Parson Brown Singers

About

What happens when you take a group of successful professional vocalists from a wide range of backgrounds; Opera, Rock, Blues, Country, Liturgical, Jazz, Broadway… then add a few other vocalists into the mix that compose, arrange, dance, double on instruments, record commercial voice-overs, and throw in world renowned training, degrees from top music conservatories and universities, national music titles, a Downbeat Music Award, and Grammy nomination? You end up with The Parson Brown Singers – a dynamic group of vocal entertainers that came together over 11 years ago and formed an ensemble with unstoppable talent end endless possibilities. The group has performed at the most exclusive Palm Beach celebrity weddings imaginable as well as elegant funerals of world leaders and dignitaries. Best known throughout Florida for holiday performances done in stunning Victorian Era Dickens-Style Costumes, The Parson Brown Singers is able to customize their talent to the flavor and character of each event.

Our Happy Customers:

Young Money Cash Money Billionaires (Y.M.C.M.B) Record Company
Caf L’Europe, Palm Beach
Powermoves Promotions, New York City
Bloomingdales, Palm Beach Gardens
Sawtooth Group Marketing and Communication Agency
TCS Productions
Lydian Bank, Palm Beach Gardens
The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Manalapan
The Ritz Carlton Resort, Jupiter
The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach
Entertainment Source Agency, Lake Worth
Bizaare Avenue Caf, Lake Worth
The Everglades Club, Palm Beach
Club Colette, Palm Beach
PNC Bank, National Corporate Office
PNC Financial Investments, Vero Beach
PNC Private Banking, Palm Beach
City of Deerfield Beach
Worth Avenue District, Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Zoo, West Palm Beach
The Bath and Tennis Club, Palm Beach
Southern Nights Music, Ft. Lauderdale
The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
St. Ann Catholic Church, West Palm Beach
Auction for the Angels, The Beach Club, Palm Beach
Bill Porter Music, Jupiter
Historic El Cid Neighborhood Organization, West Palm Beach
Historic Old Northwood Neighborhood Organization, West Palm Beach
Historic Flamingo Park Neighborhood Organization, West Palm Beach
Palm Beach Polo, Wellington
Entertainment Consultants, Treasure Coast

Personnel

adriana samargia: founder and musical director

Influences

The Singers Unlimited
Take Six
The Manhattan Transfer
The Swingle Singers
Straight No Chaser
Bobby McFerrin

What to Expect

Typical Gig Duration: 30 - 240 minutes

Entertainment options available to holiday party hosts are:

• Sophisticated Victorian Era Dickens-Style costumed carolers singing fireside or at entrance or exit of venue
• Costumed carolers strolling from table to table, or room to room serenading smaller groups of guests and honoring requests
• Person Portable Amplification Devices available for outdoor events
• Choice of traditional Christmas repertoire, secular holiday favorites, songs geared for children, Christmas songs in multiple languages, festive Chanukah Songs
• Christmas “concert” performance set that includes piano serenade and soloists singing everything from standards like White Christmas and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to operatic showstoppers such as Gesu Bambino, O Holy Night and Ave Maria
• Amplification with top quality PA system available - can also be used for announcements, auctions and speeches
• Sing along set for guests, large print lyric sheets provided
• Percussion instruments and fun props for child participation
• “Become a Parson Brown Singer!” performance set - Extra Victorian Costumes and Accessories (top hats, bonnets, capes) for guests that wish to carol with us; digital pictures of the moment captured with portable insta-printer so that guests leave with a photo
• Dramatic a cappella performances of patriotic favorites; America the Beautiful, Swanee River, God Bless America, My Old Kentucky Home, The Star Spangled Banner, Battle Hymn of the Republic and I’m Proud to Be An Ameri

Set/Song/Sequence List:
Holiday/Christmas/Chanukah Song List

A Child is Born
A Holly Jolly Christmas
Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind
Al Hanisim
All On a Christmas Morning
All Ye Who Music Love
Angels From the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard on High
Auld Lang Syne
Away in a Manger
Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Bright, Bright the Holly Berries
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Caroling, Caroling
Carol of the Bells
Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy)
Carol of the Mother
Chanukah, O Chanukah
Christ in the Stranger's Guise
Christmas Cometh Caroling
Christmas Hymn (While By My Sheep)
Christmas Time Is Here
Come, Dear Children
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Deck the Hall
Ding Dong! Merrily on High!
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Dona Nobis Pacem
Fum, Fum, Fum
Gabriel’s Message
Go, Tell it On the Mountain
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good Christians All Rejoice
Good King Wencelas Looked Out
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Here We Come A-Caroling
Home for the Holidays
I'll Be Home for Christmas
I Have a Little Dreydl
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
I Saw Three Ships
I Wonder as I Wander
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
In the Bleak Midwinter
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Jesu Parvule
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Joy to the World
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Linus and Lucy
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child
Maoz Tzur
Mary, Did You Know?
Masters in the Hall
Nigh Bethlehem
O Blessed Christmas Morn
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Come Little Children
O Hearken Ye
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once in Royal David’s City
Pat-a-Pan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum)
Praise the Lord, Our God, Forever
Prayer of the Children
Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow
Rockin' Around the Christmas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (with Frosty the Snow Man)
S'vivon
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
See the Conquering Hero
Silent Night
Silver Bells
Sing We Now of Christmas
Sleigh Ride
Some Children See Him
Still, Still, Still
S’Vivon
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
The Coventry Carol
The First Noel
The Friendly Beasts
The Holly and the Ivey
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The Snow Lay on the Ground (Venite Adoremus)
The Star Carol
The Star Spangled Banner
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
There’s No Place Like Home For the Holidays
This Christmas
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Up On the House-Top
We'll Dress the House
We Three Kings of Orient Are
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Wexford Carol
What Are the Signs
What Child is This?
While By Our Sheep (How Great Our Joy)
While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland

Experience

2006: 12 gigs
2007: 15 gigs
2008: 18 gigs
2009: 18 gigs
2010: 20 gigs
2011: 30 gigs
2012: 25 gigs

Available for Your

Christmas Party, Church Service, Festival, Funeral Service, Hotel, Parade, Private Party, Religious Celebration, Wedding Ceremony