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All songsGrade 5 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 5(play mvt 1 OR 3) (harp REQUIRED)Code 37830

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Markowski · Markowski Creative

Performances102022–2026
Schools9
Avg concert1.101 is best
Straight ones90%9 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

9 of this piece vs 1,161 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Dulles High Schoolavg 1.02×
  • Clements High Schoolavg 2.01×
  • Grand Oaks High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Guyer High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Kingwood HSavg 1.01×
  • Klein High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • McNeil High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Shepton HSavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Andante Funebre — TchaikovskyGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — BlochGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Conversations in Silence — EllisorGr 5 · avg 2.01×
  • Danzon No. 2 — MarquezFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Ein Albumblatt — WagnerGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Lyric Suite Op.54 — GriegGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Overture to the Wind — MosierGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Perseus — NewboldGr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 10 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Guyer High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings mvt 4 Canzonetta — Victor Herbert
  • Nocturne for String Orchestra — Borodin/Sargent
Michelle HanlonVarsity11
2025Klein High SchoolAAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Danzon No. 2 (rental only) — Marquez
  • The Planets (play one) (LML features modern keys and clefs) — Holst/Niet/Vaught
Jennifer HillenVarsity11
2024Grand Oaks High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Lyric Suite Op.54 — Grieg
  • Perseus — Newbold
Lea CiniVarsity11
2024McNeil High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Andante Funebre from String Quartet Op. 30 — Tchaikovsky/Glazounoff
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato - Fugue — Bloch
Justin AndersonVarsity11
2024Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (19408) — Shostakovich/Drew
  • Piano Concerto No. 11 Mvt. 1 — Haydn
Matthew PorterVarsity11
2023Dulles High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Witche's Sabbath — Berlioz/Monday
  • Three Olympians (21762) (play one mvt) — Boyer
Michael IsadoreVarsity11
2023Kingwood HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (6600) (play one mvt) — Elgar
  • Ein Albumblatt (10244) — Wagner/Massena
Elyse CatoeVarsity11
2023Shepton HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • A Norwegian Suite (Mvts. 1 2 and 3) — Grieg/Edlund
  • St. Paul Suite (6614) (Mvt. 1) — Holst
Brad DavisNon Varsity11
2022Clements High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (Serenade in C) (6640) (Mvt. 2 Walzer) — Tchaikovsky/
  • Conversations in Silence (24215) (Mvt. 4) — Ellisor/
Emory DanielVarsity21
2022Dulles High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Short Overture — Jean Berger
  • Overture to the Wind — Kirt N. Mosier
Angela YipNon Varsity11

  • Guyer High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michelle Hanlon

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings mvt 4 Canzonetta — Victor Herbert
    • Nocturne for String Orchestra — Borodin/Sargent

  • Klein High School

    2025 · Full Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Jennifer Hillen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Danzon No. 2 (rental only) — Marquez
    • The Planets (play one) (LML features modern keys and clefs) — Holst/Niet/Vaught

  • Grand Oaks High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Lea Cini

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lyric Suite Op.54 — Grieg
    • Perseus — Newbold

  • McNeil High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Justin Anderson

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante Funebre from String Quartet Op. 30 — Tchaikovsky/Glazounoff
    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato - Fugue — Bloch

  • Tompkins High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Matthew Porter

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony for Strings (String Quartet No. 8 Op. 110) (19408) — Shostakovich/Drew
    • Piano Concerto No. 11 Mvt. 1 — Haydn

  • Dulles High School

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Michael Isadore

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Witche's Sabbath — Berlioz/Monday
    • Three Olympians (21762) (play one mvt) — Boyer

  • Kingwood HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Elyse Catoe

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 20 (6600) (play one mvt) — Elgar
    • Ein Albumblatt (10244) — Wagner/Massena

  • Shepton HS

    2023 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Brad Davis

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • A Norwegian Suite (Mvts. 1 2 and 3) — Grieg/Edlund
    • St. Paul Suite (6614) (Mvt. 1) — Holst

  • Clements High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Emory Daniel

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Serenade for Strings Op. 48 (Serenade in C) (6640) (Mvt. 2 Walzer) — Tchaikovsky/
    • Conversations in Silence (24215) (Mvt. 4) — Ellisor/

  • Dulles High School

    2022 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Angela Yip

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Short Overture — Jean Berger
    • Overture to the Wind — Kirt N. Mosier