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All songsGrade 5 Concert Band list
Concert BandGrade 5Code 36696

Reluctant Joys

Karrick · Alfred Music Company, Inc.

Performances162022–2026
Schools16
Avg concert1.191 is best
Straight ones88%14 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 2022.

<1%of 2,523 performances

16 of this piece vs 2,507 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Alvarado HSavg 1.01×
  • Amarillo High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Booker T. Washington HSPVA avg 1.01×
  • Caney Creek High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Caprock High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Copperas Cove High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Cypress Park High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Dripping Springs High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • A Longford Legend — SheldonGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Dusk — BryantGr 4 · avg 2.01×
  • Glaciers — DirectorGr 4 · avg 3.01×
  • Homage to Bharat (Reflections of India) — BalmagesGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • La Fiesta Mexicana — ReedGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Lux Aurumque — WhitacreGr 4 · avg 1.01×
  • Machu Picchu - City in the Sky — YagisawaGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Melodious Thunk — BiedenbenderGr 4 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 16 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Alvarado HSAAAAConcert Band
  • Mock Morris — Grainger/Simpson/MMP/Kreines/Lud/Perna
  • The World is Waiting for the Sunrise — Lockhart-Seitz-Alfort/Gore
Patrick DietzVarsity11
2026Stony Point High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • His Majesty March — Wood
  • Undertow — Mackey
Spencer GreggVarsity11
2025Booker T. Washington HSPVA AAAAAAConcert Band
  • National Emblem March — Bagley/Schissel
  • Variations on a Korean Folk Song — Chance
Art RuangtipVarsity11
2025Cypress Park High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Royal Scotch Highlanders March — Karl King/Gene Milford
  • Homage To Bharat — Brian Balmages
Bob BarfieldVarsity11
2024Amarillo High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • American Big Top — Balmages
  • La Fiesta Mexicana (568) (play at least two mvts) — Reed
Robert HindsVarsity11
2024Caney Creek High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Grays Harbor March — Steve Hodges
  • Melodious Thunk — Biedenbender
Jeremy RehbeinVarsity12
2024Dripping Springs High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Redemption (18479) — Galante
  • Men of Ohio (March) — Fillmore/Foster
Brian MayerNon Varsity11
2024Morton Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • March Des Parachutistes Belges (March of the Belgian Paratroopers) — Leemans/Wiley
  • Dusk (17563) — Bryant/
Christopher M BrownVarsity21
2024Wylie High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Children's March — Arr. Wagner
  • Until the Scars (22362) — Mackey
Kyle McDonaldVarsity11
2023Lamar HSAAAAAAConcert Band
  • The American Red Cross March — Louis Panella/Andrew Glover
  • Glaciers — Scott Director
Matthew SeifertVarsity32
2023Waller High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Sound Prisms (15888) — Balmages
  • The Thunderer — Sousa
Grant McWilliamsVarsity12
2023Waxahachie High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • National Emblem — Bagley/Fennell
  • Symphony No. 2 (16687) (play mvt 3) — Ticheli
Justin BellNon Varsity11
2022Caprock High SchoolAAAAAConcert Band
  • Arsenal — Jan van der Roost
  • A Longford Legend (409) (play all) — Sheldon
Kyle McDonaldVarsity11
2022Copperas Cove High SchoolAAAAAAConcert Band
  • Machu Picchu - City in the Sky (15803) — Yagisawa
  • Oh Henry! — Nowlin
Tony ChapaVarsity11
2022Kaufman High SchoolAAAAConcert Band
  • Bonnie Annie Laurie March — John Philip Sousa
  • O Waly Waly (Rhapsody for Band) (18211) — Bocook
Mario MoralesVarsity11
2022Krum High SchoolAAAAConcert Band
  • Lux Aurumque (16207) — Whitacre
  • III. March - 'Folk Songs from Somerset' — Vaughan Williams
Brandon HuffVarsity11

  • Alvarado HS

    2026 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity

    Patrick Dietz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Mock Morris — Grainger/Simpson/MMP/Kreines/Lud/Perna
    • The World is Waiting for the Sunrise — Lockhart-Seitz-Alfort/Gore

  • Stony Point High School

    2026 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Spencer Gregg

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • His Majesty March — Wood
    • Undertow — Mackey

  • Booker T. Washington HSPVA

    2025 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Art Ruangtip

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • National Emblem March — Bagley/Schissel
    • Variations on a Korean Folk Song — Chance

  • Cypress Park High School

    2025 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Bob Barfield

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Royal Scotch Highlanders March — Karl King/Gene Milford
    • Homage To Bharat — Brian Balmages

  • Amarillo High School

    2024 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Robert Hinds

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • American Big Top — Balmages
    • La Fiesta Mexicana (568) (play at least two mvts) — Reed

  • Caney Creek High School

    2024 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jeremy Rehbein

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Grays Harbor March — Steve Hodges
    • Melodious Thunk — Biedenbender

  • Dripping Springs High School

    2024 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Brian Mayer

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Redemption (18479) — Galante
    • Men of Ohio (March) — Fillmore/Foster

  • Morton Ranch High School

    2024 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Christopher M Brown

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • March Des Parachutistes Belges (March of the Belgian Paratroopers) — Leemans/Wiley
    • Dusk (17563) — Bryant/

  • Wylie High School

    2024 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Kyle McDonald

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Children's March — Arr. Wagner
    • Until the Scars (22362) — Mackey

  • Lamar HS

    2023 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Seifert

    Concert3SR2

    Performed with

    • The American Red Cross March — Louis Panella/Andrew Glover
    • Glaciers — Scott Director

  • Waller High School

    2023 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Grant McWilliams

    Concert1SR2

    Performed with

    • Sound Prisms (15888) — Balmages
    • The Thunderer — Sousa

  • Waxahachie High School

    2023 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Justin Bell

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • National Emblem — Bagley/Fennell
    • Symphony No. 2 (16687) (play mvt 3) — Ticheli

  • Caprock High School

    2022 · Concert Band · AAAAA · Varsity

    Kyle McDonald

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Arsenal — Jan van der Roost
    • A Longford Legend (409) (play all) — Sheldon

  • Copperas Cove High School

    2022 · Concert Band · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Tony Chapa

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Machu Picchu - City in the Sky (15803) — Yagisawa
    • Oh Henry! — Nowlin

  • Kaufman High School

    2022 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity

    Mario Morales

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Bonnie Annie Laurie March — John Philip Sousa
    • O Waly Waly (Rhapsody for Band) (18211) — Bocook

  • Krum High School

    2022 · Concert Band · AAAA · Varsity

    Brandon Huff

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lux Aurumque (16207) — Whitacre
    • III. March - 'Folk Songs from Somerset' — Vaughan Williams