String OrchestraGrade 3(harp OPTIONAL)Code 40103

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Balmages · MakeMusic Publications

Performances122024–2026

Schools11

Avg concert1.171 is best

Straight ones83%10 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

10 of this piece vs 2,134 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Sartartia Middle Schoolavg 1.02×
Amarillo High Schoolavg 1.01×
Cinco Ranch High Schoolavg 1.01×
Cockrill Middle Schoolavg 1.01×
LASA High Schoolavg 1.01×
Mc: McAllen HSavg 1.01×
Sam Rayburn High Schoolavg 2.01×
Stratford High Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

St. Paul Suite — HolstGr 5 · avg 1.02×
Appalachian Folk Fantasy — Anon. or Trad.Gr 4 · avg 1.01×
Arabian Dreams — NewboldGr 4 · avg 2.01×
Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann — OffenbachGr 3 · avg 1.01×
Carmen Suite No. 1 — BizetFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
Classical Symphony — ProkovfievGr 4 · avg 1.01×
Compassion — GalanteGr 3 · avg 1.01×
Coronation March (From the Prophet) — MeyerbeerFull Orchestra · Gr 4 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 12 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Amarillo High SchoolAAAAA	Full Orchestra	John Henry — Copland Carmen Suite No. 1 (play one mvt; 1 and 1a = one mvt) (LML features modern keys and clefs) — Bizet	Breanna L Parker	Varsity	1	1
2026	Cockrill Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Legends of Glory — Griesinger Eventide — Pilsner	John Powelson	Varsity	1	1
2026	LASA High SchoolAAAAA	String Orchestra	Coronation March — Meyerbeer/Fishburn Compassion — Galante	Rachel Horvitz	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2026	Mc: McAllen HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Where the River Shannon Flows — Russell/Balmages Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow	Erin Tovar	Non Varsity	1	1
2026	Sartartia Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Williamsburg Variations — Hinds Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann — Offenbach/Dakow	Guillermo Teniente	Non Varsity	1	1
2026	Stratford High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Six Pieces for String Orchestra Movement I Gavotte. — J.B. Lully/ James Brown Salut dAmour — Elgar/Newbold	Artan Zhuri	Non Varsity	2	1
2026	Tascosa High SchoolAAAAA	Full Orchestra	Overture to Die Fledermaus — Strauss/Meyer L^Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (play one mvt) Farandole — Bizet	Harold Scarbrough	Varsity	1	1
2026	West Mesquite HSAAAAA	String Orchestra	Appalachian Folk Fantasy — Anon. or Trad./McGinty St. Paul Suite mvt. IV — Holst	Ashley Montes	Varsity	1	1
2025	Cinco Ranch High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	North Star to Freedom — Newbold The Pinery Boy — Traditional Folk Song/Gruselle	Oscar Vera	Sub Non Varsity	1	1
2025	Sam Rayburn High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Arabian Dreams — Newbold Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) — Telemann	Jose Martinez	Varsity	2	1
2024	Sartartia Middle SchoolCCC	String Orchestra	Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) — Traditional arr. Richard Meyer St. Paul Suite (6614) (IV. The Dargason) — Holst	Heather Davis	Varsity	1	1
2024	Tompkins High SchoolAAAAAA	String Orchestra	Classical Symphony (6549) — Prokovfiev/Gruselle English Folk Song Suite (16698) — Vaughan-Williams/Bulla	Matthew Porter	Non Varsity	1	1

Amarillo High School
2026 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Breanna L Parker
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- John Henry — Copland
- Carmen Suite No. 1 (play one mvt; 1 and 1a = one mvt) (LML features modern keys and clefs) — Bizet
Cockrill Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
John Powelson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Legends of Glory — Griesinger
- Eventide — Pilsner
LASA High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Rachel Horvitz
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Coronation March — Meyerbeer/Fishburn
- Compassion — Galante
Mc: McAllen HS
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Non Varsity
Erin Tovar
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Where the River Shannon Flows — Russell/Balmages
- Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden) — Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow
Sartartia Middle School
2026 · String Orchestra · CCC · Non Varsity
Guillermo Teniente
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Williamsburg Variations — Hinds
- Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann — Offenbach/Dakow
Stratford High School
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Artan Zhuri
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Six Pieces for String Orchestra Movement I Gavotte. — J.B. Lully/ James Brown
- Salut dAmour — Elgar/Newbold
Tascosa High School
2026 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Harold Scarbrough
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Overture to Die Fledermaus — Strauss/Meyer
- L^Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (play one mvt) Farandole — Bizet
West Mesquite HS
2026 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity
Ashley Montes
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Appalachian Folk Fantasy — Anon. or Trad./McGinty
- St. Paul Suite mvt. IV — Holst
Cinco Ranch High School
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Sub Non Varsity
Oscar Vera
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- North Star to Freedom — Newbold
- The Pinery Boy — Traditional Folk Song/Gruselle
Sam Rayburn High School
2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity
Jose Martinez
Concert2SR1
Performed with
- Arabian Dreams — Newbold
- Concerto or Concerto Grosso (two contrasting mvts) — Telemann
Sartartia Middle School
2024 · String Orchestra · CCC · Varsity
Heather Davis
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Spring Breezes (Folk Song from Taiwan) — Traditional arr. Richard Meyer
- St. Paul Suite (6614) (IV. The Dargason) — Holst
Tompkins High School
2024 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Non Varsity
Matthew Porter
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Classical Symphony (6549) — Prokovfiev/Gruselle
- English Folk Song Suite (16698) — Vaughan-Williams/Bulla

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