Music Lessons

Zoe Johnson was born and raised in Memphis to a musically gifted family. Johnson is a professional musician and teacher and has been studying the violin for 12 years. Johnson is a recent graduate from Austin Peay State University with a Major in Music. With an immense passion for the youth, Johnson worked closely alongside her brother, the youth pastor at her church and head of the youth department. Johnson has worked as a summer camp counselor with different companies, such as the YMCA. During his time as a college student in Clarksville, she has worked with the Clarksville Youth Orchestra. She has also worked with local music programs such as Prizm and Summer at the Scheidt with the University of Memphis. Johnson has taught violin and viola to students whose ages range from kindergarten to mature adulthood. By the end of summer 2023, she would have an official certification in teaching Violin and Viola Suzuki Training Basic Units 1-2. Her favorite activities as a musician are to street-perform, arrange, improvise, and sing. When Johnson is not playing music, she likes to take long walks and trail.

Availability

Summer - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 3-5:30, or until store closes

Michael Love teaches all styles of guitar playing at our Germantown location. He is a retired Chemistry and Physics teacher with a master’s degree. He has taught music in many of the surrounding churches including Central church and Germantown Baptist church. He was also a songwriter for Al Jolson Black & White Music, BMI in Nashville.

Allen Rippe, retired University of Memphis saxophone professor, teaches all ages at our Germantown location.

Will Lang is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and educator in Memphis. He has been teaching guitar, bass, and piano for over a decade, both privately and at the collegiate level. He studied guitar at the University of Memphis, where he earned a Master of Music in Jazz and Studio Performance. In 2021, he released space/time, a collection of his own compositions. In addition to leading his own bands, Will enjoys working as a sideman and accompanist. He teaches at our Germantown location.

Linda Warren teaches piano at our Germantown location. She is a highly educated pianist and music educator with degrees from Rhodes College and the U of Memphis with years of experience teaching middle and elementary school. She values being patient with her students and enjoys helping them progress.

David Lay teaches guitar at Lane Music Germantown and Circle Music Center locations.

Ginger Hendrick studied piano at University of Memphis under Dr. Caroline Fruchtman and completed her student teaching in music. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (music education /piano) with hours for a minor in music theory. An enthusiastic teacher, Ms. Hendrick taught kindergarten through 12th grade music classes. She maintains a full schedule of students, in addition to performing with churches and orchestras. Ginger enjoys teaching piano lessons for all ages at our Germantown location. Her availability is Monday-Friday.

Dr. Sabrina Laney Warren is an accomplished teacher and performer with nearly 20 years of

experience. She teaches all styles of music and most ages. Dr. Warren’s students are dynamic performers and have won prizes at NATS, the Beethoven Club Young Artist Competition, and the Orpheus Vocal competition to name a few. Her students have post graduate success studying Opera at Loyola University and the University of Houston, and studying Musical Theater at The Institute of American Musical Theater in New York. 

Dr. Warren has served on the faculty at Belmont University, Union University, and Bethel. She currently serves as President of the Memphis Chapter of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing). Originally from Nashville, TN, Dr. Warren received her B.A. in Music from Wesleyan College in Macon, GA. She returned to Nashville where she studied at Belmont University earning an M.M. in Vocal Performance and an M.M. in Vocal Pedagogy with supplemental training at the Bill Wilkerson Voice Center at Vanderbilt University. Her DMA is from the University of Memphis in Voice Performance with specialized studies in Musicology. Dr. Warren’s publication “Dramatic Stories in an Intimate Setting” volumes 1-3, featuring the art songs of composer Rachel DeVore Fogarty is available for purchase on Amazon.com and her album “Space to be Lonely” is available on Spotify and all streaming platforms. Dr. Warren has additional performance training from the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria and the International Vocal Arts Institute in Montreal, Quebec.

On the performance stage Dr. Warren has been praised as a “powerful and finely nuanced soprano” (Rhein-Neckar Zeitung) with “seemingly unlimited vocal possibilities,” (Augsburger Allgemeine). With international acclaim, Dr. Warren has performed opera, concert, and oratorio works throughout North America and Europe. Internationally, she has performed as a guest artist with the Festival Durance Luberon in France, the Eutiner Festspiele in Germany, the Deutsche-Amerikan Musik Fest in Germany, and the Differdange International Festival in Luxembourg. On the operatic stage Dr. Warren has been praised as a “standout” (The Tennessean) and applauded for “her ample and open voice with affecting directness” (Pittsburgh Tribune Review). Additional awards and recognition include, District Winner and Eastern Region Finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York. In addition to her classical performing, Dr. Warren is an award willing Jazz and Musical Theater performer.