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

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Saturday August 29 at 5:00 pm
”Two Emmas”
BannerArts House Concert/Potluck, 7502 Flower Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912

Emma Young, violinist, Emma Holmquist, author, Greta Ehrig, singer/songwriter, Carl Banner, piano
Beethoven, Schubert, Milhaud, Satie

Admission $20 (advance only) plus contribution of food or drink.

Doors open at 4:45 pm. Potluck Dinner is 5:00-6:00 pm. We will provide a main dish, sparkling water and wine. For the potluck, please arrive close to 5 pm and bring a contribution of food or drink. (Not coming for the potluck, but just for the concert? Please arrive a little before 6 pm). Music starts at 6:00 pm. There will be about a 60 minute program, plus 10-15 minute intermission. There is plenty of neighborhood street parking. If you need to park closer, there are a few spaces in back of our house. We have limited the number of guests to 25. If you have any questions, please call us at 301-891-6844, or email us at dcmusicaviva@verizon.net.

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)
Henriette Bosmans: Cello Sonata (1919)

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

Guericke Christopher Royal, flugelhorn, and Carl Banner, piano

Admission $20

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