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The 5 Browns are a classical piano musical group consisting of 5 siblings. Their repertory 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 continued private study there with Irene Peery-Fox. They were homeschooled. They were the first group of five siblings to attend the musical conservatory Juilliard studying with Yoheved Kaplinsky. They are signed with the RCA Red Seal label, and are 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.
Abuse trial
In 2011 Keith Brown, father and former manager of the group, was charged with sexually abusing his 3 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 cliff. The couple were taken to the hospital. 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 faces sentencing of 10-years to life on the first-degree offense and 1-15 years on each second-degree offense, all to be run concurrently.
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