He got his first knowledge of music from the local organist K. Stankevičius. 1884-1889 At the Warsaw Music Institute, he studied organ playing with J. Slivinskis, and compositions with Z. Noskovskis. in 1890 organist and led the choir in Vabalninke, and in 1891 Duke B. Oginskis was invited to Rietava.Since 1892 – Kaunas Archcathedral organist and choir director. in 1892 He established private organist courses in Kaunas and for many years led them, trained organists and choir directors. The courses have been completed by well-known musicians Stasys Šimkus, Julius Štarka, Aleksandras Kačanauskas and many other organists and choirmasters.in 1894 deepened his knowledge of music in Germany, at the Regensburg Higher Church School of Music under F. Haberli and other pedagogues. After returning to Kaunas, he not only worked as an organist and choir director of the Kaunas Cathedral, but also as a professor of choir and choir at the Žemaičiai Priests' Seminary.The bishop of Žemaicai, Mečislovas Paliulionis, entrusted him with the reform of church music. J. Naujalis started this work at the priest's seminary, where he practically introduced future priests to Gregorian chant and church polyphonic music. He reorganized the Archcathedral choir - instead of women's voices, boys were used. The choir began to sing works of religious music by G. Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso and other famous composers.Due to his concern, Lithuanian parish organists began to care more about the promotion of church music, priests began to send their organists to the organist courses of J. Naujalis, and these from 1897. turned into a real school of organists. in 1913 courses were legalized.NaujalisJuozas.jpgin 1899 J. Naujalis organized a secret "Dainas" choir in Kaunas, which later grew into the "Dainas" society. The choir organized May and secret Lithuanian evenings - concerts. 1905 J. Naujalis established the first Lithuanian bookstore in Kaunas (operated until 1912), in 1908 founded the Children's Society and, together with Jonas Kumečius, Jonas Garalevičius - St. Gregory's Organists' Society.He collaborated in the press, signing under the pseudonym Senis vorganiniks. 1909-1911 published the first Lithuanian music publication "The Organist", and in 1913-1914 - calendar. In addition to editing these publications, he also wrote articles, reviews and music reviews. 1909 At the convention of the Lithuanian Science Society, he was elected to the commission for selecting song melodies.During the First World War, he lived in Švenčionis and Vilnius. He worked as a music teacher at "Ryto" Lithuanian gymnasium, organized a choir. in 1916 returned to Kaunas. For some time he taught music at the "Saulė" high school, worked as an organist at the Kaunas Cathedral, and gave concerts.in 1919 founded a private music school, which in 1920 nationalized. Until 1927 was the director and teacher of this school since 1933. - Professor at Kaunas Conservatory, taught liturgy, choir and organ.in 1924 was the organizer and leader of the first all-Lithuanian song festival. conductor, 1928 and 1930 - the conductor of all Lithuanian song festivals.As a virtuoso organist, he performed many concerts in Kaunas, and in 1922 with violinist Mečislov Leškevičius - and in the USA: Boston, Brooklyn, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and elsewhere. In America, he collected donations for the Society of Lithuanian Artists - he was its treasurer, he visited the Union of Organists.To J. Naujalius, the first Lithuanian musician in 1933. awarded the title of professor. in 1934 elected an honorary member of ALRK Organists' and other musicians' unions.
