The Five Browns - Armstrong Auditorium

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES | 2022-2023 SEASON

Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 7:30 PM

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Encore Performance

The 5 Browns — Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra, and Desirae — all attended New York’s Juilliard School and are the only family of five siblings ever accepted by the prestigious institution. People magazine dubbed them the “Fab Five” and they have been featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes. The New York Post writes: “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 ensemble has released six albums which have cumulatively spent over 30 weeks at no. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Classical Album Chart. Their sold-out Armstrong debut in 2008 was followed by a second sold-out concert in 2010. Still going strong, they make their triumphant return to the Armstrong stage for another encore performance.

PROGRAM

Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin/Jeffrey Shumway

The 5 Browns

Grande Tarantelle, Op. posth. 67 Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Gregory and Ryan Brown

Flight of the Bumblebee Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Jeffrey Shumway

The 5 Browns

Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Frederic Chopin

Gregory Brown

“Et incarnatus” and “Et expecto” (BWV232) Johann Sebastian Bach/The 5 Browns

The 5 Browns

Scenes from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein/Kendall Durelle Briggs

The 5 Browns

Star Wars: Suite for Five Pianos John Williams/Greg Anderson

The 5 Browns

Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos Witold Lutoslawski

Deondra and Desirae Brown

The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals) Camille Saint-Saens/Greg Anderson

Deondra and Melody Brown

Blackbird The Beatles/The 5 Browns

The 5 Browns

Danse Macabre Camille Saint-Saens/Greg Anderson

The 5 Browns

All programs subject to change