Our Team
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Destiny Ann Mermagen, Founder & President
Founder, Artistic Director and President of Prairie Classical, Destiny Ann Mermagen, aka Classical Cowgirl, is Classically Trained and Fiddle Raised, Playing Everything from Bach to Barn Burners™!
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Michael Mermagen, Vice President
Artist-Faculty at the Aspen Music Festival and School and Professor of Cello at UMKC Conservatory, ‘cellist Michael Mermagen has enjoyed a dynamic career as a performing artist and teacher.
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Kathy Stepp, Director
Founder of Stepp & Rothwell, Kathy Stepp, lead Kansas City Ballet’s Board as president. Her term covered both the 2017-2018 60th Anniversary Season, as well as, this 2018-2019 Season when Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz had its world premiere.
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Dr. Loren Whittaker, Director
Manager and Founder of Whittaker Fine Art Appraisals LLC & Adjunct Lecturer at Kansas City Art Institute
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Grace M. Holmes, Director
Grace M. Holmes is Director of the Kansas City Ballet School and former soloist of San Francisco Ballet & Birmingham Royal Ballet.
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Ghaith Noaiseh, MD
Ghaith Noaiseh, MD, is Associate Professor of Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology for The University of Kansas Medical Center.