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String OrchestraGrade 2Code 33158

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Brackett · arranged by Gruselle · FJH Music Company

Performances282016–2026
Schools27
Avg concert1.361 is best
Straight ones71%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 2016.

<1%of 8,508 performances

26 of this piece vs 8,482 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Shepton HSavg 1.52×
  • Akins High Schoolavg 3.01×
  • Austin High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Beckendorff Junior Highavg 1.01×
  • Bowie High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Briarhill Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Byron Nelson High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Cypress Falls High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • El Toro — BrubakerGr 2 · avg 1.33×
  • Sahara Crossing — MeyerGr 2 · avg 1.33×
  • Gauntlet — SpataGr 3 · avg 2.52×
  • Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad.Gr 1 · avg 1.02×
  • Vanguard Overture — StephanGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • A Modal Festival — MarshGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Al Shlosha D'varim — NaplanTreble Chorus · Gr 2 · avg 3.01×
  • Barocca — AtwellGr 3 · avg 2.01×

Performances

All 28 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • New Beginnings — Roszell
  • Cathode Rays — Gelfer
Elizabeth LedfordSub Non Varsity11
2026Shepton HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sweet New Moon — Nishimura
  • The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier
Brad DavisSub Non Varsity11
2025Klein Cain High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Reniassance Suite I. Intrada II. Gaillarde — Leidig
  • North Country Legend — Williams
Hanson YongSub Non Varsity11
2025Lake Belton High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
  • Myth of the Golden Camel — Bryan Sanguinito
Jenna BurchellNon Varsity11
2025South Hills High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Terra Nova — Meyer
  • Dance Of Fire — Frank J. Halferty
Christian RuelasNon Varsity12
2025Steele HS (SCUCISD)AAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Gauntlet — Spata
  • Moonlight Shadows — O^Loughlin
Andrew Sutton 1Non Varsity22
2024Beckendorff Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • Out of the Winter (10059) — Clark
  • Jericho Journey (10057) — Bulla
Kevin James HulipasSub Non Varsity11
2024Briarhill Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Scarborough Fair — Traditional/Arr. Brian Balmages
  • El Toro — Don Brubaker
Jin Seo RheeVarsity12
2024Eaton High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Ides of March (19384) — Oloughlin
  • Pendleton Suite-Rondo — Daniels
David FernandezSub Non Varsity11
2024Shepton HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Journey (20657) — Butz
  • Ocean Storm (10143) — Vivaldi/Fritz
Brad DavisSub Non Varsity22
2024Worthington Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Verdant Meadows (21740) — Tippette
  • Atilla — William Owens
Michelle BellNon Varsity11
2023Cypress Falls High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sparta (20873) — Parrish
  • North Star to Freedom (18318) — Newbold
John RicarteNon Varsity11
2023GP Fine Arts AcademyAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Midnight Rain (17680) — Day
  • Labyrinth (19385) — Zuehlsdorff
Richard Galvan Non Varsity11
2023Grand Prairie Fine Arts AcademyCString Orchestra
  • Vanguard Overture — Richard Stephan
  • Flight — Susan Day
Marvin GardunoVarsity11
2021Byron Nelson High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Star Dancer — Williams
  • El Toro — Brubaker
Gary KellerSub Non Varsity11
2021Sam Houston Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
  • Final Expedition — Tippette
Bryan GomezVarsity22
2020Young Womens Leadership AcadAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • El Toro (6231) — Brubaker
  • Black Knight (17667) — Edlund
Geoffrey PurcellNon Varsity22
2019Bowie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Procession of the Knights — Brubaker
  • Barocca — Atwell
David ChisumSub Non Varsity21
2019Dobie JH (SCUCISD)CCCString Orchestra
  • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
  • Crusader — Spata
Matthew LovelaceVarsity12
2018Austin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Two Modal Sketches (play all) — O'reilly
  • Tribal Voices — Story
Zoran JasmakSub Non Varsity11
2018Faubion Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Vanguard Overture — Stephan
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Traditional/Dackow
Christine GlassNon Varsity11
2018Gentry Junior SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
  • Gypsy Tale — Soon He Newbold
Christina MarioneauxVarsity12
2018McMeans JHCCCString Orchestra
  • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
  • Sourwood Mountain — Philips
Amy WilliamsSub Non Varsity11
2018Pasadena Memorial HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Echoes of Bartok — Bartok Arr. Walter Cummings
  • Dance Rhythmico — Jeff Frizzi
Noah ClaytorSub Non Varsity11
2018Victoria East HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Bluebell (piano not required) — Nishimura
  • Gauntlet — Spata
Melissa BalliNon Varsity32
2017Wallace Middle SchoolCCTreble Chorus
  • Pretty Saro (SSA) — Anon. or Trad./Goodin/Allsbrook
  • Shady Grove (with The Cuckoo undefined — Anon. or Trad./Allsbrook/Goodin
Kelly ReyesVarsity21
2016Akins High SchoolAAAAAATreble Chorus
  • The Water is Wide (SSA) — Anon. or Trad./Farnell
  • Al Shlosha D'Varim (SA) — Naplan/
Catherine BallardSub Non Varsity33
2016McKinney North High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • A Modal Festival — Marsh/
  • Quinto-Quarto Suite (play mvt 1 3 or 4) IV. Septarello — Isaac/
Margaret BrownNon Varsity11

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • New Beginnings — Roszell
    • Cathode Rays — Gelfer

  • Shepton HS

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brad Davis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sweet New Moon — Nishimura
    • The Dance of Iscariot — Mosier

  • Klein Cain High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Hanson Yong

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Reniassance Suite I. Intrada II. Gaillarde — Leidig
    • North Country Legend — Williams

  • Lake Belton High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jenna Burchell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Scarborough Fair — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
    • Myth of the Golden Camel — Bryan Sanguinito

  • South Hills High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Christian Ruelas

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Terra Nova — Meyer
    • Dance Of Fire — Frank J. Halferty

  • Steele HS (SCUCISD)

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Andrew Sutton 1

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Gauntlet — Spata
    • Moonlight Shadows — O^Loughlin

  • Beckendorff Junior High

    2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    Kevin James Hulipas

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Out of the Winter (10059) — Clark
    • Jericho Journey (10057) — Bulla

  • Briarhill Middle School

    2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Jin Seo Rhee

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Scarborough Fair — Traditional/Arr. Brian Balmages
    • El Toro — Don Brubaker

  • Eaton High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    David Fernandez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Ides of March (19384) — Oloughlin
    • Pendleton Suite-Rondo — Daniels

  • Shepton HS

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brad Davis

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Journey (20657) — Butz
    • Ocean Storm (10143) — Vivaldi/Fritz

  • Worthington Middle School

    2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Non Varsity

    Michelle Bell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Verdant Meadows (21740) — Tippette
    • Atilla — William Owens

  • Cypress Falls High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    John Ricarte

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sparta (20873) — Parrish
    • North Star to Freedom (18318) — Newbold

  • GP Fine Arts Academy

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Richard Galvan

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Midnight Rain (17680) — Day
    • Labyrinth (19385) — Zuehlsdorff

  • Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy

    2023 · String Orchestra · C · Varsity

    Marvin Garduno

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Vanguard Overture — Richard Stephan
    • Flight — Susan Day

  • Byron Nelson High School

    2021 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Gary Keller

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Star Dancer — Williams
    • El Toro — Brubaker

  • Sam Houston Middle School

    2021 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Bryan Gomez

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
    • Final Expedition — Tippette

  • Young Womens Leadership Acad

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Geoffrey Purcell

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • El Toro (6231) — Brubaker
    • Black Knight (17667) — Edlund

  • Bowie High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    David Chisum

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Procession of the Knights — Brubaker
    • Barocca — Atwell

  • Dobie JH (SCUCISD)

    2019 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Matthew Lovelace

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
    • Crusader — Spata

  • Austin High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Zoran Jasmak

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Two Modal Sketches (play all) — O'reilly
    • Tribal Voices — Story

  • Faubion Middle School

    2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity

    Christine Glass

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Vanguard Overture — Stephan
    • When Johnny Comes Marching Home — Traditional/Dackow

  • Gentry Junior School

    2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Christina Marioneaux

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
    • Gypsy Tale — Soon He Newbold

  • McMeans JH

    2018 · String Orchestra · CCC · Sub Non Varsity

    Amy Williams

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Sahara Crossing — Meyer
    • Sourwood Mountain — Philips

  • Pasadena Memorial HS

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Noah Claytor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Echoes of Bartok — Bartok Arr. Walter Cummings
    • Dance Rhythmico — Jeff Frizzi

  • Victoria East HS

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Melissa Balli

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Bluebell (piano not required) — Nishimura
    • Gauntlet — Spata

  • Wallace Middle School

    2017 · Treble Chorus · CC · Varsity

    Kelly Reyes

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Pretty Saro (SSA) — Anon. or Trad./Goodin/Allsbrook
    • Shady Grove (with The Cuckoo undefined — Anon. or Trad./Allsbrook/Goodin

  • Akins High School

    2016 · Treble Chorus · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Catherine Ballard

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • The Water is Wide (SSA) — Anon. or Trad./Farnell
    • Al Shlosha D'Varim (SA) — Naplan/

  • McKinney North High School

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Margaret Brown

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Modal Festival — Marsh/
    • Quinto-Quarto Suite (play mvt 1 3 or 4) IV. Septarello — Isaac/