Upcoming Events:

Sunday January 11, 2026 at 3:00 pm: BannerArts House Concert/Potluck

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano. Also featuring poet Michelle Reilly.

Program:
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”, from “24 Negro Melodies” (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.

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“Symbiosis” - Art Inspired by Lichens, by Marilyn Banner & Mary McCoy

Art Exhibit at Adkins Arboretum
12610 Eveland Road, Ridgely, MD 21660, 410-634-2847

Marilyn Banner and Mary McCoy's exhibit will be on view from January 6–February 27.

All are welcome to a free reception to view the show and meet the artists on Saturday, January 10, from 2–4 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Catalog of Banner’s paintings in the exhibition, discounted for the duration of the show.

Second performance, by popular demand!

Sunday February 1 at 3:00 pm:
BannerArts House Concert/Potluck

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano. With David Alberto Fernández, Poet Laureate of Takoma Park, and Bill Crandall, singer/songwriter.

Program:
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”, from “24 Negro Melodies” (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.

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Sunday February 15, 2026 at 3:00 pm: BannerArts House Concert/Potluck

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

Gabriel Fauré - La bonne chanson, Op. 61, for soprano saxophone and piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Sonata in Bb major, K. 333
Plus other works TBA.

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.

Friday June 26, 2026 at 6:00 pm

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, & Carl Banner, piano, at the Wellfleet Public Library

Free admission.
Music of Beethoven, Brahms, & Coleridge-Taylor

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