Upcoming Events:

Saturday September 13 at 5:00 pm:
House Concert & Potluck Dinner
Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, saxophone & Carl Banner, piano, at BannerArts

Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Die Schöne Müllerin”, with Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, soprano saxophone, and Carl Banner, piano. Plus “Modal Song” by Stephen M. Cormier, for saxophone and piano, and solo piano works of Chopin: Ballade #3 in Ab, Op. 47, Nocturne in G, Op. 37#2, Etude in E, Op. 10 #3, and Fantasie in Fm, Op. 49.

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 September 26 at 7:00 pm: Carl Banner, piano at the Wellfleet Public Library

Franz Schubert - Sonata in Bb, D. 960
Alban Berg - Sonata in Bm, Op. 1
Frédéric Chopin - Ballade #3 in Ab, Op. 47
Johannes Brahms - Variations in D, Op. 21#1

Free Admission

Sunday October 12 at 2:00 pm: Bethesda House Concert & Potluck

Another of Richard White’s famous music/potluck parties at his gracious art-filled home in Bethesda! Carl Banner, solo piano.
Program:

Chopin Fantasie in Fm, Op. 49
Chopin Ballade #3 in Ab, Op. 47
Alban Berg Sonata in Bm, Op. 1
Stravinsky Sonata (1923)

Doors open 2pm. Guests are encouraged to bring food/wine to share. Host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres & punch.

Tickets $25. Click here for information and reservations.

Saturday November 8, 2025 at 5:00 pm, (date still tentative):
House Concert & Potluck Dinner
Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, saxophone & Carl Banner, piano, at BannerArts

Gabriel Fauré’s “La Bonne Chanson”, nine songs arranged for soprano saxophone and piano. Plus Piano Sonata (1923) by Igor Stravinsky, “The Water is Wide, Daisy Bell” by Andrew Stiller (1987), and Meseli (from Op. 25) by Adnan Saygun.

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.

Saturday December 13, 2025 at 5:00 pm, (date & program tentative):
House Concert & Potluck Dinner
Carl Banner, piano, at BannerArts

Scott Joplin - Four Rags
J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue in Bbm, WTCI
Mordecai Seter - Sonata (1982)
Frédéric Chopin - Ballade #2 in F, Op. 38
Handel - Aria con Variazioni

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