String OrchestraGrade 2Code 32108

Prairie Spirit

Hinds · Carl Fischer, Inc.

Performances272017–2026

Schools22

Avg concert1.331 is best

Straight ones74%20 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 2 String Orchestra piece performed since 2017.

<1%of 7,740 performances

27 of this piece vs 7,713 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Tompkins High Schoolavg 1.03×
Central JHSavg 1.52×
Hector Garcia Middle Schoolavg 1.02×
R.L. Turner High Schoolavg 1.52×
A&M Consolidated Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
Abell Junior Highavg 1.01×
Alamo JHavg 3.01×
Arlington High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

A Beethoven Lullaby — BalmagesGr 1 · avg 1.01×
A Modal Festival — MarshGr 2 · avg 1.01×
A Shaker Hymn — O'reillyGr 2 · avg 1.01×
Ablaze — BernotasGr 2 · avg 1.01×
Avatar — SpataGr 2 · avg 1.01×
Beauteous Spirit — KamufGr 2 · avg 1.01×
Beyond the Thunder — MondayGr 1 · avg 1.01×
Bluebell — NishimuraGr 2 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 27 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Midland HSAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Crusader — Spata Tower Music for Strings (play two contrasting mvts) — Pezel/Hall	Matthew Molinar	Non Varsity	1	2
2026	Sartartia Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Aria from Overture No 3 in D Major — BachStokowski The Fire Within — Balmages	Heather Davis	Varsity	1	1
2026	Wedgwood Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Our Heroes — Day Tribal Dance — Balmages	Marisa Cox	Varsity	3	3
2026	Wichita Falls LegacyAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Modal Festival (opt percussion) — Marsh Highridge Overture — Del Borgo	Loy Studer	Non Varsity	1	1
2025	Hector Garcia Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Sunburst — Silva Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages	Joshua Cox	Non Varsity	1	1
2025	Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Distant Light — James Swearington Cathode Rays — Matthew Gelfer	Sarah Marts	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2024	Garner MSCC	String Orchestra	Toccata (19367) — Frescobaldi/Beeman Day Night and Day (6168) (POP) — Frost	Phyllis Malone	Varsity	1	1
2023	Alamo JHCCC	String Orchestra	Overture (from the Royal Fireworks Music) — Richard Meyer Viva Los Conquistadores! — Deborah Baker Monday	Jennifer Acosta	Varsity	3	2
2023	Keefer Crossing MSCCC	String Orchestra	Out of the Winter — Clark A Beethoven Lullaby — Balmages	Kellie Davis	Varsity	1	1
2022	Arlington High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Windchasers — Griesinger The Explorers — Sharp	Tracie Walker	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2022	Central JHSBBB	String Orchestra	Spoon River — Grainger/Story Sinfonia (19533) — Telemann/Mathews	Kevin Torrefiel	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2022	R.L. Turner High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	North Country Legend (10146) — Williams Serenity (24178) — Tippette	Amy Shin	Non Varsity	1	1
2022	Wedgwood MSCCC	String Orchestra	Joust — Meyer Ode To Joy (10031) — Beethoven/Caponegro	Ezra Hood	Varsity	1	1
2021	Austin Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Skye Boat Song — Anon. or Trad./Croft Storm — Newbold	Jillian Read	Varsity	2	1
2021	Lubbock High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Bluebell (piano not required) — Nishimura Tableau — Fletcher	Alejos Anaya	Sub Non Varsity	2	1
2021	New Caney HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Burst — Balmages Little Classic Suite (play mvt 1 or 3) — Akers	Derek Adams	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2021	Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Frogs from 'The Garden Suite' — Randall D. Strandridge Beauteous Spirit — Michael Kamuf	Sarah Marts	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2019	Central JHSBBB	String Orchestra	Wood Splitter Fanfare — Brian Balmages Two Modal Sketches (play all) — O'reilly	Kevin Torrefiel	Sub Non Varsity	1	2
2018	Cinco Ranch Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Dramatic Essay — Williams Avatar — Spata	Catherine Urban	Non Varsity	1	1
2018	Hector Garcia Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow	Danica Murphy	Non Varsity	1	1
2018	League City IntermediateCCC	String Orchestra	Beyond The Thunder — Monday Prelude and Fugue — Balmages	Sara Styskel	Non Varsity	1	1
2017	A&M Consolidated Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Ablaze — Bernotas/ Fan Dance — Newbold/	Paul Duston	Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Abell Junior HighCCC	String Orchestra	Ethos — Clark/ La Paloma — Yradier/Law	Lucy Proctor	Varsity	1	2
2017	Horace Mann Middle SchoolCC	String Orchestra	Canyon Sunset — John Caponegro Quintus — Larry Clark	Carlie Cates	Varsity	1	1
2017	R.L. Turner High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Bravery and Grace — Sweet/ Sky Fire — Shackelton	Robert Pierot	Non Varsity	2	1
2017	Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	A Shaker Hymn — O'reilly/ Gauntlet — Spata/	Matthew Porter	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2017	Williams Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser — Wagner Dacbcynski Night Flight — Calhoun	Angela Pendleton	Non Varsity	2	1

Midland HS
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Matthew Molinar
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Crusader — Spata
- Tower Music for Strings (play two contrasting mvts) — Pezel/Hall
Sartartia Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Heather Davis
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Aria from Overture No 3 in D Major — BachStokowski
- The Fire Within — Balmages
Wedgwood Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Marisa Cox
Concert3SR3
Performed with
- Our Heroes — Day
- Tribal Dance — Balmages
Wichita Falls Legacy
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Loy Studer
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A Modal Festival (opt percussion) — Marsh
- Highridge Overture — Del Borgo
Hector Garcia Middle School
2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Joshua Cox
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sunburst — Silva
- Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song — Balmages
Tompkins High School
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Sarah Marts
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A Distant Light — James Swearington
- Cathode Rays — Matthew Gelfer
Garner MS
2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Phyllis Malone
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Toccata (19367) — Frescobaldi/Beeman
- Day Night and Day (6168) (POP) — Frost
Alamo JH
2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Jennifer Acosta
Concert3SR2
Performed with
- Overture (from the Royal Fireworks Music) — Richard Meyer
- Viva Los Conquistadores! — Deborah Baker Monday
Keefer Crossing MS
2023 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Kellie Davis
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Out of the Winter — Clark
- A Beethoven Lullaby — Balmages
Arlington High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Tracie Walker
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Windchasers — Griesinger
- The Explorers — Sharp
Central JHS
2022 · String Orchestra · BBB · Sub Non Varsity
Kevin Torrefiel
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Spoon River — Grainger/Story
- Sinfonia (19533) — Telemann/Mathews
R.L. Turner High School
2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Amy Shin
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- North Country Legend (10146) — Williams
- Serenity (24178) — Tippette
Wedgwood MS
2022 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Ezra Hood
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Joust — Meyer
- Ode To Joy (10031) — Beethoven/Caponegro
Austin Middle School
2021 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Jillian Read
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Skye Boat Song — Anon. or Trad./Croft
- Storm — Newbold
Lubbock High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Alejos Anaya
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Bluebell (piano not required) — Nishimura
- Tableau — Fletcher
New Caney HS
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Derek Adams
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Burst — Balmages
- Little Classic Suite (play mvt 1 or 3) — Akers
Tompkins High School
2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Sarah Marts
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Frogs from 'The Garden Suite' — Randall D. Strandridge
- Beauteous Spirit — Michael Kamuf
Central JHS
2019 · String Orchestra · BBB · Sub Non Varsity
Kevin Torrefiel
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Wood Splitter Fanfare — Brian Balmages
- Two Modal Sketches (play all) — O'reilly
Cinco Ranch Junior High
2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Catherine Urban
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Dramatic Essay — Williams
- Avatar — Spata
Hector Garcia Middle School
2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Danica Murphy
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Sunayama — Anon. or Trad./Yamada
- Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
League City Intermediate
2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Sara Styskel
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Beyond The Thunder — Monday
- Prelude and Fugue — Balmages
A&M Consolidated Middle School
2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Paul Duston
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Ablaze — Bernotas/
- Fan Dance — Newbold/
Abell Junior High
2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Lucy Proctor
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Ethos — Clark/
- La Paloma — Yradier/Law
Horace Mann Middle School
2017 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity
Carlie Cates
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Canyon Sunset — John Caponegro
- Quintus — Larry Clark
R.L. Turner High School
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Robert Pierot
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Bravery and Grace — Sweet/
- Sky Fire — Shackelton
Tompkins High School
2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Matthew Porter
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- A Shaker Hymn — O'reilly/
- Gauntlet — Spata/
Williams Middle School
2017 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Angela Pendleton
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser — Wagner Dacbcynski
- Night Flight — Calhoun

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