Schedule of Events:
2:00 pm: ARTtalk: The 5 Browns
ARTtalk is a series of four events offering intimate, behind-the-scenes discussions with select artists from the visual and performing arts worlds appearing on the summer series. ARTtalks include:
The 5 Browns
A conversation with the Juilliard-trained sibling piano ensemble on touring, and life as musicians. The 5 Browns have released eight albums that have collectively spent over 30 weeks at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has proclaimed: “[F]ive pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” The ensemble will perform on July 23 at 7:30pm at the Schaefer Center.
About The 5 Browns
The 5 Browns – Desirae Brown, Deondra Brown, Stephen Beus, Gregory Brown, and Melody Brown — all attended The Juilliard School in New York, where they were joined by the Browns’ youngest brother, Ryan (now retired from the stage). The quintet enjoyed its first wave of critical attention in February of 2002, when People magazine dubbed them the “Fab Five” and they were featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes. The 5 Browns have released eight albums that have collectively spent over 30 weeks at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has proclaimed: “[F]ive pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.”
Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, 423 West King Street, Boone, NC 28608
7:30 pm: The 5 Browns
A Classic Concert Series Event
Supporting Sponsorship provided by App State Campus Store and Broyhill Family Foundation.
The 5 Browns are a classical ensemble consisting of five pianos whose repertoire ranges from beloved concert hall staples to lesser known works.
THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
The Planets Gustav Holst / Greg Anderson / The 5 Browns
Mars, the Bringer of War
Neptune, the Mystic
Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity
Mad Rush Philip Glass / Melody Brown
Blackbird The Beatles / The 5 Browns / The 5 Browns
Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos Witold Lutoslawski / Deondra and Desirae Brown
Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / The 5 Browns / The 5 Browns
Molto allegro
Over the Rainbow: Fantasy for Five Pianos (based on themes from The Wizard of Oz) Harold Arlen / Greg Anderson / The 5 Browns
Dreaming, Op. 15, No. 3 Amy Beach / Stephen Beus
The Edge of the World Nico Muhly / The 5 Browns
I. Reykjavik
IV. The Night Sky
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni / Gregory Brown
Danse Macabre Camille Saint-Saëns / Greg Anderson / The 5 Browns
About The 5 Browns
The 5 Browns – Desirae Brown, Deondra Brown, Stephen Beus, Gregory Brown, and Melody Brown – all attended The Juilliard School in New York, where they were joined by the Browns’ youngest brother, Ryan (now retired from the stage). The quintet enjoyed its first wave of critical attention in February of 2002, when People magazine dubbed them the “Fab Five” and they were featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes.
The quintet has garnered extensive coverage from media outlets ranging from The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Oprah, and The View, to CNN, Fox and Friends, Public Radio’s Performance Today, and The New York Times.
The 5 Browns have performed in hundreds of the world’s great concert halls, including Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium (New York), the National Center for the Performing Arts (Beijing), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), Laeiszhalle (Hamburg), Orchestra Hall (Chicago), Zaryadye Concert Hall (Moscow), and the National Concert Hall (Taipei). Individually and collectively, they have soloed with the National Symphony Orchestra; the Chicago, Philadelphia, Vancouver, New Jersey, Dallas, and St. Louis Symphony orchestras; and various other orchestras throughout the US and internationally.
The 5 Browns are thrilled to welcome one of their generation’s most electric pianists as a permanent member. Gold medalist at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and frequent soloist in concert halls around the world (including Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall), Stephen Beus has performed with The 5 Browns during four previous seasons.
Location: Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28607
