the Brown Family

[Greg Newell]

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