Neil A. Kjos Music Company Employee Directory

Book and Periodical PublishingCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

Neil A. Kjos Music Company is a mid-sized educational publisher based in San Diego, California. Founded in 1936, it began as a sheet music service and evolved into a publisher and distributor of choral and band curricula, serving music teachers and students with structured educational materials. The company's catalog includes works associated with notable band composers such as Paul Yoder and Forrest Buchtel, reflecting a long-standing emphasis on developing effective music education resources.

The firm expanded from its earlier Park Ridge, Illinois plant to a new facility in San Diego in the mid-1970s, with all operations consolidated there by 1985. Leadership has remained within the Kjos family across generations, moving from founder Neil A. Kjos Sr. to his son Neil A. Kjos Jr., and then to Mark and Tim, who joined in the 1980s and have continued the company's publishing activities. The company sits within the book and periodical publishing industry, focusing on educational music publishing and maintaining a tradition of publishing methods and compositions for teachers and students.

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