Student Focused & Centered
Dedicated Music Educators, Parents & Community Supporters
Challenging Repertoire & Motivated Students
The entire approach to this new and exciting youth orchestra is creating meaningful, positive, impactful, and enjoyable musical opportunities for advanced area string players in grades 6 - 12. We also welcome local college students join.
Ad Astra consists of two orchestras
- APOLLO & GEMINI -
Students are placed into one of these two grou
The entire approach to this new and exciting youth orchestra is creating meaningful, positive, impactful, and enjoyable musical opportunities for advanced area string players in grades 6 - 12. We also welcome local college students join.
Ad Astra consists of two orchestras
- APOLLO & GEMINI -
Students are placed into one of these two groups based on playing ability/skill level and/or grade level.
Everyone that is a part of the Ad Astra team understands and champions that each student in our program is a unique and valued human being and student musician.
We value and understand that meaningful musical opportunities and positive role models greatly impact the social and emotional growth of children and adolescents.
Challenging Repertoire & Motivated Students
Dedicated Music Educators, Parents & Community Supporters
Challenging Repertoire & Motivated Students
Our mission is to provide motivated and dedicated area string students the opportunity to rehearse and perform high caliber major works from the string orchestra/chamber orchestra repertoire.
In our first season our orchestras performed music by Bach, Respighi, Bloch, Mahler, Grainger, Williams, Mosier, and more....
We even performed a litt
Our mission is to provide motivated and dedicated area string students the opportunity to rehearse and perform high caliber major works from the string orchestra/chamber orchestra repertoire.
In our first season our orchestras performed music by Bach, Respighi, Bloch, Mahler, Grainger, Williams, Mosier, and more....
We even performed a little Taylor Swift, ABBA, Coldplay & Dua Lipa for our community outreach concerts!
All repertoire selected is highly vetted to ensure educational value, age/skill level appropriateness, challenging, and enjoyable.
Dedicated Music Educators, Parents & Community Supporters
Dedicated Music Educators, Parents & Community Supporters
Dedicated Music Educators, Parents & Community Supporters
Ad Adstra Chamber Orchestra has designed a special and unique program in which school orchestra directors, private teachers, professional musicians, parents, and community members provide support and encouragement for the success of each and every student.
We are proud and humbled to have the support of the Ad Astra Musical & Educational - and - Community Awareness Teams.
galactic news!
Beginning in September 2025 all Ad Astra rehearsals will take place at Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS!