KHS America Welcomes Bartoshesky as Education Relations Coordinator

Jessica Bartoshesky recently joined KHS America to fill the newly created role of educator relations coordinator.  She will be working with the Marketing Department to help guide and spearhead marketing initiatives for music educators.  By understanding music education trends, music education forums and programs, Jessica will focus on creating and strengthening partnerships with the music education community. In addition, Jessica will help to deliver the KHS America objective of being a true “advocate for music for all”.

Bartoshesky earned her Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance from Bridgewater College (Bridgewater, Virginia) in 1998.  She also studied for a jazz performance certificate at Berklee College of Music (Boston, Massachusetts).  While obtaining her degree, Jessica taught private saxophone, piano and music theory, and continued to do so through her tenure with Music& Arts.

During her tenure at Music and Arts she managed retail stores in the North East and then transitioned into the educational side of the business becoming an Educational Representative servicing school districts in those 4 states.  During this time she helped develop and refine school recruitment techniques, as well as work with schools and districts in her territory that were threatened for cutbacks and dissolution. 

To coincide with her passion for helping music programs in peril, Bartoshesky began working with the Light up the Queen Foundation, based in Wilmington, DE.  Working closely with the Foundation’s Executive Director, to coordinate used instrument drives that provided schools in need hundreds of instruments.  

“I look forward to transitioning with my family to Mount Juliet, TN” states Jessica. “As the Education Relations Coordinator, I am excited to continue KHS America’s effort to support music educators in all ways possible”.

"We are extremely excited to have Jessica join the KHS America team" states Michael Robinson, director of Marketing for KHS America.  "She brings a strong understanding of the needs of Music Educators and the workings of the music industry from the retail perspective that will help us deliver the kind of support to school music programs that they truly need.  She'll be a huge advocate and asset for the Educator community."