
“Music, I feel, is the international language. The ensemble itself features the states top musicians including members of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, professors of music from several surrounding. Kohler said the aim is to bring people together - through tourism, education and music. On a footbridge over Brush Creek on the Country Club Plaza, flags of Kansas City’s 12 sister cities are on display: Arusha, Tanzania Freetown, Sierra Leone Guadalajara, Mexico Kurashiki, Japan Morelia, Mexico Port Harcourt, Nigeria Ramla, Israel San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico Seville, Spain Tainan, Taiwan Xi’an, China and Hannover, Germany. Charleston Jazz Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and. “And he felt that if people would visit each other, talk to each other, make music with each other, they would understand their differences and just have more understanding of the world,” she said. Guitarist, composer and arranger Peter Hand leads his own big band. and also with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (OH) and Kansas City Jazz Orchestra. Sister Cities International, Kohler said, was a post-World War II initiative by President Dwight D. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band features her frequently on their internationally. Authentic Kansas City jazz band, The Kansas City Lights are perfect for any corporate event, company party or wedding.

Kohler, who is chair of the Hannover Committee with the Kansas City Sister City Association, has lived in Roeland Park, Kansas, since 1964, but she grew up in Germany. It’s Traute Kohler’s role to organize events like this.

KCUR 89.3 Lothar Krist, the Hannover Big Band's maestro, stood for a solo inside KC Bier Co.
