William Kossler received BM (1980) and MM (1984) degrees in Guitar Performance from the University of South Carolina as a student of Christopher Berg. In l985 Mr. Kossler was awarded a Rotary International Grant for one year of study with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki and Mr. Toshio Takahashi at the Talent Education Institute in Japan. After graduating from the Institute he helped found the Suzuki Association of the Americas Guitar Committee. Mr. Kossler is a co-author of the Suzuki Guitar Method and he serves on the Guitar Committee of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.

In addition to teaching a private Suzuki Guitar program in Winston Salem, Mr. Kossler teaches with the Davie County Public Schools. He conducts workshops in Suzuki-based guitar pedagogy around the U.S. and internationally and is on the Performing Artists Roster of the North Carolina Arts Council. His wife Lauren, a violinist, performs with the Winston-Salem Symphony and teaches privately. The Kosslers have three boys, Adam (24) working as a graduate assistant towards a Masters Degree in guitar performance at Appalachian State University, Sam (21) at the Savannah School of Art and Design, and John (17) an 12th grader at the North Carolina School of the Arts High School, all of whom play guitar. The family performs together occasionally.