Maurice Clark McAdow (17 November 1904 in Greenville, Illinois – 20 August 2001 in Denton, Texas) was an American conductor, trumpeter, and music educator (with high proficiency on woodwinds) who served as director of bands at the University of North Texas College of Music for 29 years, from fall 1945 to spring 1975.
[1] The concert bands under his direction were acclaimed for performing a wide repertoire that exhibited advanced levels of musicianship commensurate with a major music school.
Secondary education Founder of bands Educator at the university level In the mid-1920s, McAdow studied with: Beginning in 1930 he spent eight years of intensive study of the woodwinds, trombone, and percussion with symphony artists.
He studied with: McAdow received a bachelor's degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1939, was a conducting pupil of Ralph Lyford, Alfred Hicks,[6] and, from 1943 to 1944, Russian conductor Nicolai Malko.
His son, Scott (born 1954), is a secondary school music educator in Texas.