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All songsGrade 3 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 3(piano optional)Code 32115

Bravery and Grace

Sweet · Carl Fischer, Inc.

Performances192017–2026
Schools15
Avg concert1.321 is best
Straight ones68%13 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 String Orchestra piece performed since 2017.

<1%of 6,060 performances

19 of this piece vs 6,041 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • MacArthur HSavg 1.02×
  • McKinney High Schoolavg 2.02×
  • The Woodlands HSavg 1.02×
  • Tompkins High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Bush High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Clemens (SCUCISD)avg 1.01×
  • Cypress Falls High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Cypress Lakes High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Concerto Grosso — Vaughan WilliamsGr 5 · avg 1.52×
  • Sky Fire — ShackeltonGr 4 · avg 1.52×
  • A Modal Festival — MarshGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • American Gaelic — AtwellGr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Andante for Strings — CacavasGr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Angel's Steps — NishimuraGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Appalachian Sunrise — GazdaGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Aspen Glow — DayGr 2 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 19 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Morton Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Trial by Fire — Blair
  • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda
Gabriel KatzSub Non Varsity11
2024Bush High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (6134) — Dall Abaco/
  • Iditarod (17700) — Newbold/
Yuli JiangVarsity11
2024Cypress Falls High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Little Symphony (6307) — Nunez
  • Graduation Day — Day
John RicarteSub Non Varsity22
2024J J Pearce High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Waltzing Matilda — Ralph Hultgren
  • American Gaelic — Shirl Jae Atwell
Nicholas NickersonNon Varsity21
2023Cypress Lakes High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Canyon Sunset — Caponegro
  • Bluebell — Nishimura
McAdams IruborNon Varsity11
2023Hightower High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rhosymedre (6564) — Vaughan Williams/Foster
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (6134) (two contrasting mvts) — Dall Abaco
Yuli JiangVarsity21
2023MacArthur HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serendipity Suite: IV. Oasis for Basses — Meyer
  • Reverie for String Orchestra (15940) — Day
Jordan LovelandNon Varsity11
2023McKinney High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rosamunde: Ballet Music No. 1 (6461) — Schubert/Dackow
  • Lullaby to the Moon — Brian Balmages
Kathleen CrabtreeSub Non Varsity22
2023The Woodlands HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Cold Frosty Morning — Scottish Fiddle Tune/Moore
  • Suo Gan — Welsh Folk Song/Clark
Aaron MichaelsonSub Non Varsity11
2022Clemens (SCUCISD)AAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Vortex — Robert Longfield
  • Sky Fire (20634) — Shackelton
Jennifer TudykVarsity11
2022Cypress Woods High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Such Sweet Sorrow — Woolstenhulme
  • Boreas — Parrish
Kristin IsaacsonSub Non Varsity11
2021Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Nomadic Journey — Carol Brittin Chambers
  • Vanguard Overture — Stephan/
Matthew PorterSub Non Varsity11
2019The Woodlands HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Cold Frosty Morning — Scottish Fiddle Tune/Moore
  • Danny Boy — Anon. or Trad./Alshin or Morales
Aaron MichaelsonSub Non Varsity11
2018Dowell Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • A Modal Festival — Marsh
  • Confluence — O'loughlin
Michael GraberVarsity11
2018McKinney High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Cello Rondo — Daniels
  • Andante for Strings — Cacavas
Meara O'NeillSub Non Varsity21
2017MacArthur HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ
  • Minuet — Rameau/
Jan GarverickNon Varsity11
2017Pasadena Memorial HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Aspen Glow — Day/
  • Forever Joyful — Brian Balmages
Noah ClaytorSub Non Varsity11
2017R.L. Turner High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sky Fire — Shackelton
  • Prairie Spirit — Hinds/
Robert PierotNon Varsity21
2017Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Angel's Steps (Piano or Harp optional)(Percussion required) — Nishimura/
  • Fire in the Bow — Balmages
Matthew PorterSub Non Varsity11

  • Morton Ranch High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Gabriel Katz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Trial by Fire — Blair
    • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda

  • Bush High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Yuli Jiang

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (6134) — Dall Abaco/
    • Iditarod (17700) — Newbold/

  • Cypress Falls High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    John Ricarte

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Little Symphony (6307) — Nunez
    • Graduation Day — Day

  • J J Pearce High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Nicholas Nickerson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Waltzing Matilda — Ralph Hultgren
    • American Gaelic — Shirl Jae Atwell

  • Cypress Lakes High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    McAdams Irubor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Canyon Sunset — Caponegro
    • Bluebell — Nishimura

  • Hightower High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Yuli Jiang

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Rhosymedre (6564) — Vaughan Williams/Foster
    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso (6134) (two contrasting mvts) — Dall Abaco

  • MacArthur HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jordan Loveland

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serendipity Suite: IV. Oasis for Basses — Meyer
    • Reverie for String Orchestra (15940) — Day

  • McKinney High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Kathleen Crabtree

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Rosamunde: Ballet Music No. 1 (6461) — Schubert/Dackow
    • Lullaby to the Moon — Brian Balmages

  • The Woodlands HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Aaron Michaelson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Cold Frosty Morning — Scottish Fiddle Tune/Moore
    • Suo Gan — Welsh Folk Song/Clark

  • Clemens (SCUCISD)

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jennifer Tudyk

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Vortex — Robert Longfield
    • Sky Fire (20634) — Shackelton

  • Cypress Woods High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Kristin Isaacson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Such Sweet Sorrow — Woolstenhulme
    • Boreas — Parrish

  • Tompkins High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Matthew Porter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Nomadic Journey — Carol Brittin Chambers
    • Vanguard Overture — Stephan/

  • The Woodlands HS

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Aaron Michaelson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Cold Frosty Morning — Scottish Fiddle Tune/Moore
    • Danny Boy — Anon. or Trad./Alshin or Morales

  • Dowell Middle School

    2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Michael Graber

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Modal Festival — Marsh
    • Confluence — O'loughlin

  • McKinney High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Meara O'Neill

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Cello Rondo — Daniels
    • Andante for Strings — Cacavas

  • MacArthur HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jan Garverick

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Eight Little Organ Preludes and Fugues (play one complete Prelude & Fugue) — Bach/Russ
    • Minuet — Rameau/

  • Pasadena Memorial HS

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Noah Claytor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Aspen Glow — Day/
    • Forever Joyful — Brian Balmages

  • R.L. Turner High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Robert Pierot

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Sky Fire — Shackelton
    • Prairie Spirit — Hinds/

  • Tompkins High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Matthew Porter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Angel's Steps (Piano or Harp optional)(Percussion required) — Nishimura/
    • Fire in the Bow — Balmages