WASHINGTON MUSICA VIVA (WMV) performs classical, contemporary, and jazz-based chamber music.
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Saturday March 14 at 5:00 pm (postponed from Feb. 1)
[Feb. 1 ticket holders: If you can attend on March 14, 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].
Emma Hays Johnson, cello
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.
[10 tickets available]
Sunday February 22, 2026 at 3:00 pm: BannerArts House Concert/Potluck
Rhonda Buckley-Bishop
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.
[11 tickets left]
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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