Upcoming Events:

Saturday October 24, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring MD

World Premiere: Stephen M. Cormier’s “Josquiniana”, for flugelhorn and piano, a Washington Musica Viva commission, based on the music of Josquin Des Prez (1450-1521)

Plus: Mozart - Piano Quartet #1 in G minor, K. 478 Jean Francaix - Five Exotic Dances for saxophone and piano

Guericke Christopher Royal, flugelhorn, Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, alto saxophone, Hoorig Poochikian, violin, Madelene Stohl, viola, David Agia, cello, Carl Banner, piano.

Admission $20. Concert will be livestreamed (free). Link to be posted.

Advance purchase of tickets is strongly encouraged! Tickets will be available at the door via cash or check. However, credit and paypal purchases must be made through the website - we do not yet have a way to process them at the door.

Neighborhood street parking is available, and also in the East Silver Spring Elementary School parking lot behind the church on Silver Spring Ave.

Carl Banner: My Life and Thought

"What is the equation that includes suffering and creative work as terms?"

This memoir is a collection of Banner's thoughts about his life and music, and a reflection on the difficult childhood that shaped him as an artist. It is not for the faint of heart!

“…powerful, vulnerable, wise, thought-provoking….” Rabbi Rain Zohav

Mike Hummel’s “Three American Artists at Midlife”. (Contains the origin story of Washington Musica Viva).