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String OrchestraGrade 5Code 34936

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Montgomery · NYC Music Services

Performances52022–2025
Schools5
Avg concert1.201 is best
Straight ones80%4 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 String Orchestra piece performed since 2022.

<1%of 1,170 performances

4 of this piece vs 1,166 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Booker T. Washington HSPVAavg 2.01×
  • Dobie High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Hebron High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Seven Lakes High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Westwood High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Four Noveletten, Op. 52 — Coleridge-TaylorGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Lyric for Strings — WalkerGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Serenade Fur Streichorchester Op. 22 — DvorakGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110) — ShostakovichGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 5 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025Hebron High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Lyric for Strings (play the original OR the transcribed version) — Walker
  • Good Times — Xavier Foley
Matthew CautivarVarsity11
2025Seven Lakes High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (play mvt 2 3 4 or 5) (mvt 1 may be added to mvt 2 but not required) — Shostakovich/Drew
  • Concierto Folklorico (II. La noche and III. Fiestas) — Carmichael
Desiree Overree Varsity11
2025Westwood High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Fantasy on a Theme of Justin Morgan — Canning
  • Serenade fur Streichorchester Op. 22 mvt. III — Dvorak
Joshua ThompsonVarsity11
2023Booker T. Washington HSPVAAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Sinfonia for Chamber Orchestra Movement 3: Divertimento — Hisaishi
  • Variations on a Theme by Haydn (variation set comparable to tone poem/overture) — Brahms
Michael JackoVarsity21
2022Dobie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Four Noveletten Op. 52 (22396) — Coleridge-Taylor/
  • Six Concertante Quartets - Quartet No. 2- Adagio — Chevalier de Saint Georges
Angela BadonVarsity11
  • Hebron High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Cautivar

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lyric for Strings (play the original OR the transcribed version) — Walker
    • Good Times — Xavier Foley
  • Seven Lakes High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Desiree Overree

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (play mvt 2 3 4 or 5) (mvt 1 may be added to mvt 2 but not required) — Shostakovich/Drew
    • Concierto Folklorico (II. La noche and III. Fiestas) — Carmichael
  • Westwood High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Joshua Thompson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Fantasy on a Theme of Justin Morgan — Canning
    • Serenade fur Streichorchester Op. 22 mvt. III — Dvorak
  • Booker T. Washington HSPVA

    2023 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Jacko

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Sinfonia for Chamber Orchestra Movement 3: Divertimento — Hisaishi
    • Variations on a Theme by Haydn (variation set comparable to tone poem/overture) — Brahms
  • Dobie High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Angela Badon

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Four Noveletten Op. 52 (22396) — Coleridge-Taylor/
    • Six Concertante Quartets - Quartet No. 2- Adagio — Chevalier de Saint Georges