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Overview, THE 5 BROWNS*
A City Lights Concert
Friday, April 19, 8pm
Saturday, April 20, 8pm
Copley Symphony Hall
The 5 Browns, piano
Five Grand Pianos on Stage! City Lights shines five times as bright as the acclaimed, multi-talented Brown siblings perform their musical magic. The 5 Browns' wide musical interests will be on dazzling display, everything from Mozart, Liszt and Chopin classical gems to pop culture touchstones like Star Wars and "My Favorite Things." Now that’s entertainment!
*San Diego Symphony does not perform.
THE CITY LIGHTS EXPERIENCE!
- Exciting new lobby lighting
- Enjoy cocktails in the hall during the performance.
- Join us post-concert for a dance party with DJ!
Notes, THE 5 BROWNS - PROGRAM (APRIL 19, 20)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Rondo alla Turca
RICHARD RODGERS: “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music
FRANZ LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 for Two Pianos
BERNARD HERRMANN: Vertigo: “Scene d’Amore” from Hitchcock Movie Suite
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
INTERMISSION
JOHN WILLIAMS: Star Wars: Suite for Five Pianos
ELMER BERNSTEIN: "Main Title" from To Kill A Mockingbird
FREDERIC CHOPIN: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op. 23
DARIO MARIANELLI: Music from Atonement
ROBERT MUCZYNSKI: Toccata, Op. 15
MILY BALAKIREV: Islamey: Fantasy for Five Pianos
Artists, 
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 three 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, The Today Show and The View to The Martha Stewart Show and National Public Radio’s Performance Today. They have also appeared in the pages of The New York Times, Parade, People, the Los Angeles Times, the Sunday London Telegraph and Entertainment Weekly. (EW 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, 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.
In the spring of 2010 their new CD The 5 Browns…In Hollywood was released on the E1 Music label. They are also featured in a new PBS TV special, The 5 Browns in Concert, that is airing on PBS stations throughout the country.
Recent highlights include the premiere of a new work for five pianos and orchestra composed by Nico Muhly. The 5 Browns premiered the work in summer 2011 at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Conlon.
