Upcoming Events:

“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.

Catalog of paintings in the exhibition.

Acknowledgement of the land: The Arboretum is located in the traditional homeland of the Choptank People, Algonquin-speaking Woodland Indians who lived along the Choptank River basin.

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.

[6 tickets left]

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, and Carl Banner, piano.

Program:
Beethoven - Sonata #5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
Brahms - Sonata #1 in E minor, Op. 38
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Three Spirituals (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.

[8 tickets available]

Saturday April 18 at 5:00 pm: BannerArts House Concert/Potluck

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, Hoorig Poochikian, violin, Carl Banner, piano

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Piano Trio, Op. 59 (1906); Joseph Haydn - Sonata in F; Mozart - Sonata in Bb, K. 333; Bartók - Allegro, Op. 14

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. Potluck dinner at 5, music begins at 6 pm.

April 28 - May 23 Marilyn Banner, "Throughlines" solo exhibition

CERES Gallery, Chelsea, NY

547 West 27th St
Suite 201 New York
NY 10001
Tue-Sat 12 to 6pm

Founded in 1984, Ceres Gallery is a feminist, not-for-profit alternative space in New York City dedicated to promoting contemporary women in the arts. Founded to expand opportunities for women artists, Ceres provides an inclusive exhibition space that raises public awareness and challenges the limited access women often face in commercial galleries.

Saturday May 16 at 5:00 pm: BannerArts House Concert/Potluck

“Rags & Classics”
Music of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, & Joplin
Carl Banner, piano

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. Potluck dinner at 5, music begins at 6 pm.

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

September 2026 (date TBA)

World Premiere: Stephen M. Cormier’s “Josquiniana”, for flugelhorn and piano
A Washington Musica Viva commission

Guericke Christopher Royal, flugelhorn, and Carl Banner, piano

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!”