WASHINGTON MUSICA VIVA (WMV) performs classical, contemporary, and jazz-based chamber music.  

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The February 1 event has been postponed to Saturday March 14 at 5:00 pm!

Ticket holders: If you can make that date, great! Let us know (dcmusicaviva@verizon.net, 301-891-6844). If not, we can transfer your tickets to another program or issue you a refund. Please let us know which alternative you would prefer.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you after the snow melts! Please stay safe and warm!

BannerArts House Concert/Potluck

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano.

Beethoven - Sonata #5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
Brahms - Sonata #1 in E minor, Op. 38
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - ”Troubled in Mind,” “The Angels Changed My Name,” and “Steal Away” (1905)

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

This event is currently SOLD OUT, but tickets for the new date are likely to become available. We will update as soon as possible.

Sunday February 22, 2026 at 3:00 pm: BannerArts House Concert/Potluck

Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, saxophone, and Carl Banner, piano.

Gabriel Fauré - La bonne chanson, Op. 61
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Three Spirituals (1905) Bach - Prelude and Fugue in Bb minor (WTC1)
Franz Schubert - Impromptu in Gb
Brahms - Ballade Op. 10#4
Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

Plus David Alberto Fernández, Poet Laureate of Takoma Park, and Bill Crandall, singer/songwriter.

BannerArts is at 7502 Flower Ave, Takoma Park MD. Admission is $20, advance only, plus dish or drink to share. Hosts will provide one main dish and wine. Limited to 25 guests.
NB: This is a Sunday afternoon event!
Potluck dinner at 3 pm. Music begins at 4 pm.

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New Memoir (pdf):
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; pdf).

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