Kazys Daugėla began studying music at the Priekulė Children's Music School, in A. Radzevičius' clarinet class. He graduated from Klaipėda St. Šimkus Higher Music School, in K. Biliūnas' oboe class, in 1979, and from the Lithuanian State Conservatory (now LMTA), in E. Piličiauskas' oboe and A. Kalinauskas' orchestral conducting classes, in 1984. Kazys privately studied composition with Professor Eduardas Balsys. His music studies helped Kazimieras to deepen his understanding of orchestral music specificity, scores, orchestration, arrangement, and the secrets of composition. In 1991, he received a Soros Foundation scholarship and attended masterclasses at the Royal College of Music in Manchester. Kazys further developed his knowledge and skills in orchestral arrangement and conducting while interning in the Netherlands in 1993, and while interning in the Royal Navy's brass band in Great Britain in the same year. In 2001, he had the opportunity to enrich his arrangement experience by interning at Rundel Publishing (Germany), and in 2006, at De Haske (Netherlands). Since 1986, Kazys has been a lecturer at the LMTA conducting department, and since 2012, he has been an assistant professor at the LMTA. He also worked as a professor of instrumentation and conducting at the Tallat-Kelpša Conservatory in Vilnius from 1987 to 2011, and was the conductor and arranger of the VPIO "Trimitas" from 1983 to 2013. Kazys Daugėla conducted over 400 concerts for the "Trimitas" Wind Orchestra, preparing over 50 programs featuring his own original or arranged compositions. He was recognized with 1st place at the Leeuwardeno Tattoo International Festival (Netherlands 2000) and 2nd place at the International Orchestral Championship in Giulianova (Italy 2006). He also left an impressive legacy of over 700 musical compositions, arrangements, orchestrations, and editions. The majority of his work consists of compositions for wind orchestras. Kazys Daugėla's work has been awarded numerous prizes in professional mastery competitions.
