The 5 Browns are a classical piano musical group consisting of five siblings, each a virtuoso concert pianist. In descending order of their age, The 5 Browns are Desirae Brown (born 1979), Deondra Brown (born 1980), Gregory Brown (born 1983), Melody Brown (born 1984), and Ryan Brown (born 1986). All five siblings were born in Houston, Texas, where each began piano study with Yelena Kurinets at age 3. In 1991, the family moved to Utah, and the children continued private study there with Irene Peery-Fox. They were the first group of five siblings to attend the musical conservatory Juilliard, which they attended simultaneously for five consecutive years, studying with Yoheved Kaplinsky. They are signed with the RCA Red Seal label, and are Steinway Artists.
The 5 Browns swept the classical world in 2005 with the release of their self-titled first recording for RCA Red Seal, which landed them at the top of the weekly Billboard charts and, at the end of the year, as one of the Top Classical Artists of 2005. Their successful debut album was followed by "No Boundaries," which was released April 4, 2006. Their most recent album is "Brown In Blues" (released October 2, 2007). The CDs mark their musical phases: the first album served as an introduction to the youthful, all-American quintet; the sophomore album sought to capture and emanate the energy of classical music; and their third album explores the bluesy side of classical music with a touch of jazz.
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From Wikipedia:The 5 Browns are a classical piano musical group consisting of five siblings. Their repertoire includes mostly popular classical tunes, such as George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee and Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King. In descending order of their age, the Browns are Desirae (born 1979), Deondra (born 1980), Gregory (born 1982), Melody (born 1984), and Ryan (born 1986). All five siblings, the children of Keith and Lisa Brown, were born in Houston, Texas, where each began piano study with Yelena Kurinets at age 3. In 1991, the family moved to Utah, and the children continued private study there with Irene Peery-Fox. They were homeschooled. They were the first group of five siblings to attend the musical conservatory Juilliard, which they attended simultaneously for five consecutive years, studying with Yoheved Kaplinsky. They are signed with the RCA Red Seal label, and are Steinway Artists. They are Mormon.
In 2009, the group published an autobiography, Life Between the Keys: The (Mis)adventures of the 5 Browns.