Upcoming Events:

Saturday August 29 at 5:00 pm
”Two Emmas”
BannerArts House Concert/Potluck, 7502 Flower Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912

Emma Young, violinist, Emma Holmquist, author, Greta Ehrig, singer/songwriter, Carl Banner, piano.
Music of Beethoven, Schubert, Milhaud, Satie, Jeremy Young, and Greta Ehrig.

Admission $20 (advance only) plus contribution of food or drink.

Doors open at 4:45 pm. Potluck Dinner is 5:00-6:00 pm. We will provide a main dish, sparkling water and wine. For the potluck, please arrive close to 5 pm and bring a contribution of food or drink. (Not coming for the potluck, but just for the concert? Please arrive a little before 6 pm). Music starts at 6:00 pm. There will be about a 60 minute program, plus 10-15 minute intermission. There is plenty of neighborhood street parking. If you need to park closer, there are a few spaces in back of our house. We have limited the number of guests to 25. If you have any questions, please call us at 301-891-6844, or email us at dcmusicaviva@verizon.net.

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Marilyn Banner's 1/3 Price Art Sale Through August!

More than 100 encaustic paintings by Marilyn Banner are on sale through August 31 for 1/3 price. Open the catalog (prices listed are before discount).

Sunday October 11, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Captain Richard White’s Bethesda House Concert/Potluck Dinner

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Sonata No. 3 (1952)
Henriette Bosmans: Cello Sonata (1919)

More information, and tickets through GroupMuse. $25, advance only.

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

Guericke Christopher Royal, flugelhorn, and Carl Banner, piano

Admission $20

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).

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!”