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

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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.

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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