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String OrchestraGrade 4Code 33172

Birds on a Wire

Allen · Grand Mesa Music Publishers

Performances82018–2025
Schools8
Avg concert1.001 is best
Straight ones100%8 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 2018.

<1%of 2,777 performances

8 of this piece vs 2,769 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Bowie High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Cypress Ranch High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Harlingen High School Southavg 1.01×
  • Hebron High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Humble High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Liberty High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Plano West Senior High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Williams High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • When Summer's in the Meadow — LongfieldGr 4 · avg 1.02×
  • Allegro Moderato (From Symphony No. 3) — Saint-SaensGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Andante (From Symphony No. 4) — MendelssohnGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Capriol Suite — WarlockGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Finale (From Fifth Symphony) — BeethovenFull Orchestra · Gr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Many Miles Away Across the Sea — DayGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Reverie — CoriglianoGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Serenade No. 1, Op. 9 in D — FuchsGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 8 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025Plano West Senior High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Theme from Symphony No. 1 Movement 3 (timpani OR harp required) — Mahler/Pfeil
  • Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock
Ryan RossSub Non Varsity11
2024Humble High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Thunderstruck — O'loughlin
  • String Symphony No. 5 Andante — Mendelssohn
Andrew McCallumVarsity11
2024Liberty High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Of Glorious Plumage — Balmages
  • Such Sweet Sorrow (19534) — Woolstenhulme
Julie BlackstockNon Varsity11
2023Harlingen High School SouthAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Shepherds Hey (6396) — Grainger/Alshin
  • Reverie (6240) — Corigliano
Sarabeth GheithVarsity11
2022Bowie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade No. 1 Op. 9 in D (20625) (Mvt I) — Fuchs
  • When Summers in the Meadow (19693) — Longfield
Jennifer ClibornVarsity11
2019Hebron High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Many Miles Away Across the Sea — Day
  • Surge — Bruce Tippette
Matthew CautivarNon Varsity11
2019Williams High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Allegro Moderato (from Symphony No. 3) — Saint-Saens/Monday
  • When Summer's in the Meadow — Longfield
Rachael FischerNon Varsity11
2018Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Holberg Suite Air — Grieg
  • Simple Symphony Frolicsome Finale — Britten
Elizabeth LedfordVarsity11

  • Plano West Senior High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Ryan Ross

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Theme from Symphony No. 1 Movement 3 (timpani OR harp required) — Mahler/Pfeil
    • Capriol Suite (play either mvt 2 or mvt 5 plus one additional mvt) — Warlock

  • Humble High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Andrew McCallum

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Thunderstruck — O'loughlin
    • String Symphony No. 5 Andante — Mendelssohn

  • Liberty High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Julie Blackstock

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Of Glorious Plumage — Balmages
    • Such Sweet Sorrow (19534) — Woolstenhulme

  • Harlingen High School South

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Sarabeth Gheith

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Shepherds Hey (6396) — Grainger/Alshin
    • Reverie (6240) — Corigliano

  • Bowie High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jennifer Cliborn

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade No. 1 Op. 9 in D (20625) (Mvt I) — Fuchs
    • When Summers in the Meadow (19693) — Longfield

  • Hebron High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Matthew Cautivar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Many Miles Away Across the Sea — Day
    • Surge — Bruce Tippette

  • Williams High School

    2019 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Rachael Fischer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Allegro Moderato (from Symphony No. 3) — Saint-Saens/Monday
    • When Summer's in the Meadow — Longfield

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2018 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Holberg Suite Air — Grieg
    • Simple Symphony Frolicsome Finale — Britten