WASHINGTON MUSICA VIVA (WMV) performs classical, contemporary, and jazz-based chamber music.  

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Carl Banner, piano, at the Wellfleet Public Library, Friday December 12 at 6:00 pm:

Three Spirituals, from Op. 59 -
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1905)
”Deep River”
”Motherless Child”
”Many Thousand Gone”

Sonata #7 (1944)* - Viktor Ullmann
*(composed in Terezin, August 1944)

Etude in E, Op. 10#3
Nocturne in G, Op. 37#2 - Frédéric Chopin
Two Short Pieces: “In the Hammock of Her Skirt” and “Behind Closed Bamboo”, from Mango Songs - Tina Davidson (2000)

“The Water is Wide, Daisy Bell” - Andrew Stiller (1987)

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

Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano, plus 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.

[SOLD OUT]

Second performance, by popular demand!

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

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 - ”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.

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; pdf).

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