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Concert BandGrade 5Code 34892

Academic Festival Overture

Brahms · arranged by Patterson · Merlin Patterson

Performances252006–2025
Schools23
Avg concert1.201 is best
Straight ones80%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 5 Concert Band piece performed since 2006.

<1%of 10,199 performances

21 of this piece vs 10,178 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Plano West Senior Highavg 1.52×
  • Stratford High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • A & M Consolidated High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Carroll Senior High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Clear Falls High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Clear Lake HSavg 1.01×
  • Cypress Creek High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Cypress Falls High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Blue Shades — TicheliGr 5 · avg 1.52×
  • Bells for Stowkowski — DaughertyGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 — BachString Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Brook Green Suite — HolstString Orchestra · Gr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Colonial Song — GraingerGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Concerto Grosso — GianniniString Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Country Gardens — GraingerGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Danzon No. 2 — MarquezGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 25 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025Memorial High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • The Corcoran Cadets March — Sousa
  • Traveler — Maslanka
Logan StalcupVarsity11
2025Reagan HSAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Bells For Stowkowski — Daugherty
  • Pas Redouble — Saint-Saens
Brett NelsonVarsity11
2024Lebanon Trail High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Huapango — Moncayo
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (Serenade in C) (6640) mvt. 3 Elegie — Tchaikovsky
Paul VanderpoolVarsity11
2018Cypress Springs HSAAAAAAConcert Band
  • October — Whitacre
  • A Slavic Farewell — Agapkin/Bourgeois
Larry BrownVarsity11
2017Carroll Senior High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Commando March — Barber/ Collinsworth
  • Blue Shades — Ticheli
Jay L. BachVarsity11
2017John Horn High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • The British Eighth — Elliot/Hilliard
  • Summer Dances — Balmages/
Todd BurkeVarsity11
2017Spring HSAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Commando March — Barber
  • Colonial Song — Grainger/
Gabe MusellaVarsity11
2016Clear Lake HSAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Profanation — Bernstein/Bencriscutto
  • La Oreja de Oro — San Miguel/Fennell
John PearceVarsity11
2016Mesquite High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Kinizsi — Fucik
  • Three Fantastic Dances — Turina/Boyd
Lance FlisowskiVarsity21
2016Plano East Senior HighAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Navigation Inn — Sparke
  • Danzon No. 2 — Marquez/Nickel
Evelio VillarrealVarsity11
2016Wakeland High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Marche Hongroise — Berlioz/Gotoh
  • Extreme Beethoven — De Meij
Gerry MillerVarsity11
2014A & M Consolidated High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Concerto or Concerto Grosso op 6 no. 1 mvts 1&2 — Handel/
  • Brook Green Suite mvt 3 — Holst/
Jane McCormickVarsity11
2014Clear Falls High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Masquerade for Band — Persichetti/
  • The Pride of the Wolverines — Sousa/Fennel
Jerry ChoateVarsity11
2014Liberty High SchoolAAAAConcert Band
  • Bombs Away March — Gould/Lang
  • Symphony in Bb for Band (Movements 1 and 3) — Hindemith/
Preston HazzardVarsity11
2014Plano West Senior HighAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Mvt. 3 — Bach/
  • Winton Suite for String Orchestra ; Song — Carse/
Jo Wallace-AbbieNon Varsity11
2013Rowlett High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Florentiner March — Fucik/Bourgeois
  • Variations on an American Cavalry Song — Donald Grantham
Phillip AlvaradoVarsity11
2012Cypress Creek High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Suite Francaise — Milhaud
  • King Cotton — Sousa
Jerry ChoateVarsity22
2012Cypress Falls High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Symphony for Band — Persichetti/
  • Hands Across the Sea — Sousa/Fennell
Shawn McAnearVarsity11
2012Ranchview High SchoolAAAConcert Band
  • Dance of the Demon Galop — Holst/Merrill
  • Symphony No. 3 (play one mvt) - IV — Giannini/
Chuck Moon / Galen CookVarsity11
2011Stratford High SchoolAAAAConcert Band
  • Inglesina — Delle Cese
  • Shepherd's Hey — Grainger/Rogers
David McArthurVarsity11
2010Flower Mound High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Themes from Green Bushes — Grainger/Daehn
  • The Gallant Seventh — Sousa/Fennell
Brent BiskupNon Varsity21
2010Plano West Senior HighAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Passacaglia in g minor (from Harpsichord Suite #7 +G1104) (play mvt 4) — Handel/Wieloszynski
  • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan
Jo Wallace-AbbieNon Varsity21
2008Robert E. Lee High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Honey Boys on Parade — Cupero/Bourgeois
  • Blue Shades — Ticheli
Alec McGuireVarsity21
2006Midlothian High SchoolAAAAConcert Band
  • Barnum and Bailey's — King/Bainum
  • Country Gardens — Grainger
Larry DoranVarsity11
2006Stratford High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • El Relicario — Padilla/Longfield
  • Sun Dance — Ticheli
DavidVarsity11

  • Memorial High School

    2025 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Logan Stalcup

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Corcoran Cadets March — Sousa
    • Traveler — Maslanka

  • Reagan HS

    2025 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Brett Nelson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Bells For Stowkowski — Daugherty
    • Pas Redouble — Saint-Saens

  • Lebanon Trail High School

    2024 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Paul Vanderpool

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Huapango — Moncayo
    • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (Serenade in C) (6640) mvt. 3 Elegie — Tchaikovsky

  • Cypress Springs HS

    2018 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Larry Brown

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • October — Whitacre
    • A Slavic Farewell — Agapkin/Bourgeois

  • Carroll Senior High School

    2017 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jay L. Bach

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Commando March — Barber/ Collinsworth
    • Blue Shades — Ticheli

  • John Horn High School

    2017 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Todd Burke

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The British Eighth — Elliot/Hilliard
    • Summer Dances — Balmages/

  • Spring HS

    2017 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Gabe Musella

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Commando March — Barber
    • Colonial Song — Grainger/

  • Clear Lake HS

    2016 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    John Pearce

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Profanation — Bernstein/Bencriscutto
    • La Oreja de Oro — San Miguel/Fennell

  • Mesquite High School

    2016 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Lance Flisowski

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Kinizsi — Fucik
    • Three Fantastic Dances — Turina/Boyd

  • Plano East Senior High

    2016 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Evelio Villarreal

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Navigation Inn — Sparke
    • Danzon No. 2 — Marquez/Nickel

  • Wakeland High School

    2016 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Gerry Miller

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Marche Hongroise — Berlioz/Gotoh
    • Extreme Beethoven — De Meij

  • A & M Consolidated High School

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jane McCormick

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Concerto or Concerto Grosso op 6 no. 1 mvts 1&2 — Handel/
    • Brook Green Suite mvt 3 — Holst/

  • Clear Falls High School

    2014 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jerry Choate

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Masquerade for Band — Persichetti/
    • The Pride of the Wolverines — Sousa/Fennel

  • Liberty High School

    2014 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity

    Preston Hazzard

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Bombs Away March — Gould/Lang
    • Symphony in Bb for Band (Movements 1 and 3) — Hindemith/

  • Plano West Senior High

    2014 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jo Wallace-Abbie

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Mvt. 3 — Bach/
    • Winton Suite for String Orchestra ; Song — Carse/

  • Rowlett High School

    2013 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Phillip Alvarado

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Florentiner March — Fucik/Bourgeois
    • Variations on an American Cavalry Song — Donald Grantham

  • Cypress Creek High School

    2012 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Jerry Choate

    Concert2SR2

    Performed with

    • Suite Francaise — Milhaud
    • King Cotton — Sousa

  • Cypress Falls High School

    2012 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Shawn McAnear

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony for Band — Persichetti/
    • Hands Across the Sea — Sousa/Fennell

  • Ranchview High School

    2012 · Concert Band · AAA · Varsity

    Chuck Moon / Galen Cook

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Dance of the Demon Galop — Holst/Merrill
    • Symphony No. 3 (play one mvt) - IV — Giannini/

  • Stratford High School

    2011 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity

    David McArthur

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Inglesina — Delle Cese
    • Shepherd's Hey — Grainger/Rogers

  • Flower Mound High School

    2010 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Brent Biskup

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Themes from Green Bushes — Grainger/Daehn
    • The Gallant Seventh — Sousa/Fennell

  • Plano West Senior High

    2010 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jo Wallace-Abbie

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Passacaglia in g minor (from Harpsichord Suite #7 +G1104) (play mvt 4) — Handel/Wieloszynski
    • Fantasia on a 17th Century Tune — Stephan

  • Robert E. Lee High School

    2008 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Alec McGuire

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Honey Boys on Parade — Cupero/Bourgeois
    • Blue Shades — Ticheli

  • Midlothian High School

    2006 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity

    Larry Doran

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Barnum and Bailey's — King/Bainum
    • Country Gardens — Grainger

  • Stratford High School

    2006 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    David

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • El Relicario — Padilla/Longfield
    • Sun Dance — Ticheli