Vilem Sokol

Vilem Sokol (May 22, 1915 – August 19, 2011) was a Czech-American conductor and professor of music at the University of Washington from 1948 to 1985,[1] where he taught violin, viola, conducting, as well as music appreciation classes directed primarily toward non-music majors.

He was the featured soloist with the Seattle Symphony for subscription concerts held March 7 and 8, 1960, performing Harold in Italy by Hector Berlioz.

He returned in 1941 to Oberlin College to pursue graduate work, but was drafted when the United States entered the Second World War.

He served in Miami Beach, Florida, Lincoln, Nebraska and Biloxi, Mississippi.

Sokol was one of the first American teachers to meet Shinichi Suzuki and apply aspects of his teaching method.