Kerry Weber

She Taught Him Everything He Knows — 30 Years Later, He Still Plays

Toby Epperson, now 42 and living in Ponca City, Oklahoma, still sits down at the piano. The reason, he says, goes back to one teacher: Kerry Weber. That kind of decades-long impact is rare, and it surfaces repeatedly across Weber's reviews — students and parents describing not just technical progress, but a relationship with music that outlasts the lessons themselves.

Weber's background spans nearly half a century of music education. She earned her Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Kansas in 1978 and has since taught in Kansas, Oklahoma, Delaware, and Pennsylvania — both privately and in public and private school settings from Pre-K through high school. She holds National Certification from the Music Teachers National Conference, and her private piano instruction alone accounts for more than 44 years of experience. She currently teaches in Lincoln University, PA, and also offers online lessons.

What stands out in the reviews is not just longevity with individual students, but how often families send multiple children to her — and keep them there. Kim Casale of Hockessin enrolled her daughter in first grade, both sons at the end of kindergarten, and has a fourth child lined up to start after kindergarten. Susan Jackson-Walker from Wilmington notes that between her son and daughter, her family accumulated roughly ten years of lessons with Weber in total. These aren't one-semester arrangements; they're sustained, multi-year commitments that families renew again and again.

Weber incorporates recitals and piano competitions into her students' experience — structured performance milestones that give children something concrete to work toward. Casale calls the yearly recital 'always something to look forward to,' describing it as the moment families see how much students have grown. Courtney from Elkton notes that her daughters participate in both competitions and recitals, calling them 'great experiences for the children.' For students who started as young as kindergarten, these public performances represent a meaningful progression from first lessons to the stage.

Students describe Weber in specific, personal terms. One child told her mother that 'Mrs. Weber is nice, funny and always asks about my day.' Linda Coleman of Lincoln University noted that Weber's genuine care for her students' lives was 'as important to me as the solicited instruction.' These observations point to a teaching environment where the relationship between teacher and student extends beyond technique — something that may explain why so many families stay for years, and why at least one former student, decades removed from his childhood lessons in Oklahoma, is still playing.

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