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Executive Board

Russ Pieken               

Executive Director & Co-Founder

Sheri Cain                

Board Director & Co-Founder

Matthew Imber               

Board Director & Co-Founder

Allison Davenport                

Private Instructor/KC Area Musician

Lisa Jackson               

Private Instructor/Violinist, Kansas City Symphony

 

Kirt Mosier               

Educator/Composer/Conductor, Lee's Summit Symphony

Meaghan Pogorek               

Educator, Shawnee Mission North High School

Rob Pogorek              

National Adjustor, Farmers Insurance

Elizabeth Sayers

Community Supporter

Jennifer Shyver

Private Instructor

KC Area Musician

Mike Steffen

Music Educator

Financial Advisor

Edward Jones

Sarah VanLanduyt

Executive Director

Arts Council of 

Johnson County

 

Kathy Van Lieshout

Kansas City PBS

Music Education
Support Team

Valerie Bell                        

KC Area Music Educator

 

Monty Carter

Private Instructor

KC Baroque Consortium

Trilla Ray Carter

Private Instructor

KC Baroque Consortium

Aimee DeSotel

Director of Orchestras and Bands

Eisenhower Middle School

Judy Erpelding

Director of Orchestras     

Blue Valley North High School

Michael Hanf

Director of Orchestras     

Olathe East High School

Rena Ishii

Private Instructor

Kansas City Symphony

Dr. Jan Kraybill

Organ Conservator

Kauffman Center for the

Performing Arts

Duke Lee

Private Instructor

Kansas City Symphony

Joel Martin

Director of Orchestras     

Olathe Northwest High School

Destiny Mermagen

Private Instructor/KC Area Musician   

Prairie Classical

Michael Mermagen

Cello Professor    

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Conservatory of Music

Cori Simmons

Director of Orchestras     

Harmon High School

Michelle Sweeten

Director of Orchestras     

Sumner Academy of Arts & Sciences

Sherry Wann

Director of Orchestras     

California Trail Middle School

Community 
Support Team

Amber Hipp

    Kauffman Center for the

    Performing Arts

Laurie Pieken

    Educator

    Olathe District Schools

Heather Southwell

    Community Supporter

 

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A D  A S T R A
YOUTH ORCHESTRA
KANSAS CITY

11750 West 135th Street
Box 146
Overland Park, KS  66221
913-586-4300
Ad Astra Youth Orchestra Kansas City is a designated
IRS Non-Profit 501(c) (3) Organization
Ad Astra Youth Orchestra Kansas City
Is Proud To Be A Member Of
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