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Washington Musica Viva

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7502 Flower Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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Musicians: Betty Hauck, viola, Elizabeth Brown, flute, Carl Banner, piano and percussion, David Cheng, percussion
Tue, Apr 21, 2026

Program: Elizabeth Brown: Chronicle, Hermit Thrush, and Brown Party of Two; Durufle: Prelude, Recitative and Variations; Reich: Clapping Music. Quilts by Betty Hauck and Elizabeth Brown. Elizabeth Brown was present at this performance.

The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Thu, Apr 23, 2026

Musicians: Betty Hauck, viola, Sasha Margolis, violin, Rachel Young, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: "Kol Nidrei" by Joachim Stutschewsky, Piano Trio by Gabriel Faure, "Musica Notturna" by John McCabe, and Piano Quartet #2 by Antonin Dvorak.

Location: BannerArts
Fri, Apr 24, 2026

Musicians: Betty Hauck, viola, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Music of Mozart ("Kegelstatt" Trio in Eb), Eric Satie ("Sports et Divertissements"), Andrew Stiller ("The Water is Wide, Daisy Bell"), Mike Strand ("In Honor of Native Americans"), and JS Bach (Sonata in D for viola and piano). Astronaut Rick Hauck spoke at this event.

May 23 Marilyn Banner, "Throughlines" solo exhibition
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
Hahn and Brahms Quartets
Thu, Apr 30, 2026

Reynaldo Hahn Piano Quartet #3; Brahms Piano Quartet #1 in Gm, Op. 25 Celaya Kirchner, violin, Ivan Mendoza, viola, Emma Hays Johnson, cello, Carl Banner, piano View on the WMV YouTube Channel

Galilee Lutheran Church, 4652 Mountain Rd, Pasadena MD 21122. Ben Redwine and Carl Banner play Lutoslawski, Saint-Saens, Mozart, Weber, and Wakefield
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
Location: BannerArts
Thu, May 7, 2026

Program: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Duets, and Songs of Johannes Brahms, on the occasion of his 172nd birthday. Elizabeth Kluegel, soprano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo soprano, Jason Rylander, tenor, Gary Poster, bass, Ruth Rose and Carl Banner, duo-pianists. Plus poetry of Polly Craft, read by her daughters Helen and Sarah.

Location: St. Columba's Church
Fri, May 8, 2026

Musicians: John Kamman, guitar, Sally McLain and June Huang, violins, Kim Buschek, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Robert Lemon, oboe, Carl Banner, piano, Alan Lewine, bass, Masa Mitsumoto, conductor. Program: Chamber Jazz Sextet by John Kamman, "La Creation du Monde" by Darius Milhaud, "Fantaisie" for electric guitar, oboe, string quartet, and piano by Bohuslav Martinu, "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen.

Musicians: Lori Tsang, poet, Marilyn Banner, artist, and Carl Banner, piano
Sun, May 10, 2026

Program: Sonata #7 by Victor Ullmann. Strathmore Hall, Café Muse.

Mozart and Brahms Quartets
Fri, May 15, 2026

Mozart Quartet in Eb, K. 493; Brahms Piano Quartet #3, Op. 60 Celaya Kirchner, violin, Ivan Mendoza, viola, Emma Hays Johnson, cello, Carl Banner, piano View on the WMV YouTube Channel

BannerArts House Concert/Potluck
Sat, May 16, 20265:00 PM

Music of Bach, Chopin & Joplin, featuring saxophone and piano, with a poet and/or artist to be announced.

Flower Avenue House Concert
Mon, May 18, 2026

Benefit for the Millennium Arts Salon Music for Saxophone and Piano Cinq Danses Exotiques by Jean Francaix Hot Sonata by Erwin Schulhoff Danse by Darius Milhaud From the Southland by Harry T. Burleigh Ballade #3 in Ab by Frédéric Chopin Sonata in F# Op. 78 by Ludwig van Beethoven Rhonda Buckley-Bishop, alto saxophone & Carl Banner, piano. Post-concert discussion with Mel Hardy of the Millennium Arts Salon [$1480 raised for the Millennium Arts Salon] Flower Avenue House Concert Benefit for the DC

Musicians: Rhonda Buckley, alto saxophone, David Cheng, percussion, Carl Banner, piano
Mon, May 18, 2026

Program: "Holy Roller" by Libby Larsen; Sonata for alto saxophone and piano by Paul Creston; "Clapping Music" by Steve Reich; piano works of Brahms.

Musicians: Sally McClain, violin, Betty Hauck, viola, Janet Frank, cello, Bill Vaughn, double bass, Carl Banner, piano
Wed, May 20, 2026

Program: Schubert: The "Trout" Quintet; Figures in a Landscape, by Elizabeth Brown. Prints by Bill Harris.

Musicians: Basil King, poet/painter, Martha King, writer; Sally McLain, violin, Lisa Ponton, viola, Diana Fish, cello, Carl Banner, piano
Thu, May 21, 2026

Program: Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60.

Location: The Embassy of the Czech Republic
Sun, May 24, 2026

Musicians: Karyn Friedman, mezzo-soprano, Chris Royal, trumpet, Rhonda Buckley, saxophone, Ben Greanya, bassoon, Hasse Borup, violin, Amy Leung, cello, Carl Banner, piano, and Masatoshi Mitsumoto, conductor. Program: "La Revue de Cuisine" by Bohuslav Martinu, "Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen" by Gustav Mahler, Trio in g minor Op. 26 by Antonin Dvorak, Duo for violin and cello by Erwin Schulhoff.

Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic
Wed, Jun 3, 2026

Musicians: National Symphony Orchestra members Natasha Bogachek, violin, Mahoki Eguchi, viola, and Janet Frank, cello, along with Zino Bogachek, violin, of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and Carl Banner, pianist. Program: Leos Janacek's String Quartet #1 ("Kreutzer Sonata"), Bohuslav Martinu's Madrigals for violin and viola, and Viteszlav Novak's Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 12.

Domenic Salerni, violinist with Attacca Quartet and guest composer, with Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano
Fri, Jun 5, 2026

Domenic Salerni: Piano Trio #Noam Faingold: “Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix” for solo violin (world premiere); Franz Schubert: Piano Trio #1 in Bb, Op. 99 Friday May 27. 2022: World premiere of the Cello Sonata by Sri Lankan composer Natasha Senanayake, commissioned by WMV for her friend Emma Hays Johnson. Plus the Rachmaninoff Sonata Op. 19; and Sonata (1919) by Rebecca Clarke. Performers: Emma Hays Johnson, cello, and Carl Banner, piano.

Location: BannerArts
Fri, Jun 5, 2026

Performers: Betty Hauck, viola, Carl Banner, piano, Karyn Friedman, mezzo, and Joel Herskowitz. Program: "Gymnopédie for John Lennon" and Four Rosicrucian Preludes by Arthur Jarvinen, Brahms Two Songs op. 91 for mezzo, viola, and piano, Schumann Marchenbilder #3, music by Joel and Ira Herskowitz.

Embassy of the Czech Republic
Thu, Jun 11, 2026

Musicians: Linda Bahn and Sasha Margolis, violins, Mahoko Eguchi, viola, Lori Barnet, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Piano Quintets of Martinu, Hanus Barton & Dvorak.

Embassy of the Czech Republic
Fri, Jun 12, 2026

Musicians: Teri Lazar, violin, Janet Frank, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Petr Eben: Sonata Semplice; Martinu: Bergerettes for Piano Trio; Suk: Elegie for Piano Trio; Dvorak: Sonata in F Major Op. 57 for violin and piano.

28, 2023: Background music at Off Main Gallery, Wellfleet MA
Wed, Jun 17, 2026
Solo piano music of Mozart; Carl Banner, piano
Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Sonata in F, K. 332 Fantasie in D minor, K. 397 Rondo in F, K. 494 Rondo in D, K. 485 Adagio in B minor, K. 540

Location: The Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
Sun, Jun 21, 2026

Performers: Keith Wright, flute, Sally McLain, violin, Heather LeDoux Green, violin, Tsuna Sakamoto, viola, Jodi Beder, cello, Carl Banner, piano. Program: Premiere of Divertimento for flute, viola, and piano, by Masatoshi Mitsumoto (commissioned by WMV). Quintet for flute, strings, and piano by David Diamond (1937). Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Op. 34. Reviewed by Cecelia Porter in the Washington Post.

Musicians: Daniel Banner, violin, Carl Banner, piano
Wed, Jun 24, 2026

Program: Beethoven: Sonata Op. 47 ("Kreutzer"), Petr Eben: Sonata Semplice; César Franck: Sonata in A Major.

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