 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Mariah Ramirez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Gaelic Castle — Soon Hee Newbold
    • Dragonhunter — Richard Meyer

  • Deer Park HS-South

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    John Law

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Contredanse — Clark
    • Burst! — Balmages

  • Ben Franklin Middle School

    2020 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Dwight Anderson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Out of the Winter (10059) — Clark
    • Accents (10061) — Frost

  • Murphy Middle School

    2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    Brian Henson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
    • Viking — Newbold

  • Salyards MS

    2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Glynnes Lanthier

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Generations — Zook Cunalata
    • Aeolian Rock — Frizzi

  • Clark Middle School

    2017 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Aline Moore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Incantations for String Orchestra — Hinds
    • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow

  • Dobie JH (SCUCISD)

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Matthew Lovelace

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages
    • Kinetic Energy — Clark

  • Garner MS

    2017 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Phyllis Malone

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Bow Regard's Parade — Caponegro
    • The Red Lion — Woolstenhulme

  • Stafford Middle School

    2017 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Amy Rutledge

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Forest Hills Folk Suite- Mvmts 1 and 2 — Phillips/
    • The Gypsy Rover — Del Borgo/

  • Benold Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Frances Franklin

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • El Toro — Brubaker/
    • March of the Intrepid — Susan H. Day

  • College Station Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Jennifer Day

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Fan Dance (piano opt) — Newbold/
    • Caribbean Festival — Siennicki

  • Memorial Middle School

    2016 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    David Cassady

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages/
    • Intensity — O'loughlin/

  • League City Intermediate

    2015 · String Orchestra · CC · Sub Non Varsity

    Sara Styskel

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Honor and Glory — Newbold/
    • Ukranian Folk Songs (play one) — Anon. or Trad./Dackow

  • Chisholm Trail MS

    2014 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Uel Smith

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Scottish Bobber — Clark/
    • Avatar — Spata/