…this is A D A S T R A
2025-2026 Season Performances
Ad Astra's Second Season
Goes For Launch!
Gemini & Aurora Orchestras plus
The Cellonauts!
Saturday, December 13, 2025
4:00 PM
Blue Valley West High School
Tickets are free and required; donations are warmly appreciated.
Join Us For The Nightcap of Our Opening Concert Day Doubleheader!
BV West Symphonic Orchestra, Ad Astra Apollo Orchestra, plus The Cellonauts!
Music of Holst, Grieg, Mosier, Tchaikovsky, C.T. Smith, and more!
Saturday, December 13, 2025
7:00 PM
Blue Valley West High School
Tickets are free and required; donations are warmly appreciated.
Ad Astra Presents...
Valentunes!
A love-struck playlist from our hearts to yours. Love songs, pop tunes, roses, and sugar rushes will abound in our first-ever Ad Astra Open House and Benefit Concert.
Saturday, February 14, 2026
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sylvester Powell Community Center
Mission, KS
Stay tuned for ticketing information & more details.
Kansas Music Educators
Association Conference
Apollo Orchestra is honored to have been selected to perform for the music educators of the Sunflower State.
Our program will honor the heart, soul, kindness, and pride that is Kansas City....that is Ad Astra. Music of Mosier, C.T. Smith, McLean, & Copland.
Friday, February 27, 2026
11:30 AM
Century II Convention Center
Wichita, KS
Stay tuned for ticketing information & more details.
KC Jazz Orchestra &
Ad Astra!
KC's DNA is comprised BBQ, fountains, Plaza Lights, Chiefs, Royals, Current... and JAZZ!
Our friends at the KCJO have invited Apollo members to join their esteemed ensemble on stage in Helzberg Hall. Ad Astra's first performance on the Helzberg Hall stage!
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Presents
Never Too Much:
A Tribute to Luther Vandross
Feat. Lee Langston and Friends
Friday, March 20, 2026
7:00 PM
Helzberg Hall
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Kansas City, MO
Stay tuned for ticketing information & more details.
May in Yardley Hall!
Johnson County Community College will be buzzing as Ad Astra makes its debut in stunning Yardley Hall at the Midwest Trust Center!
All four Ad Astra Orchestras will send out our second season in grand style!
Apollo Orchestra will be joined by soloists Destiny Mermagen and Michael Mermagen in music by Sarasate and Bloch.
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Concert Times TBA
Yardley Hall at the Midwest Trust Center
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS
Stay tuned for ticketing information & more details.
Start Spreading The News!
Members of Apollo & Gemini Orchestras are headed to NYC.
Join us as we perform just one more time in KC before we TAKE OFF for Times Square!
Concert Location & Time TBA
Carnegie Hall
In a season of firsts, we keep 'em coming! Ad Astra boldly and proudly takes the stage at Carnegie Hall for the very first time.
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
7:00 PM
Isaac Stern Auditorium at
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
*Tickets will be available through the Carnegie Hall Box Office in late Spring.