The 5 Browns at VPAC
Very few artists are accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School. More rarely are siblings chosen, but all five piano virtuosos of the Brown Family are Juilliard graduates and will perform – together – on 5 pianos at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) on Friday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Evening Repertoire (to include)
RACHMANINOV Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
BRAHMS Sonata in F Minor, Op. 34b Scherzo (Allegro)
HERRMANN/RUSS Hitchcock Movie Suite
Psycho: “Prelude”
Vertigo: “Scene D’Amour”
Vertigo: “The Wild Ride”
WILLIAMS/ANDERSON Star Wars: Suite for Five Pianos
BERNSTEIN/RUSS To Kill a Mockingbird: “Main Title”
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody, and Ryan each have a distinctive and discriminating keyboard talent, honed at New York’s Juilliard School, where for five consecutive years, they studied simultaneously. The 5 Browns’ self-titled debut album was released in February 2005 and shot to the top of Billboard Magazine’s Classical Music Chart, where it remained for six weeks, with the New York Post proclaiming, “…one family, five pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” Since 2005, The 5 Browns have taken the piano world by storm with their inventive interpretations of classical standards. The young passionate quintet brings to the VPAC stage a mix of classics and film scores. Their concert will feature works by renowned composers Rachmaninov, Brahms and Bach as well as modern-day movie composers Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein and John Williams. Whether performing individually or together in various combinations from duo to complex five-piano arrangements, The 5 Browns dazzle with their complex compositions. Above all, the goal of The 5 Browns is a simple one: to share their love of classical music with people everywhere—and especially younger audiences who have never been exposed to classical music. The quintet will be hosting a pair of community outreach events on February 25, in advance of their evening performance at VPAC. The 5 Browns will host an open rehearsal at Noon, allowing fans the opportunity to watch them as they rehearse for their evening performance. Also, local piano students and their teachers are invited to a pre-concert meet-and-greet to be held at the VPAC’s May Gallery at 5:30 p.m. Both community outreach events are complimentary, but RSVPs are required and should be sent to boxoffice@vvf.org by February 24. At the end of 2010, the sibling group was featured in a PBS TV special, “The 5 Browns in Concert,” which aired on PBS stations throughout the country. Upcoming highlights for The 5 Browns include a new work for five pianos and orchestra composed by Nico Muhly, scheduled to premiere this summer at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Conlon.
Tickets for The 5 Browns are $75 for adults and $60 for children. A student ticket price of $30 is available with a valid student ID. The student ticket price is not available for online ticket purchases. Choose your seat online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek and Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.
The Vilar Performing Arts Center is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Vail Valley Foundation, visit www.vvf.org.
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