Harold Aks (November 1, 1921, Yonkers, New York – June 30, 2000, Canada)[1] was an American conductor and music educator.
His brothers-in-law were humorist Sam Levenson and artist Michael Lenson.
[citation needed] Aks studied music at Brooklyn College until World War II interrupted his education, and he became a weatherman for the Army Air Corps in India.
After the war he entered the Juilliard School, where he studied choral conducting with Pierre Monteux and Robert Shaw.
He then joined the staff of the Dalton School in 1949, where he taught music and conducted choirs for almost 50 years.