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String OrchestraGrade 4Code 31826

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Phillips · Alfred Music Company, Inc.

Performances332014–2025
Schools31
Avg concert1.211 is best
Straight ones79%26 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

29 of this piece vs 3,945 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Flower Mound High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Frisco High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • Austin High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Berkner High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Boles Junior Highavg 1.01×
  • Caprock High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Capt. John L. Chapin High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Central Jr. High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • A Pirate's Legend — NewboldFull Orchestra · Gr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Allegro (From Concerto for Two Trumpets) — VivaldiGr 1 · avg 1.01×
  • Allegro (From Sonata No.1) — TelemannGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Allegro in G (From Concerto for Two Guitars) — VivaldiGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • American Reel — MosierGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • An American Folk Symphony — BishopGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Ancient Wonders Suite — ParrishGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Andante and Allegro — TartiniGr 3 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 33 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025Lovejoy High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • North Star to Freedom — Newbold
  • In Winter — Vivaldi arr. Parrish
Sarah PoeNon Varsity11
2024Cinco Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Ironwork (24184) — Allen/
  • Ancient Wonders Suite (24196) — Parrish/
Oscar VeraSub Non Varsity11
2024Cypress Woods High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Capriol Suite Mvts 1 + 2 — Warlock
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac
Peter ThoeniNon Varsity11
2024Juan Seguin AAAAAString Orchestra
  • Westridge Overture — Meyer
  • Baltic Dance (6538) — Mosier
Melina ShafferVarsity11
2023Frisco High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Vistas de Mexico (6419) (play one) — Keuning
  • The Dance of Iscariot (10181) — Mosier
Julie DanielsVarsity11
2023Kealing Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Classical Symphony (Finale) — S.prokofiev/C.gruselle
  • Orion and the Scorpion — S.h. Newbold
Diana RileyVarsity11
2023Prosper High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Gift (6417) — Hofeldt
  • Reflexions (6092) — Nunez
Monika BartleyVarsity11
2022Cypress Springs High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Agincourt — Doug Spata
  • Black Knight (17667) — Edlund
Jolien RoodenburgVarsity11
2022Pasadena Memorial High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (17723) (play Prelude or Finale) — Carse
  • Spirited Voyage — Joshua Reznicow
Noah ClaytorVarsity11
2021Lamar High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Millenium — Meyer
  • Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (Finale) — Beethoven/Leidig
Andrew WaltonVarsity11
2020Flower Mound High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Themes (from the Moldau) (6469) — Smetana/Frost
  • City of Steel — Spata
Stephen ClinkSub Non Varsity11
2020Jersey Village High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Radetzky March — Strauss/Isaac
  • Carmen Suite No. 1 — Bizet
Luke SlivaVarsity11
2020Plano West Senior HighAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sinfonia No. 1 (10242)- C Major RV 116: I. Allegro — Vivaldi
  • Illusions (6601) — Frost
Amy GrossSub Non Varsity11
2019Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • An American Folk Symphony III. Cowboy Waltz — Bishop
  • The Blacksmith — Anon. or Trad./O'loughlin
Elizabeth LedfordNon Varsity11
2019Juan Seguin High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Arlington Sketches — Del Borgo
  • Eureka — Sharp
Kristin DavisNon Varsity11
2019Kempner High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (play one mvt) — Elgar
  • American Reel — Mosier
Richard LeppertVarsity11
2018Lone Star High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Lovers' Waltz — Ungar/Mason/Dabczynski
  • Allegro in G from Concerto For Two Guitars — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl
Ross OwenVarsity11
2018Pasadena Memorial HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Wayland Overture — Michael Hopkins
  • Perpetuoso — Brian Holmes
Noah ClaytorNon Varsity11
2017Berkner High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Overture to Nabucco — Verdi/Dackow
  • A Pirate's Legend — Newbold/
Lynne ThorntonNon Varsity11
2017Boles Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1) — Holst
  • Swashbuckler's Saga — Thomas
Jennifer MartinVarsity11
2017Frisco High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Peace Like a River — Douglas e. Wagner
  • Contrasts in e minor — Feese/
Julie DanielsVarsity21
2017Ranchview High SchoolAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Die Meistersinger (Excerpts from the Opera) — Wagner/Siennicki
  • Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) — Gliere/Isaac
Brian TowndrowVarsity21
2017Southwest High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Midnight Rain — Day/
  • M to the Third Power — Nunez/
Joseph BonuraVarsity11
2016Austin High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Ice Sculptures (piano required) — Balmages/
  • Orpheus in the Underworld Finale — Offenbach/Dackow
Christina Hernandez Varsity22
2016Capt. John L. Chapin High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 25 1st Movement for String Orchestra — W. a. Mozart Arr. Thomas Lajoie
  • Arabian Dreams — Newbold/
Margarita MendezVarsity21
2016Flower Mound High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Andante and Allegro — Tartini/Clinesmith
  • City of Steel — Spata
Stephen ClinkNon Varsity11
2016Georgetown High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Canzona Bergamasca — Schiedt/Lipton
  • Adventures on Bainbridge Island — Silva
Mary PowersVarsity11
2016League City IntermediateCCCString Orchestra
  • Allegro Giocoso — Senturia
  • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) — Telemann/Mosier
Sara StyskelVarsity11
2015Caprock High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Higgins
  • Final Quest — Chisham/
Danica AhedoVarsity22
2015Central Jr. High SchoolBBBString Orchestra
  • Impresario Overture — Mozart/Frackenpohl
  • Vanishing Pointe — Meyer
Tara TruexVarsity11
2015Cypress Falls High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Andante from String Quartet No. 3 Op. 30 — Tchaikovsky/Glazunov
  • The Glades — Carold Nunez
John RicarteVarsity11
2015Temple High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • L'estro Armonico — Vivaldi-Bach/Lipton
  • Dorian Dance — Phillips/
James E. Flowers IIVarsity21
2014San Marcos High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Turning Point — Longfield/
  • Heart of Fire — Lauren Bernofsky
Christopher HansonNon Varsity21

  • Lovejoy High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Sarah Poe

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • North Star to Freedom — Newbold
    • In Winter — Vivaldi arr. Parrish

  • Cinco Ranch High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Oscar Vera

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Ironwork (24184) — Allen/
    • Ancient Wonders Suite (24196) — Parrish/

  • Cypress Woods High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Peter Thoeni

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Capriol Suite Mvts 1 + 2 — Warlock
    • Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Brahms/Isaac

  • Juan Seguin

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Melina Shaffer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Westridge Overture — Meyer
    • Baltic Dance (6538) — Mosier

  • Frisco High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Julie Daniels

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Vistas de Mexico (6419) (play one) — Keuning
    • The Dance of Iscariot (10181) — Mosier

  • Kealing Middle School

    2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Diana Riley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Classical Symphony (Finale) — S.prokofiev/C.gruselle
    • Orion and the Scorpion — S.h. Newbold

  • Prosper High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Monika Bartley

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Gift (6417) — Hofeldt
    • Reflexions (6092) — Nunez

  • Cypress Springs High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jolien Roodenburg

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Agincourt — Doug Spata
    • Black Knight (17667) — Edlund

  • Pasadena Memorial High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Noah Claytor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Winton Suite for String Orchestra (17723) (play Prelude or Finale) — Carse
    • Spirited Voyage — Joshua Reznicow

  • Lamar High School

    2021 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Andrew Walton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Millenium — Meyer
    • Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (Finale) — Beethoven/Leidig

  • Flower Mound High School

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Stephen Clink

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Themes (from the Moldau) (6469) — Smetana/Frost
    • City of Steel — Spata

  • Jersey Village High School

    2020 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Luke Sliva

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Radetzky March — Strauss/Isaac
    • Carmen Suite No. 1 — Bizet

  • Plano West Senior High

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Amy Gross

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia No. 1 (10242)- C Major RV 116: I. Allegro — Vivaldi
    • Illusions (6601) — Frost

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • An American Folk Symphony III. Cowboy Waltz — Bishop
    • The Blacksmith — Anon. or Trad./O'loughlin

  • Juan Seguin High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Kristin Davis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Arlington Sketches — Del Borgo
    • Eureka — Sharp

  • Kempner High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Richard Leppert

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (play one mvt) — Elgar
    • American Reel — Mosier

  • Lone Star High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ross Owen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Lovers' Waltz — Ungar/Mason/Dabczynski
    • Allegro in G from Concerto For Two Guitars — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl

  • Pasadena Memorial HS

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Noah Claytor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Wayland Overture — Michael Hopkins
    • Perpetuoso — Brian Holmes

  • Berkner High School

    2017 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Lynne Thornton

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Overture to Nabucco — Verdi/Dackow
    • A Pirate's Legend — Newbold/

  • Boles Junior High

    2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Jennifer Martin

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • St. Paul Suite (play mvt 1) — Holst
    • Swashbuckler's Saga — Thomas

  • Frisco High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Julie Daniels

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Peace Like a River — Douglas e. Wagner
    • Contrasts in e minor — Feese/

  • Ranchview High School

    2017 · Full Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Brian Towndrow

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Die Meistersinger (Excerpts from the Opera) — Wagner/Siennicki
    • Russian Sailor's Dance (from The Red Poppy) — Gliere/Isaac

  • Southwest High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Joseph Bonura

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Midnight Rain — Day/
    • M to the Third Power — Nunez/

  • Austin High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Christina Hernandez

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Ice Sculptures (piano required) — Balmages/
    • Orpheus in the Underworld Finale — Offenbach/Dackow

  • Capt. John L. Chapin High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Margarita Mendez

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony No. 25 1st Movement for String Orchestra — W. a. Mozart Arr. Thomas Lajoie
    • Arabian Dreams — Newbold/

  • Flower Mound High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Stephen Clink

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante and Allegro — Tartini/Clinesmith
    • City of Steel — Spata

  • Georgetown High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Mary Powers

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Canzona Bergamasca — Schiedt/Lipton
    • Adventures on Bainbridge Island — Silva

  • League City Intermediate

    2016 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Sara Styskel

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Allegro Giocoso — Senturia
    • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) — Telemann/Mosier

  • Caprock High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Danica Ahedo

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Toccata — Frescobaldi/Higgins
    • Final Quest — Chisham/

  • Central Jr. High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · BBB · Varsity

    Tara Truex

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Impresario Overture — Mozart/Frackenpohl
    • Vanishing Pointe — Meyer

  • Cypress Falls High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    John Ricarte

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante from String Quartet No. 3 Op. 30 — Tchaikovsky/Glazunov
    • The Glades — Carold Nunez

  • Temple High School

    2015 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    James E. Flowers II

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • L'estro Armonico — Vivaldi-Bach/Lipton
    • Dorian Dance — Phillips/

  • San Marcos High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Christopher Hanson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Turning Point — Longfield/
    • Heart of Fire — Lauren Bernofsky