Upcoming Events:

Saturday July 18 at 5:00 pm at BannerArts

Concert and Potluck Dinner: Emma Young, violin, and Carl Banner, piano. Music of Franck, Schubert, and Mozart, plus poet(s) TBA

BannerArts is at 7502 Flower Ave, Takoma Park MD. Admission is $20, advance only, plus food or drink to share. Hosts will provide one main dish and wine. Limited to 25 guests. Potluck dinner at 5, music begins at 6 pm.

September 2026 (date TBA)

World Premiere: Stephen M. Cormier’s “Josquiniana”, for flugelhorn and piano
A Washington Musica Viva commission

Guericke Christopher Royal, flugelhorn, and Carl Banner, piano

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”. (Origin story of Washington Musica Viva).

Marilyn Banner’s art was featured in the 2025 NYC Outsider Art Fair!
Jerry Saltz thinks it’s the “best art fair in the world!”