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All songsGrade 3 String Orchestra list
String OrchestraGrade 3Code 38008

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Gelfer · Wingert-Jones

Performances172024–2026
Schools17
Avg concert1.121 is best
Straight ones88%15 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 3 String Orchestra piece performed since 2024.

<1%of 2,144 performances

17 of this piece vs 2,127 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Clack MSavg 1.01×
  • Clear Brook High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Clemens HS (SCUCISD)avg 1.01×
  • College Park High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Cypress Ranch High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Dobie High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Hunt Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Lebanon Trail High Schoolavg 1.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Firestorm — Ramsey-WhiteGr 3 · avg 1.02×
  • Adventure — Ramsey-WhiteGr 2 · avg 1.01×
  • Allegro (From Sonata No.1) — TelemannGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Allegro in G (From Concerto for Two Guitars) — VivaldiGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Ave Verum Corpus — MozartGr 3 · avg 1.01×
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme — PhillipsGr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Follow the Drinking Gourd — Anon. or Trad.Gr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Land of Dragons — ThomasGr 3 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 17 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2026Clemens HS (SCUCISD)AAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Mystic Dances — Frizzi
  • Strings of Fire — Chris M. Bernotas
Jennifer TudykNon Varsity11
2026College Park High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn (piano or harp required) — Smith
  • Symphony No. 1 in D Major — Mahler/Dackow
Emmanuel CorazaSub Non Varsity11
2026Cypress Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • New Beginnings — Roszell
  • Simple Gifts — Brackett/Gruselle
Elizabeth LedfordSub Non Varsity11
2026Hunt Middle SchoolCCString Orchestra
  • Modus a 4 — Atwell
  • Spirit of Colorado — Day
Cathy WiechmannVarsity11
2026Memorial High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Premonitions — Neeck
  • Fantasia on a Original Theme (opt harp or piano) — Phillips
Leslie CampbellSub Non Varsity21
2026Wellborn Middle SchoolCCCString Orchestra
  • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) — Telemann/Mosier
  • When the Summer Comes — Day
Paul DustonVarsity11
2026William Howard Taft High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • River Song — Meyer
  • Russian Sailors' Dance — GilereCaponegro
Esther LimNon Varsity11
2025Clear Brook High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Allegro in G (from Concerto for Two Guitars) — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl
  • Ave Verum Corpus — Mozart/Del Borgo
Fernando MedinaSub Non Varsity11
2025PSJA North Early College High School AAAAAString Orchestra
  • The Explorers — Sharp
  • Herr Mannelig (The Mountain Troll's Proposal) — Soon Hee Newbold
Dolores BartoloNon Varsity11
2025Richardson West Junior HighCCCString Orchestra
  • Daydreamer — Fryklund
  • Firestorm — Ramsey-White
Angela SledgeVarsity11
2025Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Prairie Spirit — David Hinds
  • A Distant Light — James Swearington
Sarah MartsSub Non Varsity11
2024Clack MSCCString Orchestra
  • Wood Splitter Fanfare — Brian Balmages
  • Tidal Moon — Oloughlin
McKenzie RangelVarsity11
2024Dobie High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Lullaby (6415) — Hofeldt
  • Postcards from Russia — Carrie Lane Gruselle
Angela BadonSub Non Varsity11
2024Lebanon Trail High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Visions of the Sky (opt percussion) — Sims
  • Firestorm — Ramsey-White
Paul VanderpoolSub Non Varsity11
2024Martin High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Voyager — Newbold
  • Follow the Drinking Gourd — Gruselle
Holly BurtonSub Non Varsity21
2024Morton Ranch High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Land of Dragons (22383) — Thomas
  • Ruby Mountain Serenade — Atterbury
Gabriel KatzNon Varsity11
2024Seven Lakes High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Moonlit Skies — O'loughlin
  • Adventure — Ramsey-White
Sean KimeSub Non Varsity11

  • Clemens HS (SCUCISD)

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Jennifer Tudyk

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Mystic Dances — Frizzi
    • Strings of Fire — Chris M. Bernotas

  • College Park High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Emmanuel Coraza

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Prelude on an Early American Folk Hymn (piano or harp required) — Smith
    • Symphony No. 1 in D Major — Mahler/Dackow

  • Cypress Ranch High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Elizabeth Ledford

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • New Beginnings — Roszell
    • Simple Gifts — Brackett/Gruselle

  • Hunt Middle School

    2026 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    Cathy Wiechmann

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Modus a 4 — Atwell
    • Spirit of Colorado — Day

  • Memorial High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Leslie Campbell

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Premonitions — Neeck
    • Fantasia on a Original Theme (opt harp or piano) — Phillips

  • Wellborn Middle School

    2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Paul Duston

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Allegro (from Sonata No.1) — Telemann/Mosier
    • When the Summer Comes — Day

  • William Howard Taft High School

    2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Esther Lim

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • River Song — Meyer
    • Russian Sailors' Dance — GilereCaponegro

  • Clear Brook High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Fernando Medina

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Allegro in G (from Concerto for Two Guitars) — Vivaldi/Frackenpohl
    • Ave Verum Corpus — Mozart/Del Borgo

  • PSJA North Early College High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity

    Dolores Bartolo

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • The Explorers — Sharp
    • Herr Mannelig (The Mountain Troll's Proposal) — Soon Hee Newbold

  • Richardson West Junior High

    2025 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity

    Angela Sledge

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Daydreamer — Fryklund
    • Firestorm — Ramsey-White

  • Tompkins High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Sarah Marts

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Prairie Spirit — David Hinds
    • A Distant Light — James Swearington

  • Clack MS

    2024 · String Orchestra · CC · Varsity

    McKenzie Rangel

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Wood Splitter Fanfare — Brian Balmages
    • Tidal Moon — Oloughlin

  • Dobie High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Angela Badon

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Lullaby (6415) — Hofeldt
    • Postcards from Russia — Carrie Lane Gruselle

  • Lebanon Trail High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Paul Vanderpool

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Visions of the Sky (opt percussion) — Sims
    • Firestorm — Ramsey-White

  • Martin High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Holly Burton

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Voyager — Newbold
    • Follow the Drinking Gourd — Gruselle

  • Morton Ranch High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity

    Gabriel Katz

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Land of Dragons (22383) — Thomas
    • Ruby Mountain Serenade — Atterbury

  • Seven Lakes High School

    2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity

    Sean Kime

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Moonlit Skies — O'loughlin
    • Adventure — Ramsey-White