Dr. Chadwick Kamei

Dr. Chadwick Kamei is the Director of Bands, Fine Arts Department Head, and Music Learning Center Coordinator at Pearl City High School in Pearl City, Hawaii. He is also the director of the Nāulu Winds of the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu, which is a community-based ensemble. Under his direction, the Nāulu Winds performed at the 2024 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and was the first community band from Hawaiʻi to ever play at this prestigious event. Dr. Kamei earned his Doctor of Musical Arts from Boston University and received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Music Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Dr. Kamei is a Conn Selmer Educational Clinician and has adjudicated and guest conducted at numerous festivals around the US. He is currently a member of the Revelli Composition Committee and IDEA committee for the National Band Association. He holds memberships in the American School Band Directors Association, National Band Association, and the Oahu Band Directors Association. Dr. Kamei is a Legion Laureate of the John Philip Sousa Legion of Honor and in 2016 was elected to membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, considered to be one of the highest honors given in the wind band profession.