There he led the first orchestra for two years under Clarence Raybould and played concertos at several 'end of term' concerts.
[3] In 1950, he spent ten months in Paris having lessons from George Enescu (to whom he acknowledged his greatest debt), and appeared as soloist, including a concerto under Roger Désormière.
[1] Maguire helped to found the Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Neville Marriner in 1959, and became closely associated with its work at the solo violin desk.
His pre-eminence as a teacher and pedagogue for soloists and chamber music ensemble groups was also then developing.
[13] Maguire became leader of the Allegri Quartet in 1968[14] with David Roth, Patrick Ireland and Bruno Schrecker.
2 (1975) to him, first performed by the Allegri Quartet in Dublin Castle in June 1976, with the British premiere three days later at Snape Maltings, as part of the Aldeburgh Festival.