Upcoming Events:

Marilyn Banner's 1/3 Price Art Sale Has Been Extended Through Labor Day!

More than 150 encaustic paintings by Marilyn Banner are on sale through September 7 for 1/3 price. Open the catalog (prices listed are before discount).

Saturday Sept 26 at 5 pm:
BannerArts Concert & Potluck, 7502 Flower Ave, Takoma Park MD

Emma Young, violinist, Laureen Summers, poet, Michelle Reilly, poet, Carl Banner, piano

Poetry and classical music for violin and piano. Admission $20, advance only, plus food or drink to share. Limited to 25 guests. 

Sunday October 11, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Captain Richard White’s Bethesda House Concert/Potluck Dinner

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, Carl Banner, piano.
Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Sonata No. 3 (1952)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in Gm, Op. 5#2

More information, and tickets through GroupMuse. $25, advance only.

Saturday October 24, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring MD

World Premiere: Stephen M. Cormier’s “Josquiniana”, for flugelhorn and piano, a Washington Musica Viva commission, based on the music of Josquin Des Prez (1450-1521)

Plus: Mozart - Piano Quartet #1 in G minor, K. 478 Jean Francaix - Five Exotic Dances for saxophone and piano

Guericke Christopher Royal, flugelhorn, Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, alto saxophone, Hoorig Poochikian, violin, Madelene Stohl, viola, David Agia, cello, Carl Banner, piano.

Admission $20

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”. (Contains the 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!”