Neil A. Kjos Music Company
American music publisher
The Neil A. Kjos Music Company is an American music publisher based in San Diego, California. It has published a large number of books used to teach music, most notably the Standard of Excellence series of books and software.
History
The Neil A. Kjos Music Company was founded by its namesake in Chicago in 1936 as a one-room operation in space rented from the Lyons Band Instrument Company. By 1957, the company had outgrown the premises at Lyons and built a 20,000 square foot plant in Park Ridge, Illinois. Kjos Jr. soon began working for the company after receiving degrees from St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota) and Teachers College, Columbia University (NYC), and serving in the 524th Air Force Band. During his studies, Kjos met Jane Smisor Bastien, future author of the best-selling piano methods around the world. Kjos acquired the title of president when his father, Neil Sr., retired in 1969.
In 1973, Kjos determined that the company should expand to a part of the country with a more reasonable climate.
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