The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) invites you to join us for Jazz at the Kramer! A music series in partnership with Paul Carr’s Jazz Academy of Music presenting a free evening of jazz at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery & Music Room on the second Wednesday of every month.
Admission is FREE but advanced registration is required due to limited capacity. Kindly be aware that reservations are limited to 2 tickets per person. For group reservations, feel free to contact us directly at publicart@creativemoco.com.
** Please Note: Outside food and beverages are not permitted in the gallery with the exception of water.
Second Wednesdays: Jazz at the Kramer featuring Vocalist Sharón Clark and Pianist Chris Grasso
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Second Wednesdays: Jazz at the Kramer featuring Bhagwan Khalsa on Bass + Eric Byrd on Piano and Chris Latona on Piano + Andrew Latona on Guitar.
Jazz at the Kramer
Event Listing
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
6:30 pm at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room
Join us at the Betty Mae Kramer Gallery & Music Room on the second Wednesday of each month for an evening of jazz! This month’s artists feature pianist Allyn Johnson and vibraphonist Chris Barrick.
March Musicians
Allyn Johnson
Native Washingtonian, Allyn Johnson, is a multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and producer whose trademark sound gives brilliance and fortitude to the art of jazz improvisation. Allyn, a prodigy who began playing piano at the tender age of five, got his start playing piano for the youth choir in his uncle’s church. There he honed his inner musical gift.
At the University of the District of Columbia, Allyn was the first recipient of the Felix. E Grant Scholarship Award in jazz performance. He graduated magna cum laude from UDC in 1997 with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Jazz Studies. Now Allyn has served for more than six years as an adjunct professor of music and assistant director of the Jazz Studies program and became the director in 2005.
As a composer-arranger, Allyn has a growing library of works for ensembles of varying sizes and instrumentation. Allyn is one of the nation’s most sought-after musicians in the jazz community. He is revered by musical giants as well as the “young lions” of his generation.
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Chris Barrick
Chris Barrick is a DC-based vibraphonist, drummer, and percussionist with a wide variety of experience in multiple genres of music. As an orchestral percussionist, he has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and the American Pops Orchestra, as well as extended theater productions and shows with the Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), the Kennedy Center and Signature Theater.
As a jazz vibraphonist and drummer, Chris has performed and recorded with many great musicians in Cincinnati and DC, including Brad Myers, whose 2015 recording Prime Numbers earned a four star review in Downbeat Magazine, Mike Sharfe, Rusty Burge, John Von Ohlen, Steve Schmidt, Allyn Johnson, Eliot Seppa, Lenny Robinson, Elijah Jamal Balbed, and Abinnet Berhanu. He currently teaches percussion at Howard University.