Upcoming Events:
Deep River, by Ashley Bryan
Saturday November 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm:
House Concert & Potluck Dinner
Carl Banner, piano
Anne Becker, poet
Three Spirituals, from Op. 59 -
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1905)
”Many Thousand Gone”
”Motherless Child”
”Deep River”
Poetry of Anne Becker: The Crack in the Earth
“These poems come from a new manuscript, The Crack in the Earth, that covers a human lifetime. This selection looks at our humanity through the lenses of family, mythology, history, science and politics.”
“The Water is Wide, Daisy Bell” - Andrew Stiller (1987)
Sonata #7 (1944)* - Viktor Ullmann
*(composed in Terezin, August 1944)
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.
“Deep River”, woodcut by Ashley Bryan
[SOLD OUT]
(You may contact us to inquire about cancellations).
Carl Banner, piano, at the Wellfleet Public Library, Friday December 12 at 6:00 pm:
Sunday January 11, 2026 at 3:00 pm: 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; Allegro from the Sonata Op. 19 by Rachmaninoff.
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.
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).
Marilyn with Jerry Saltz at the OAF
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!”