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Biography

The 5 Browns are a European classical music|classical piano Musical ensemble|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 .

Background

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 were Homeschooling|homeschooled and continued private study there with Irene Peery-Fox. They were the first group of five siblings to attend the musical conservatory Juilliard studying with Yoheved Kaplinsky . From 2004 to 2008 they were signed with the Sony BMG Music Entertainment|RCA Red Seal label (later folded into Sony BMG Masterworks), but as of their 2010 release, The 5 Browns In Hollywood , they are signed with E1 Music . The 5 Browns are Steinway & Sons#Steinway Artists|Steinway Artists . The Brown family are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . In 2009, the group published an autobiography, Life Between the Keys: The (Mis)adventures of the 5 Browns .

Critical reception

Tom Manoff from National Public Radio reviewed their first commercial recording and described the idiom of five people playing piano at the same time as a public relations "novelty," and the Browns' execution as "clunky," but noted that they had talent and that he was interested in following their individual development.

Sexual abuse charges

Early in 2011, Keith Brown, father and former manager of the group, was charged with sexually abusing his three daughters on various occasions over a period from 1990 to 1998. Soon after the charges were filed, Brown and his wife, Lisa Brown, 54, the musicians' mother, were involved in a car accident in which Brown totaled their Porsche when he drove off a Utah canyon cliff. The couple was rescued by emergency teams and hospitalized. On February 17, 2011, under a plea agreement, Keith Brown pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree felony sodomy and two counts of second-degree felony child abuse. He was sentenced to 10 years to life on the count of felony sodomy of a child; and 15 years to life for each of two counts of sexual abuse of a child. The sentences will run concurrently and, under the terms of the plea agreement, Brown must serve at least 10 years.

Keith Brown's three daughters decided to reveal the abuse they suffered as children when they learned that their father was exploring opportunities to represent or teach children again.

Keith Brown was involved in another car accident on March 3, 2011, when he turned his BMW into the path of an on-coming vehicle in Highland, Utah. Neither Brown nor the seventeen-year-old driver of the other vehicle was seriously hurt as a result of the collision.

Discography

The 5 Browns (2005, RCA Red Seal)

No Boundaries (The 5 Browns album)|No Boundaries (2006, RCA Red Seal)

Browns In Blue (2007, Sony BMG Masterworks)

5 Stars: Favorites From The 5 Browns (2008, Sony Masterworks)

The 5 Browns in Hollywood (2010, E1 Music)

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