[6] In May, 1914, she attended Leopold Auer's summer school at Loschwitz, and though prevented from continuing to study under him, at home in England she spent six years learning from Editha Knocker.
[6] The Annual Register of 1917 wrote that "the arrival of two violinists so capable as Sybil Eaton and Tessie Thomas should assuredly be recorded".
[8] Charles Villiers Stanford, Herbert Howells, Armstrong Gibbs, Pamela Hind O'Malley,[9] and Gerald Finzi all composed pieces for her.
[17] Ralph Vaughan Williams and Steuart Wilson spoke in praise of Eaton's work for music during the war.
In his 1982 autobiography, composer Christopher Le Fleming wrote:For us in Wiltshire, as for so many elsewhere, Sybil Eaton will long be remembered with affection and admiration.
The combination of brilliant and eloquent playing, allied to charm of manner, provided the essential vitamins needed to encourage the often difficult task of getting small isolated instrumental groups ‘off the ground.’ Sybil would offer two or three days and, in exchange for transport and hospitality, play to school and village audiences.