Terence MacDonagh

[2] In 1926 he joined the Scottish Orchestra, and quickly moved to the British National Opera Company, with which he played from 1926 to 1929.

[2] When Adrian Boult was assembling the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1930, MacDonagh was recruited as its cor anglais player.

The RPO became celebrated for its team of woodwind principals, in which MacDonagh was joined by Jack Brymer (clarinet), Gwydion Brooke (bassoon) and Gerald Jackson (flute).

[2] From 1945 to 1978 MacDonagh was professor of oboe at the Royal College of Music; his students included Neil Black, Anthony Camden,[7] Roy Carter, Sarah Francis,[8] Edwin Roxburgh and John Warrack.

He is credited by the oboist Geoffrey Burgess with introducing a lasting French influence into English oboe playing.