October 23 2009

THE 5 BROWNS - tickets on sale now

THE 5 BROWNS

Knight Theater – February 16, 2010

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Charlotte, NC – Featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes, THE 5 BROWNS will play at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Knight Theater Feb. 16, 2010. The quintet enjoyed their first wave of critical attention in February 2002 when People magazine dubbed them the “Fab Five.”

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000, or from the Center‘s Box Office located in the Tryon Street lobby of the Belk Theater. This concert is presented by the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and Charlotte Concerts.

The 5 Browns – Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra and Desirae – are the sons and daughters of Keith and Lisa Brown from Utah who wanted their Mormon children to have music in their lives. The goal was to raise “five good people.” Not only did they achieve their goal, but they also managed to raise five amazingly talented pianists.

Around the age of 3, each child showed a clear talent and interest in piano lessons, and while the children were introduced to other instruments, their passion was always the piano. Playing came as naturally to them as eating or sleeping and as early as age 9 they had each made their debut with a major symphony orchestra. They were the first group of five siblings to attend the musical conservatory Juilliard, which they attended simultaneously for five consecutive years.

In 2005 they released their debut album – titled The 5 Browns – on RCA Red Seal. The album spent eight weeks at #1 on the Billboard Classical chart. Their third album Browns in Blue merges classical and jazz worlds together to produce what can only be described as pure music.

AT A GLANCE…

WHAT: THE 5 BROWNS

WHEN: February 16, 2010

WHERE: Knight Theater (430 South Tryon St. / Charlotte, NC / 28202)

COST: Tickets start at $39

TIX/MORE INFO: BlumenthalCenter.org; 704-372-1000; or at the box office

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