Upcoming Events:

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).