The Gryphon Carolers

featuring
 
Ed Johnson &
Carol McComb
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2011 Concert Set List
 
(not in order)

Chantons Noel
 
Conductor: Valerie
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocal soloists: Ed, Katie
 
A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
 
Conductor: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
 
Christmas in The Deep South
 
Conductor: Valerie
Alto Solo: Carol
Bass Solo: Carl
 
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Violin: Valerie
Whistle: Holly
Flute: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
Hark Reprise
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
How Great Our Joy
 
Conductor: Ed
Piano: Walter
Violin: Valerie
Sop. Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
In the Bleak Midwinter
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Carol
Uillean Pipes: Kevin Carr
Soprano Solo: Valerie
Violin: Valerie
 
Mary's Lullaby
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Violin: Valerie
Alto Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Vocal Soloist: Carol
 
Mundo Feliz
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
O Come
 
Conductor: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
Solstice Moon (band) / Calliope House (band) / Three Ships
 
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Piano: Walter
Violin: Valerie
Flute/Soprano Sax: Kris S.
Uillean Pipes: Kevin Carr
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Whistle: Holly
Soprano Solo: Debra
 
Sing We Noel
 
Conductor: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
 
Wassail Medley
 
Pipes (uillean? galician?): Kevin Carr
Guitar: Ed
 
Auld Lang Syne (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Concertina: Kevin Carr
Piano: Walter
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Ed, Carol, Valerie
 
Baião Hark (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Violin: Valerie
Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Ed, Kris, Sue
 
Chestnuts (band)
 
Piano: Ed
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Carol, Valerie, Gayle, Ed
 
Feels Like Christmas Eve (band)
 
Guitar: Ed, Carol
Violin: Valerie
Bass: Preston
Vocals: Carol, Ed, Valerie
 
O Holy Night (band)
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Piano: Walter
Saxophone: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Carol, Valerie, Gayle, Ed
 
One Star (band)
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Piano: Walter
Violin: Valerie
Bass: Preston
Vocals: Carol, Ed
 
Winter's First Cold Days (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Carol, Ed, Gayle, Karen
 
Little Drummer Boy (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
 
2010 Concert Set List
 
(not in order)

A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
 
Conductor: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Erin
 
Away In A Manger
 
Conductor: Valerie
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Piano: Walter
Flute: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Soprano solo: Loretta
Alto solo: Lissy
 
Chantons Noel
 
Conductor: Valerie
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Erin
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocal soloists: Ed, Katie
 
Christmas in The Deep South
 
Conductor: Valerie
Alto Solo: Carol
Bass Solo: Carl
 
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Violin: Valerie
Whistle: Holly
Flute: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
Hark Reprise
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Erin
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
O Come
 
Conductor: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Erin
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
Solstice Moon (band) / Calliope House (band) / Three Ships
 
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Piano: Walter
Violin: Valerie
Flute/Soprano Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Erin
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Whistle: Holly
Soprano Solo: Debra
 
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (small ensemble)
 
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Bonnie, Abby, Gayle, Sarah, Dave, Terry, Paul, Ed
 
Under African Skies
 
Conductor: Valerie
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
Shen Khar Venakhi/Oj U Horodi (women only)
 
Conductor: Valerie
Vocal Soloists: Sue, Gayle, Valerie
 
Nunca Mais Desespera
 
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Violin: Valerie
Bassoon: Erin
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocal Soloists: Carol, Ed, Benita, Dave
 
Mary's Lullaby
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Violin: Valerie
Alto Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Erin
Vocal Soloist: Carol
 
Feels Like Christmas Eve (band)
 
Guitar: Ed, Carol
Violin: Valerie
Bass: Preston
Vocals: Carol, Ed, Valerie
 
Chestnuts (band)
 
Piano: Ed
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Carol, Valerie, Gayle, Ed
 
One Star (band)
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Piano: Walter
Violin: Valerie
Bass: Preston
Vocals: Carol, Ed
 
O Holy Night (band)
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Piano: Walter
Violin: Valerie
Soprano Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Carol, Valerie, Gayle, Ed
 
Winter's First Cold Days (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Carol, Ed, Gayle, Karen
 
Little Drummer Boy (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
 
Baião Hark (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Mandolin: Carol
Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Michaelle
Vocals: Ed, Kris, Sue
 

2009 Concert Set List
 
(not in order)

Welsh Three Ships
 
Conductor: Carol
Guitar: Ed
 
London Waits
 
Conductor: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Piano: Walter
Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
 
Chantons Noel
 
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
Vocal soloists: Ed, Katie
 
Road To Bethlehem (band) / Wexford Carol
 
Conductor: Ed
Violin: Valerie
Piano: Walter
Alto Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Vocal Solo: Valerie
 
Sleigh Ride
 
Conductor: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
 
Away In A Manger
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Flute: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
Vocal Solo: Valerie
 
Christmas in The Deep South
 
Conductor: Valerie
Alto Solo: Carol
 
Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant
 
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Violin: Valerie
Flute: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion (bells?): Jason
 
Silent Night
 
Conductor: Valerie
Piano: Walter
Soprano sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
Vocal Soloists: Loretta, Lissy, Gayle, Dave, Carl, Ed
 
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Violin: Valerie
Flute: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
Whistle: Holly
 
Solstice Moon (band) / Calliope House (band) / Three Ships
 
Guitar: Ed
Mandolin: Carol
Violin: Valerie
Flute/Soprano Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
Whistle: Holly
Vocal Solo: Lissy
 
Gower Wassail
 
Conductor: Valerie
Vocal Solo: Shannon
 
Mundo Feliz
 
Conductor: Ed
Guitar: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
 
O Come
 
Conductor: Ed
Piano: Walter
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
 
Hark Reprise
 
Guitar: Ed
Sax: Kris S.
Bassoon: Kathleen
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
 
Feels Like Christmas Eve (band)
 
Guitar: Ed, Carol
Violin: Valerie
Bass: Preston
 
One Star (band)
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Violin: Valerie
Bass: Preston
 
O Holy Night (band)
 
Guitar: Carol, Ed
Piano: Walter
Violin: Valerie
Soprano Sax: Kris S.
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
 
Winter Wonderland (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
Vocals: Carol, Valerie, Gayle, Ed
 
Chestnuts (band)
 
Guitar: Ed
Bass: Preston
Percussion: Jason
Vocals: Carol, Valerie, Gayle, Ed
 
2010 Rest-Home Set List
 
Our rest home performances are a bit different from the big concert. The sets are shorter, unamplified, minimally accompanied, and we typically have fewer singers. We perform a combination of: (a) concert pieces which will come across well within these parameters, plus (b) some "standard" Christmas carols that folks can sing along to. Our choir librarian prepares us special sets of sheet music for these performances.

(not in order)
O Come
A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
God Rest Ye
Under African Skies
Three Ships
Hark Reprise
Angels We Have Heard (standard)
Joy To The World (standard)
The First Nowell (standard)
Deck The Halls (standard)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (standard)

2009 Rest-Home Set List
 
(not in order)

London Waits
 
Wexford Carol
 
Hark Reprise
 
Away In A Manger
 
Welsh Three Ships
 
Il Est Ne
 
Gower Wassail
 
O Come
 
God Rest Ye
 
"Kesh Jig" Three Ships (long one)
 
Go Tell It On The Mountain
 
Wassail Medley
 
Angels We Have Heard (standard)
 
The First Nowell
 
Joy To The World (standard)
 
Good King Wenceslas
 
Deck The Halls
 
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
 


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