I saw a little bit of it and was happy to see the piano and piano playing in the news...go Brown family!!!! David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 11/1/01 at 10:01 PM Greg Newell wrote: >Dear readers, > Did anyone catch 60 minutes last night? They ran a story about the >Brown family from Utah. There are 5 kids who all play the piano and were >all accepted to Julliard. The 2 oldest daughters have had a 2 piano >debut with the Philidelphia orchestra at ages 19 and 20 (or was it 20 >and 21). While still growing up in Utah the father bought 5 grand pianos >and put them in the kids rooms so they could practice whenever they >wanted. Dad apparently has no musical background but Mom has a music >degree in vocal performance (I think). > This is quite an astounding thing for 5 of the members of one family >to all be accepted and attend Julliard at the same time! Is anyone out >there familiar with this family either from Utah or at Julliard? >Apparently they are all quite unpretentious having been raised Mormon. I >was quite impressed by the story. Anyone else? > >-- >Greg Newell >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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