A Message From Our Founders

 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Paul Carter and Kerry Casserly Carter
    George Family Foundation
    Larry Hendrickson and Barbara Forster
    James B. Linsmayer Foundation
    Ann Jennings
    Andrew and Amy Krane
    Minnesota Department of Education
    Plastics International
    WEM 2000 Foundation of the Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

  • Anonymous
    Diane and Mike Beddor
    Best Buy Foundation
    John and Judi Blomquist
    Norm and Laurie Coleman
    The Gostomski Foundation
    Jerome J and Ursula A Choromanski Family Foundation
    Cindy and Michael LeJeune
    Jeanne and Paul Ravich
    Patrick and Ann Ryan
    U.S. Bank

  • Best Buy
    Tyrone and Delia Bujold
    Barbara Burwell
    Jonathan Chambers
    Robin and Craig Dahl
    Monisha and Michael Dunn
    EY
    Al Geiwitz and Mary McMahon
    Renée and John Hallberg
    JADT Food Group LLC
    Mary and Charles Lawrence
    Lynn Littlejohn
    Moore Creative
    Mortenson
    Mulvehill Family Foundation
    Joseph and Dana Mulvey
    Judy Murphy
    Monica Murphy
    Chris and Leslie Neugent
    Mike and Sarah Stroebel
    Twin Cities Opera Guild
    Wells Family Foundation Inc

  • Tamzin Brown
    Creative Fundraising Advisors
    Susan Hawks and Nathan Dungan
    Wendell and Julia Maddox
    Beth and Dean Nakamura
    Tom and Wendy Olson
    Prouty Project
    Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation
    Fran Rusciano Murnane
    Rusty & Mary Jane Poepl Foundation
    Smith Schafer & Associates LTD
    Union Pacific Foundation
    Jim Weichert

  • Terri and Paul Ashmore
    Marjie and Timothy Blevins
    Jacquelynn Brown-Baylor and Justin Baylor
    Cannon Family Foundation
    Karen and Ken Charles
    Jackie Cherryhomes and Emma Tyler
    Margie Dines
    Judy Elias
    Amy and Billy Ellis
    Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation
    Jan Fligge
    Alex and Charlotte Frank
    Jennifer Ryan Geibig
    Patricia and Jerome Gilligan
    Patricia and John Gordon
    Margaret Grathwol
    Herbert Family Foundation
    Andrea and Ken Hjelm
    Jim and Anita Hidding
    Michelle and Jeff Hinck
    Sondra Hollinger-Samuels and Don Samuels
    Sandra Hricko and Jim Mauck
    Nick Johnson
    Adrienne Jordan
    Arthur Kaemmer
    Jamillah Karon and Calvin Littlejohn
    Thomas and Susan Kosel
    Katie and Charles Lawler
    John and Nancy Lindahl
    Bruce Little
    Susan Marvin and Keith Schwartzwald
    Karmi Anna Mattson and Matt Fujinaka
    Marc and Lisa Nanne
    Mikisha and Desmond Nation
    Michael O'Connell and Sue Hayes
    Casey and Katie Phillips
    Ashley and Ben Pierson
    RBC Foundation - USA
    Rotary Club of Crystal, Robbinsdale, New Hope
    Colleen Ryan
    Steve Schussler
    The Second Federation of the Visitation
    Senior Care Communities, Inc.
    Trinka and Bill Sharpe
    Standard Heating & Air Conditioning
    Dana Stewart
    Mark and Lee Ann Thelemann
    Zeynep Tuzcu
    U.S. Bank Foundation
    Sofya Vannelli
    Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis
    Llew Wells and Katy Davis
    John T. Wetzel
    Daren Wickum
    Justin Windschitl

  • Anonymous
    Carolyn Baldus
    Erika Binger
    Kay and Tim Brandow
    Mary Casey and John Lamb
    Jim Casserly and Mary Molzahn
    Virginia Claessens McDonald
    Vicki Costello
    Carol and Rick Dunn
    Priscilla A. Elwell and Richard O. Miller
    Patrick Fox
    Mary Gangelhoff
    Norah and Chris Gondeck
    Katherine Harris and Tom Keyser
    Bob Hindel
    The Hive Fund
    Thomas Hoch and Mark Addicks
    Mark Juckel and Bonnie Kollodge
    Judy Kirk and Michael Schroeder
    Dick Kirtland
    Dennis and Helene Konn
    Laura Beth Landy and Michael Israel
    Merrie Marinovich
    Angela and Will Mckeand
    Gen Olson
    Rich and Tish Osborn
    Tim and Valerie Pass
    Andrea Ravich
    Marie Rooney
    Deborah and Bill Roth
    Geri and Peter Scherer
    Michael and Andrea Schroeder
    Steve and Claudia Sefton
    Jac Sperling and Mary Griesedieck
    Sandra Sterlevalentini and Robert Valentini
    Judy Stuthman
    Celia and Tom Threlkeld
    Ertugrul and Karen Tuzcu
    Carmen Uecker
    Walter C. Rasmussen - Northeast Bank Foundation
    Jeffrey and Veronica Witt

  • Kelly Anfinson Irvine
    Lisa and Dan Bergerson
    Sara and Tim Blazek
    Kimberly Bowman
    Carissa and Mark Brown
    Scott Bundy
    Julianne Bye
    Emily Carlson Hjelm and Jon Hjelm
    Lynne Deshler
    Susan and John Dyke
    Thomas Gale
    Susan and Doug Gerlach
    Joan Grathwol Olson
    Suzy and Kendall Griffith
    Diana Gulden and Jose Peris
    Jean Marie Hamilton and Brian Osberg
    Jon and Betty Hansen
    Katie and Dana Harms
    Duane and Barbara Johnson
    Adam and Kelli Kellerhals
    Laura King
    Marissa and Fiona Kocaman
    Thomas and Michele Krenn
    Heather and Brett Lundgren
    Medtronic, Inc
    David and Linda Mona
    Michael O’Donnell
    Gail and James O'Rourke
    Susan Pauly
    Piper Jaffray
    Debbie and Steven Plager
    Anne and John Polta
    Sara Rubinstein-Case and Thomas Case
    David and Laurie Saari
    Gale Sharpe
    Kara Sime and Ted Mackintosh
    Janis and James Stephenson
    Jennifer Stern
    Linda Stuart and Mauricio Cordova
    James and Monique Stumon
    Alex and Lisa Tittle
    Rosemarie and Damian Topousis
    Dick and Diane Wright

  • Adam Aalgaard and Karen Christ Aalgaard
    Sara and Kevin Aasgaard
    Carla Adams
    AmazonSmile Foundation
    Susan and Bryan Anderson
    Nancy Arrell
    Mary Baker
    Bruce and Bonnie Battaglia
    Bellisio Foods
    James Benshoof
    Pam Berendt
    Theresa Berg
    Lynn Bohm Anderson
    Kit Brady and Michael Garry
    Christine Brown
    Jean Bross-Judge
    Rita and Robert Buckvold
    Patricia Campion Gjertson and Stephen Gjertson
    Ben and Kate Carpenter
    Kathleen Carter
    Katie Casserly and Mick Ganley
    Kevin Casserly
    Michael Casserly
    Robert Casserly
    Sean Casserly
    Janis Clay and Elam Baer
    Thomas Coats
    Kay Constantine
    Ananda Cordova Stuart
    Luca Cordova Stuart
    Angela Diaz
    Anita Duckor
    Daryl and Christine Eastburg
    Leslie Eckholdt
    David and Michelle Edgerton
    Jenny Eldredge
    Teresa and Michael Fitzgerald
    Charlotte Gangelhoff
    Katy Gaynor
    Clelia and Calvin Giles
    Emilia Godinez
    Michael and Molly Goodson
    Tim Gormley and Bonnie Boller-Gormley
    Donald and Jacqueline Grant
    Gary and Barb Grieg
    Paul and Linda Gustafson
    Shunzyu Haigler
    Patty Healy Janssen
    Kathi Hemken
    Henry and Suzanne Herzing
    Tori and Leon Hill
    Cory Johnson and Paul Amann
    Susan Johnson
    Peggy and Michelle Jondahl
    Kent Kaiser
    Theresa and Michael Karels
    Keith D. Johnson P.L.L.C
    Aziz Kian and Gail Simon-Kian
    Page Knudsen Cowles and Jay Cowles
    Kristen and Tim Kosel
    Matthew and Piper Kosel
    Jodi Larson
    Laura LeJeune
    Margaret and David Lucas
    Craig Luedemann and Mary Robischon
    Sandy and Douglas Mangel
    Rita McHugo
    Catherine McEnroe
    Doug McMonagle and Roberta Boller-McMonagle
    Janie McMonagle
    Brian Mogren
    Quentin Moore
    Linda Muir Finney and Michael Finney
    Kay Mrachek
    Joe and Mary Mulvehill
    Jake and Heidi Muszynski
    Amber Naqvi
    Julie Nichols
    Anne Norris
    Jane and Douglas Norris
    Angela Olejar
    Lea Olsen
    Meha and Neel Patel
    Mark and Susan Payne
    Beth Pattinson
    Karen Peters Shull and Bob Shull
    Kim Peterson
    Kris Peterson
    Carol Anne Quest
    Nancy Rach
    Gary and Gini Rackner
    John Reger
    Deborah Roesler
    Karla Rutten
    Carol Ann and Andrew Rusinko
    Tammy Schemmel
    Emily Schoenbeck
    Zoe Sealy
    Joseph K. Selvaggio
    Debi and Steve Skalbeck
    Carolyn Smallwood
    Judith and Richard Spiegel
    Cathy and Mike Tikkanen
    Jerry and Sylvia Timian
    Dennis and Debra Wagner
    Betty Webb
    Joseph Weise
    Diane M. Wright & Associates, Ltd.
    Georgianna Yantos

  • Angela Ajayi and Jorg Kasparek
    Nieya Amezquita
    Julie and Tim Anderson
    Margaret R. Beegle
    Dorothy and Katie Bies
    Joseph Boller
    Kayla Boye
    Judy Boylan
    Andrea Brazelton
    Patricia Burke
    Stacey Bush
    Frederick Clayton
    William and Mary Daugherty
    Lisa Doyle
    Brendan Ellis
    Clayton Emmer
    Rosalyn Emon
    Christopher and Camilla Enck
    Robert and Barb Eng
    Sharon L. Eull
    Amelia Firnstahl Hemmingsen
    Meghan Feige
    Janice Grunewald
    Sophie Hallet
    Cathy Hanson
    Janice Hathaway-Ott
    Katherine and Gregory Hickman
    Martha Holton Dimick
    Greg Kemp
    KLH Studios dba Awaken Pilates
    Camille Kolles
    Peggy Kotila
    Kathleen Kubow
    Dorys Kulczycki and Claudia Sterling
    Sally Kundert
    Rochelle and Jim Landy
    John and Julie Lapointe
    Angelina Lodoen (Brown) and Kathleen Lodoen
    Lisa Lopez
    Joan LoPresti
    Hannah Maertz
    Margaret Meier
    Maureen Mulvany and Neil Febel
    Karen Nelson
    Ron and Gail Nida
    Luke Olson and Laura Roche Olson
    Carol Pepin
    Joseph Price
    Donna and Bill Ramsay
    Ann Rest
    David Schmidt
    John and Cathy Senescall
    Susan and Cameron Seymore
    Karen and Michael Shockency
    Gale Siegfreid and Richard Heuton
    Alexandra Spieldoch and Brian Huntington
    Becky Stanchfield
    Joyce Suek
    Walter Tambor and Barry Berg
    Stephen and Monica Thibault
    Kathy Thompson and Adayla Morant
    Kathleen Tiede
    Nancy and Bob Viking
    Edward and Virginia Vizard
    Roger and Carmen Wentz
    Marlys Wickstrom and Carol Ottoson
    Pamela Wiehoff-Kaufman
    Denise Wind and Frank J

  • Julia Bodin
    Michelle and Lance Briggs
    Brandon Clemens and Elise Hedlund
    Blottie Dickens
    Tiffany and Dan Fehrenkamp
    Inspire Dance Studio
    JonnyPops
    Luke and Christy Kujawa
    Kathleen and Michael Lauer
    Janet and David Lenius
    Shannon Loecher
    Moore Than Dance

  • In honor of Michael Anthony Owen Brown
    Mikisha and Desmond Nation

    In memory of Carolyn Buzza
    Kelly Anfinson Irvine
    Craig Luedemann and Mary Robischon

    In honor of Alyssa Carter’s land purchase
    The Hive Fund

    In honor of the Casserly Sisters
    Michael and Molly Goodson
    Medtronic, Inc.
    Mark and Lee Ann Thelemann

    In honor of Sophie Dannersmith
    Joan LoPresti

    In memory of Richard Hara
    Paul and Linda Gustafson

    In honor of Judy Kirk
    Scott Bundy

    In memory of Mary Jane Knaeble Peters
    Karen Peters Shull and Bob Shull

    In memory of Jack Knip
    Wells Family Foundation, Inc.

    In honor of Helene Konn’s special birthday
    Stacey Bush

    In memory of Larry and Jean LeJeune
    Celia and Tom Threlkeld

    In memory of Shirley McMonagle
    Anonymous
    Dorothy and Katie Bies
    Lisa Doyle
    Sharon L. Eull
    Katherine and Gregory Hickman
    Gary and Gini Rackner
    Deborah Roesler
    Denise Wind and Frank J. 
    Dick and Diane Wright

    In memory of Patrick Moore
    Cathy Hanson
    Kim Peterson

    In honor of the Murphey Family
    Rich and Tish Osborn

    In honor of Susan and Yolanda Pauly
    Tamzin Brown  

    In honor of Don Samuels
    Clelia and Calvin Giles

    In memory of Lois Sicora
    Margaret R. Beegle
    William and Mary Daugherty
    Daryl and Christine Eastburg
    Christopher and Camilla Enck
    Robert and Barb Eng
    Gary and Barb Grieg
    Janice Grunewald
    Janice Hathaway-Ott
    Rita McHugo
    Julie Nichols
    Carol Pepin
    Gale Siegfreid and Richard Heuton
    Stephen and Monica Thibault
    Edward and Virginia Vizard
    Marlys Wickstrom and Carol Ottoson

    Gifts to Scholarship Funds:
    Beth and Dean Nakamura

 
 
 
 

Volunteers, Faculty and Staff

  • Terri Ashmore
    Jackie Brown-Baylor
    Kerry Casserly Carter
    Amy Casserly Ellis
    Susan Casserly-Kosel
    Jane Casserly McMonagle
    Jon Chambers
    Joan Grathwol Olson
    John and Renée Hallberg
    Andrea Hjelm
    Tom Kosel
    Cindy LeJeune
    Fran Rusciano Murnane
    Mikisha Nation
    Michael O’Connell
    Susan Pauly
    Trinka Sharpe

  • Diane Beddor
    Jackie Brown-Baylor
    Charles Caldwell
    John and Renée Hallberg
    Andrea Hjelm
    Dennis and Helene Konn
    Cindy LeJeune
    Fran Rusciano Murnane
    Mikisha Nation
    Jeanne Ravich
    Gail O’Rourke
    Don and Sondra Samuels
    Trinka Sharpe

  • Gala Honorary Chairs
    Mary McMahon and Al Geiwitz

    Gala Community Honoree
    LaTrisha Vetaw

  • Angela Ajayi
    Sarah Anikpo
    Anne Attea
    Deb Beautaunt
    Diane Beddor
    Pam Berendt
    Crystal Bergquist
    Erin Brekke
    Jae Brown
    Nakesha Caldwell
    Mary Caulfield
    Olive Caulfield
    Suzanne Cleland Butler
    Christine Danner
    Sophie Dannersmith
    Shaina Doar
    Brendan Ellis
    Jenelle Fackler
    Mayssa Farah
    Keriann German
    Kristi Granacher
    Kate Granacher
    Cathy Hanson
    Melissa Haroza
    Pang Harris
    Tali Hayhoe
    Emily Hjelm
    Sophia Islam
    Sarah Johnson
    Joanne Johnson
    Brynn Johnson
    Mikkaella Jones
    Michelle Jones
    Jamillah Karon
    Elleni Kidane
    Kenneth King
    Andy Kuempel
    Mason Kujawa
    William Lasseter
    Beth Lasseter
    Sara Lukkasson
    Nazara Matos
    Marie Mazwi
    Angi Montgomery
    Lashanna Moore
    Karen Morris
    Julianne Mundale
    Mindy Nelson
    Noelle Noyes
    Gail O'Rourke
    Julie Talens Paske
    Susan Pauly
    Amy Perkins
    Donna Phillips
    Erin Plasch
    Amy Radmer
    Amy and Matt Radmer
    Peg Rasmussen
    Gabriella Reak
    Rhonda Rekstad
    Rex Rekstad
    Odeyah Rozin
    Kim Rudd
    Stacy Saindon
    Mike Saindon
    Jenny Adams Salmela
    Jennifer Sexton
    Cameron Seymore
    Lisa Steiger
    Michele Stemwedel
    Sandra SterleValentini
    Lisa Sweet
    Allison Tate
    Jenna Victoria
    Kaytee Warren
    Donna Washingtom
    Alica Whitmore
    Vivienne Williamson
    Esther Williamson
    Tad Williamson
    Michelle Yates

  • Faculty and Accompanists
    Rick Ausland
    Aaron Barnell
    Kathleen Bloom
    Kerry Casserly Carter
    Susan Casserly-Kosel
    Amy Cassserly Ellis
    Shane Ellis
    Kaemella Foster
    Christine Fournier
    Marissa Frye
    Wes Frye
    Lawrence Henry
    Franco Holder
    Mary Howarth
    Miguel Hurtado
    Lamar Jefferson
    Kenna Cottman
    Matt McIntyre
    Jane Casserly McMonagle
    Mike Michel
    Javan MnGrezzo
    Julianne Mundale
    Ted Olsen
    Cormac O’Se
    Gail Olszewski
    Heather Gerard Peabody
    Joe Price
    Amy Radmer
    Casey Rafn
    Sally Rousse
    DiShae Sanders
    Jill Schendel
    Ben Shaw
    Brenda Varda
    Minika Warden
    Roxanne Wallace
    Samuel Worthington

    Guest Artists
    Jamecia Bennett
    Julius Collins
    Takia Hopson
    Herbert Johnson III
    Terrance Martin

    Teaching Assistants
    AJ Hale
    Brynn Johnson
    Emily Kosel
    Mason Kujawa
    Brianna Mraz
    Yolanda Pauly
    Carly Radmer
    Gabby Reak
    Azirah Sanders
    DiShae Sanders
    Jada Stumon
    Minika Warden

  • Artistic and Administrative Staff
    Nieya Amezquita
    Kerry Casserly Carter
    Susan Casserly-Kosel
    Amy Casserly Ellis
    Shane Ellis
    Tyler Fridley
    Ty Heavens
    Mary Howarth
    Nicole Johnson
    Emily Kosel
    Patty Lefaive
    Jane Casserly McMonagle
    Joan Grathwol Olson
    Penne Post
    Emily Schoenbeck
    David Walters

    Production Support
    Rick Ausland
    Kavontae Foster
    Hadassah Hohmann
    Taj Hunter
    Signe Johnson
    Emily Kosel
    Tim Kosel
    JP McMonagle
    Susan Pauly
    Levi Reed


FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2023