Classes filling quickly! Enroll today.

Kageki Nagao

Music Notes Icon for USDAN Summer Music Camp

Kageki Nagao

Lead Teacher, Music

Music

Kageki Nagao

Dr. Kageki Nagao started working at Usdan as a double bass lead teacher and a chamber music coach in 2008. He has been a director of orchestras since 2014. Kageki is a director of the string department of Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School. Graduated from Juilliard School and Stony Brook University, Kageki is active as a soloist, orchestra and chamber musician. Kageki was chosen by Leonard Bernstein to serve as principal bass for the Schleswig- Holstein Festival Orchestra. As a conductor, Kageki lead the SCMEA Division III East Festival Orchestra in March 2018. Kageki lives with his wife Jeanine (also a Usdan teacher) and four cats named Yuki, Miki, Kojiro and Taheiji.

Seasonal Faculty