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.