Born and raised in Airedale, the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Maud studied singing at an early age and was chorister and soloist in local churches until the family emigrated to the US in 1948.

He has studied composition in Germany (Hochschule für Musik, Munich 1956–7)) and America with Dominic Argento, Paul Fetler, Harald Genzmer, Carl Orff, Leroy Robertson, Leo Sowerby and others.

The last of these concerts--'Music from Papal Avignon'.--was presented to the National Conference of the Medieval Academy of America held in Minneapolis, April 2003.

Beginning in 1995 an association with St John on Bethnal Green Festival, London, resulted in composition of six secular song sets for solo/choir/strings and keyboard: Other works composed for this venue include: Most of Maud's religious compositions were written for St Clement's Episcopal Church, St Paul, Minnesota, they include: Chamber works include: A sole work for the stage, 'Masque of the Resurrection', was performed at the University Episcopal Center, University of Minnesota, 1966 For the Concentus Musicus Minnesota programs Maud made over fifty arrangements of dances and Minnesinger and troubadour songs, and transcribed many polyphonic works from manuscript.

He has presented workshops in Renaissance music performance in America and Europe, including 2 weeks in Latvia in 2005 with Mara Marnauza at Rigas Pedagogias Augstskola and with Ilze Valce at the Liepāja Academy of Pedagogy funded by the U.S. State Department.