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Geneva Jazz Ensemble keeps art form alive with varying ages GENEVA – All was quiet at the Pepper Valley Clubhouse in Geneva until most members of the 19-piece Geneva Jazz Ensemble arrived for their twohour practice. “Hit it,” said band director Christopher Werve, and the room exploded with the wellknown Count Basie tune “Hay Burner.” Alexandra Schroeder, 57, of Geneva, who plays trumpet, said she started the band in 2001 after six months of lessons. “My neighbor was having a garage sale, and I mentioned to her I always wanted to learn how to play the trumpet, so she just gave it to me,” Schroeder said. Schroeder talked to her son’s middle school band teacher and asked if he would direct a band if she could get it started through the Geneva

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More online Visit KCChronicle.com to view a video associated with this story. Park District. He agreed. Seven people showed up for what was supposed to be a fun summer band – but everyone wanted to keep playing. The group separated from the park district, and band members Nancy and Timothy Werve arranged for them to play in their subdivision clubhouse in Pepper Valley in exchange for performances at the subdivision’s annual picnic, Schroeder said. After the band teacher could not continue as director, they played without a director for years until they recruited the Werves’ son as director Sean King for Shaw Media

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The Geneva Jazz Band rehearses Sept. 23 in the Pepper Valley Clubhouse in Geneva.

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