Karen Schowalter Cooper is from New Orleans, Louisiana. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in vocal performance from Louisiana State University. She was recruited by the University of Memphis to work towards her Doctorate in Musical Arts in vocal performance as a Hohenberg-Scheidt fellow. Karen is near completion of this degree. She also recently became Level I Orff certified. Karen has performed in Germany, Italy, Israel, and throughout the United States. She was a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and in the Chicago Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. Karen has performed numerous operatic roles as well as oratorio with orchestra. She is alto section leader/soloist with the Rhodes MasterSingers chorale and along with teaching Kindermusik classes, she is the Children’s Music Specialist at Germantown Presbyterian Church, where she leads a children’s choir and Sunday school music. She teaches voice, piano, and guitar lessons at St. George’s Independent School in Germantown and through her private studio, “Make A Joyful Noise!” She enjoys teaching Kindermusik inter-generational classes in Germantown. Karen has been a Certified Kindermusik Educator since 2006.

Katie Hubbard began teaching Kindermusik back in 2006.  She then took a break to join her own children in both preschool and elementary school music.  She’s spent the last 12 years teaching music to elementary aged children.  She has a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Kansas State University and was relicensed in Kindermusik in 2023!  She is a wife to Derrik for the last 26 years and a mom to three grown boys.  She has recently relocated from Southern California and is excited to make Memphis home!  She loves sharing music with children and especially families to keep the music going long after the class has ended!  She loves singing, going for walks, exploring new places and spending time with her family.

Terri Doty’s love for music began with piano lessons at age 6. As a teenager, she served as pianist/organist at a local church. She graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Music Education, and received her Orff Level 3 certification. After teaching K – 6 music in Memphis City Schools for several years, Terri became a stay-at-home mom and homeschooled her three children – Alan, Sarah and Erin. She has been a licensed educator with Kindermusik with Ms. Annette and Friends since 2005. In addition to teaching Kindermusik classes, Terri teaches piano students at her home in Bartlett, and serves as pianist at Leawood East Baptist Church in Cordova.

We welcome Amy back to our staff after several years of living and teaching elsewhere in Tennessee and Kentucky. Amy began teaching Kindermusik in 2004 and has been singing and dancing through life ever since. In addition to teaching young children in music classes, she serves as Pastor of Music and Worship at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Memphis. She has degrees in Church Music from the University of Redlands in California and Southern Methodist University in Dallas. When she is not teaching she enjoys being with family and friends, reading, and being outside with the birds.