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  • 5 BROWNS

    THE 5 BROWNS are delivering on their dream to wake up classical music by introducing it to the widest, largest and most excited audience they can find. Whether performing individually or together in various combinations from duo to complex five-piano arrangements, The 5 Browns reveal a deep connection to the intent of their material while bringing a fresh energy and dynamic character to the color and tonal spectrum of their sound. The 5 Browns - Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra and Desirae - all attended New York's Juilliard School. In fact, they became the first family of five siblings ever accepted simultaneously. The quintet enjoyed their first wave of critical attention in February 2002 when People magazine dubbed them the "Fab Five" and at about the same time they were featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes. The 5 Browns have released 3 CDs that each went to #1 on Billboard Magazine's Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has proclaimed: "One family, five pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years...When these kids do Rachmaninoff, they'll make you forget about Marshall amps." The quintet has garnered extensive coverage from media outlets ranging from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, Today, and The View to The Martha Stewart Show, Public Radio's Performance Today, as well as The New York Times, Parade, People, the Los Angeles Times, the Sunday London Telegraph and Entertainment Weekly who called them "...five young Mormons who all play scorching piano. Thundering down on five Steinways together, they're button-down cute and somewhat otherworldly." The 5 Browns tour extensively and have performed in numerous venues including the Grand National Theater in China, Suntory Hall in Japan and, in the United States, The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Symphony Hall in Chicago and Alice Tully Hall in New York City In addition to touring, The 5 Browns are published writers. Their book, Life Between the Keys was published by Phoenix Books in March 2009.


    Releases

    The 5 Browns In Hollywood
    ALBUM COVER | 5 Browns: The 5 Browns In Hollywood
    • Release 4/6/2010
    Tracklisting
    1. John Williams: Star Wars: Suite for Five Pianos - arr. Greg Anderson
    2. Elmer Bernstein: To Kill a Mockingbird: "Main Title" - arr. Patrick Russ (Desirae Brown and Deondra Brown)
    3. Greg Anderson: "Over the Rainbow" [Based on themes from The Wizard of Oz composed by Harold Arlen]
    4. Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade) from The Sting (Gregory Brown)
    5. Greg Anderson: "Three Waltzes for 5 Browns" (Disney Movie Medley) [based on themes by Frank Churchill: "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from Snow White; Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman:
    6. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins; Alan Menken: "Gaston" from Beauty and the Beast]
    7. Philip Glass: The Hours: "Morning Passages" (Ryan Brown)
    8. Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music: "My Favorite Things" - arr. Stephen Hough (Melody Brown)
    9. Dario Marianelli: Atonement - arr. Greg Anderson
    10. John Williams: Catch Me If You Can: "Opening Credits" - arr. Jeffrey Shumway
    11. Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet: "A Renaissance Timepiece" - arr. Patrick Russ (Desirae Brown and Deondra Brown)
    12. Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock Movie Suite - arr. Patrick Russ Psycho: "Prelude" Vertigo: "Scene d'amour" North by Northwest: "The Wild Ride"