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String OrchestraGrade 3Code 33164

Appalachian Celebration

Fagan · Highland/Etling

Performances412018–2026
Schools36
Avg concert1.371 is best
Straight ones68%28 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 2018.

<1%of 5,423 performances

41 of this piece vs 5,382 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Austin High Schoolavg 1.03×
  • Cypress Ridge High Schoolavg 1.52×
  • Irvin High Schoolavg 2.52×
  • Mesquite HSavg 1.02×
  • Arlington High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Baytown Lee HSavg 3.01×
  • Boerne High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Bowie High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Voyager — NewboldGr 2 · avg 1.03×
  • Ancient Wonders Suite — ParrishGr 4 · avg 2.52×
  • Appalachian Sunrise — GazdaGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • Intrada — BalmagesGr 2 · avg 1.52×
  • Jupiter Theme from "The Planets" — HolstGr 1 · avg 1.02×
  • Moonlit Skies — O'loughlinGr 2 · avg 1.02×
  • North Country Legend — WilliamsGr 3 · avg 2.02×
  • The Rowan Tree — TraditionalGr 2 · avg 1.02×

Performances

All 41 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Austin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
  • Voyager — Newbold
Matthew MadoniaSub Non Varsity11
2026Austin High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Moonlit Skies — O^Loughlin
  • Gargoyles — Spata
Christina HernandezVarsity11
2026Lake Highlands High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Andante for Strings — Cacavas
  • Wood Splitter Fanfare — Balmages
Emily MooreNon Varsity11
2026Leaman Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • Salisbury Overture — McQuilkin
  • The Old Boatman — Price/Perna
Gerardo EscamillaVarsity11
2026Martin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Bluebell — Nishimura
  • Elasticity — Giebler
Jamie OvalleSub Non Varsity21
2026Mesquite HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Dark Frontier — Pasternak
  • Native American Spirit — Bongo
Carla RodriguezNon Varsity11
2025Cain Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Snowberry — Nishimura
  • The Kraken — Kevin Sluder
Amanda Nelson Varsity11
2025Clear Falls High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Little Turtle Dove — Traditional/Gruselle
  • Viva los Conquistadores! — Monday
Timothy RowalndSub Non Varsity11
2025McNeil High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Aeolian Storm — Hill
  • Medieval Wars — Balmages
Justin AndersonSub Non Varsity11
2025Morton Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
  • The Rowan Tree — Traditional/Rosenhaus
Gabriel KatzSub Non Varsity11
2025Truitt Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • King William^s March (piano optional) — Clarke/Phillips
  • Lullaby to the Moon — Balmages
Miranda BernardVarsity11
2024Bowie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Three Scenes From a Green Valley Mvt 1: The Winds on Big Hill — Harbinson
  • Moonlit Skies — O`loughlin/
Marisa CoxSub Non Varsity12
2024BrackenridgeAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Adagio from Symphony No. 2 (20659) — Rachmaninoff/Longfield
  • Gargoyles — Spata
Sabrina GriffisVarsity23
2024Clear Creek HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • King Williams March (19330) (piano optional) — Clarke/Phillips
  • Whispers of Spring — O`Loughlin
Brandon CornettSub Non Varsity11
2024Cypress Ridge High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Highridge Overture — Elliot a. Del Borgo
  • Loch Lomond — Traditional Arr. by Noah Klauss
Lee BurkeSub Non Varsity11
2024Deer Park HS-SouthAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Primula (19658) (Piano or Harp optional) — Nishimura
  • Mantras (6426) — Meyer
John LawSub Non Varsity11
2024GP Fine Arts AcademyAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Jupiter from The Planets (22385) — Holst/Monday
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home (6339) — Anon. or Trad./Stephan
Richard Galvan Non Varsity11
2024Smithson Valley MS CCCString Orchestra
  • Terra Nova — Richard Meyer
  • Voyager — Newbold
Todd DennisVarsity11
2024The Woodlands HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Ash Grove — Palmer
  • Never Let Up — Balmages
Aaron MichaelsonSub Non Varsity11
2023Baytown Lee HSAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Ancient Wonders Suite (24196) (play two mvts) — Parrish
  • Thundersnow — Katie O'hara Labrie
John L YongVarsity33
2023Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Intrada (20866) — Balmages/
  • Farewell to Cavendish — Siegler
Camilla SungSub Non Varsity11
2023Del Rio High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Sunburst (15924) — Silva
  • Ablaze (19494) — Bernotas
Timothy GarzaNon Varsity23
2023Irvin High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Westminster Prelude and Fugue (6198) — Shaffer
  • Scheherazade (10073) (POP) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Frost
Ernest JimenezVarsity32
2023Irving High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Girl with the Flaxen Hair (15976) — Debussy/Monday
  • St. Paul Suite (6614) (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst
Carly AddisonVarsity11
2023Mayde Creek High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • M to the Third Power — Nunez
  • Serenade for Strings (Mov. 1&4) — Leyden
Andrew GeyssensNon Varsity22
2023McMillen High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Scarborough Fair (17628) — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
  • Boots and Saddle (17635) — Sharp
Maria RohrSub Non Varsity11
2023Plano West Senior High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Such Sweet Sorrow (19534) — Woolstenhulme
  • Voyager (24177) — Newbold
Amy GrossSub Non Varsity11
2022Arlington High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Thunderstruck — Oloughlin
  • Ancient Wonders Suite 1. Temple of Artemis at Aphesus — Parrish
Tracie WalkerSub Non Varsity22
2022Caprock High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Song of the Sea Mariner — Newbold
  • North Country Legend (10146) — Williams
Danica AhedoSub Non Varsity21
2022Richardson High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Rowan Tree — Traditional Arr. Steven Rosenhaus
  • Wood Splitter Fanfare — Brian Balmages
Raphaelle SiemersNon Varsity11
2020Health Careers High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese
  • Appalachian Sunrise (6266) — Gazda
Jennifer Cahill ClarkNon Varsity11
2020John Horn High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • North Country Legend — Williams
  • Intrada — Balmages
IRMA ERISTAVISub Non Varsity22
2019Austin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Saison de Cordes — Feese
  • A Nordic Lullaby — La Plante
Ann VictorSub Non Varsity11
2019Boerne High SchoolAAAAString Orchestra
  • Echoes of Bartok — Bartok/Cummings
  • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda
Naitsabes Barreto PerezVarsity11
2019Cypress Ridge High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata
  • Medieval Wars — Balmages
Catherine WalkerSub Non Varsity21
2019Mesquite HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson
  • Vistas de Mexico (play two mvts) — Keuning
Blaine LitleVarsity11
2019Plano West Senior HighAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto in D — Vivaldi/Phillips
  • Solitude (piano opt) — O'loughlin
Amy GrossSub Non Varsity22
2018Clements High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Mozart Symphony No. 40 — Mozart/Caponegro
  • Beauteous Spirit — Kamuf
Neal SpringerSub Non Varsity21
2018Irvin High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Te Dije — Andy Patterson
  • Jesse Polka (Jesusita en Chihuahua) — Mexican Folk Song/ Arr. Merle J. Isaac
Ernest JimenezVarsity21
2018Jersey Village High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Legends of Glory — Kathryn Griesinger
  • Jupiter from The Planets Op. 32 — Gustav Holst/Monday
Luke SlivaNon Varsity11
2018R.L. Turner High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • A Starlit Night — Swearingen
  • Deerpath Triptych Mvmt. 3 The Hunt — Hofeldt
Robert PierotNon Varsity12

  • Austin High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Matthew Madonia

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • March of the Meistersingers (from the Opera Die Meistersinger) — Wagner/Dackow
    • Voyager — Newbold

  • Austin High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Christina Hernandez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Moonlit Skies — O^Loughlin
    • Gargoyles — Spata

  • Lake Highlands High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Emily Moore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante for Strings — Cacavas
    • Wood Splitter Fanfare — Balmages

  • Leaman Junior High

    2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Gerardo Escamilla

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Salisbury Overture — McQuilkin
    • The Old Boatman — Price/Perna

  • Martin High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Jamie Ovalle

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Bluebell — Nishimura
    • Elasticity — Giebler

  • Mesquite HS

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Carla Rodriguez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dark Frontier — Pasternak
    • Native American Spirit — Bongo

  • Cain Middle School

    2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Amanda Nelson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Snowberry — Nishimura
    • The Kraken — Kevin Sluder

  • Clear Falls High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Timothy Rowalnd

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Little Turtle Dove — Traditional/Gruselle
    • Viva los Conquistadores! — Monday

  • McNeil High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Justin Anderson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Aeolian Storm — Hill
    • Medieval Wars — Balmages

  • Morton Ranch High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Gabriel Katz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dance Scenario — Del Borgo
    • The Rowan Tree — Traditional/Rosenhaus

  • Truitt Middle School

    2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Miranda Bernard

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • King William^s March (piano optional) — Clarke/Phillips
    • Lullaby to the Moon — Balmages

  • Bowie High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Marisa Cox

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Three Scenes From a Green Valley Mvt 1: The Winds on Big Hill — Harbinson
    • Moonlit Skies — O`loughlin/

  • Brackenridge

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Sabrina Griffis

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Adagio from Symphony No. 2 (20659) — Rachmaninoff/Longfield
    • Gargoyles — Spata

  • Clear Creek HS

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Brandon Cornett

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • King Williams March (19330) (piano optional) — Clarke/Phillips
    • Whispers of Spring — O`Loughlin

  • Cypress Ridge High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Lee Burke

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Highridge Overture — Elliot a. Del Borgo
    • Loch Lomond — Traditional Arr. by Noah Klauss

  • Deer Park HS-South

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    John Law

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Primula (19658) (Piano or Harp optional) — Nishimura
    • Mantras (6426) — Meyer

  • GP Fine Arts Academy

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Richard Galvan

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Jupiter from The Planets (22385) — Holst/Monday
    • When Johnny Comes Marching Home (6339) — Anon. or Trad./Stephan

  • Smithson Valley MS

    2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Todd Dennis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Terra Nova — Richard Meyer
    • Voyager — Newbold

  • The Woodlands HS

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Aaron Michaelson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Ash Grove — Palmer
    • Never Let Up — Balmages

  • Baytown Lee HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    John L Yong

    Concert3SR3

    Performed with

    • Ancient Wonders Suite (24196) (play two mvts) — Parrish
    • Thundersnow — Katie O'hara Labrie

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Camilla Sung

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Intrada (20866) — Balmages/
    • Farewell to Cavendish — Siegler

  • Del Rio High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Timothy Garza

    Concert2SR3

    Performed with

    • Sunburst (15924) — Silva
    • Ablaze (19494) — Bernotas

  • Irvin High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Ernest Jimenez

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • Westminster Prelude and Fugue (6198) — Shaffer
    • Scheherazade (10073) (POP) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Frost

  • Irving High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Carly Addison

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Girl with the Flaxen Hair (15976) — Debussy/Monday
    • St. Paul Suite (6614) (play mvt 1 or 4) — Holst

  • Mayde Creek High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Andrew Geyssens

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • M to the Third Power — Nunez
    • Serenade for Strings (Mov. 1&4) — Leyden

  • McMillen High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Maria Rohr

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Scarborough Fair (17628) — Anon. or Trad./Balmages
    • Boots and Saddle (17635) — Sharp

  • Plano West Senior High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Amy Gross

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Such Sweet Sorrow (19534) — Woolstenhulme
    • Voyager (24177) — Newbold

  • Arlington High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Tracie Walker

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Thunderstruck — Oloughlin
    • Ancient Wonders Suite 1. Temple of Artemis at Aphesus — Parrish

  • Caprock High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Danica Ahedo

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Song of the Sea Mariner — Newbold
    • North Country Legend (10146) — Williams

  • Richardson High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Raphaelle Siemers

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Rowan Tree — Traditional Arr. Steven Rosenhaus
    • Wood Splitter Fanfare — Brian Balmages

  • Health Careers High School

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jennifer Cahill Clark

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Contrasts in e minor (6388) — Feese
    • Appalachian Sunrise (6266) — Gazda

  • John Horn High School

    2020 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    IRMA ERISTAVI

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • North Country Legend — Williams
    • Intrada — Balmages

  • Austin High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Ann Victor

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Saison de Cordes — Feese
    • A Nordic Lullaby — La Plante

  • Boerne High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAA · Varsity

    Naitsabes Barreto Perez

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Echoes of Bartok — Bartok/Cummings
    • Appalachian Sunrise — Gazda

  • Cypress Ridge High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Catherine Walker

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Las Mariposas Exoticas — Spata
    • Medieval Wars — Balmages

  • Mesquite HS

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Blaine Litle

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Rhythmic Variations on 2 Ancient Hymns — Hanson
    • Vistas de Mexico (play two mvts) — Keuning

  • Plano West Senior High

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Amy Gross

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Concerto in D — Vivaldi/Phillips
    • Solitude (piano opt) — O'loughlin

  • Clements High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Neal Springer

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Mozart Symphony No. 40 — Mozart/Caponegro
    • Beauteous Spirit — Kamuf

  • Irvin High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Ernest Jimenez

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Te Dije — Andy Patterson
    • Jesse Polka (Jesusita en Chihuahua) — Mexican Folk Song/ Arr. Merle J. Isaac

  • Jersey Village High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Luke Sliva

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Legends of Glory — Kathryn Griesinger
    • Jupiter from The Planets Op. 32 — Gustav Holst/Monday

  • R.L. Turner High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Robert Pierot

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • A Starlit Night — Swearingen
    • Deerpath Triptych Mvmt. 3 The Hunt — Hofeldt