June Boyce-Tillman

Biography

JUNE BOYCE-TILLMAN, Professor of Applied Music at University College, Winchester read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She pioneered work in introducing composing activities into the classroom and completed a PhD at the Institute of Education entitled Towards a model of the musical development of children. The results of this research have been translated into Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese and Polish and she has lectured, given papers and led workshops in many parts of the world, including Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the US.

JUNE has a particular interest in Music and Theology including Religious Education and regularly writes and takes workshops linking these areas together. She has done pioneering work in Interfaith dialogue, writing articles and speaking on interfaith and intercultural links in Britain and abroad. This has led to the establishment of the Field of World Musics at King Alfred's College, Winchester.

She has written and spoken on women's role in church music and music in general, encouraging the promotion of music by women and holding workshops for women on composing. Her research is into the medieval abbess, Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) and she is founder of the Hildegard Network which stretches over three continents and is concerned with bringing together the areas of healing, the arts and theology.

One woman performances concerning medieval women mystics, each lasting approximately one hour fortyfive minutes and requiring a piano. All the performances include storytelling and the Hildegard evening includes a lecture. The fortyfive minute meditations that end each performance can be given separately.

SINGING THE MYSTERY
An evening with Hildegard of Bingen. This includes Hildegard's music and a circle dance and other original music inspired by her writing.

IN LOVE ENCLOSED
An evening with Julian of Norwich. This includes original dance and music inspired by Mother Julian's words.

THE GIFT OF TEARS
An evening with Margery Kempe. This includes original music and dance inspired by her words.

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Exiles - 1996 Music theatre piece for small orchestra (2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, piano and percussion) ten soloists, including a folk guitarist, chorus, children's chorus and audience participation. (Version for keyboard and percussion available) Duration: 2 hours Hildegard of Bingen - A Life Apart - 1996 Music theatre piece for soprano and piano. Duration 45 minutes Postcards - 1996 Clarinet and piano. Duration 15 minutes A Meditation with Julian of Norwich - 1996 Piano pieces with readings, song and dance. Duration: 45 minutes Celtic Blessing - 1996 Setting of a traditional text for soprano and piano. Duration: 2 minutes Healing - 1996 Piece for soprano and double bass using Celtic and Babylonian texts and a Hildegard antiphon. Duration: 10 minutes Anointing the Wounds -1996 Piece for solo piano based on Hildegard antiphon. Duration: 10 minutes The Healing of the Earth - 1997 A piece for 6 instruments (2 high, 2 middle, 2 low) and improvising groups. Duration: 90 minutes A Meditation with Hildegard of Bingen - 1992 (cassette tape) Duration: 45 minutes The Call of the Ancestors - 1998 For choir and improvising groups. Two alternative scorings - SATB choir and brass or SSA choir and piano (with optional brass) Duration: 20 minutes The Beautiful Perfumes of Goodness - 1998 Flute, alto flute, clarinet, 'cello Duration: 8 minutes Weaving a Fragrance - 1998 Oboe Duration: 5 minutes Strengthening Love - 1998 PIano Duration: 6 minutes Greening Force - 1998 Organ Duration: 5 minutes
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Singing the Mystery A Life Apart Anointing the Wounds The Lord's Prayer Give Thou to me, O God Healing	Voice of Experience A journey through life expressed in song many of these songs can be found in the publications In Praise of All-encircling Love Volumes I and II

The workshops involve the participants in music making and are of flexible length, varying from 2 hours to a whole weekend. It is helpful if participants can bring musical instruments (which can be simple percussion or of a more sophisticated type from any culture) and if an additional supply can be available from a local source.

Musicking the Mystery
on the relationship between music and spirituality

The Rhythms of Healing
on the relationship of music and healing

Releasing the Musician Within
on realising personal musical creativity

Educating the Musician Within
on music and education

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Keynote address for Alister Hardy/MCU conference – The God experience – who has it and why?	2004
Inaugural Professorial Lecture	2000
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New Orbit	1972
New Horizons (Editor)	1974
Exploring Sound (Stainer & Bell)	1976
The Galliard Book of Carols (Editor)	1980
32 Galliard Spirituals (Editor)	1982
Kokoleoko	1983
Ms Macaroni (Macmillan)	1985
Forty Music Games to Make and Play	1983
The Oxford Assembly Book (Editor) (Oxford University Press)	1990
The Christmas Search (Editor) (Cambridge University Press)	1990
Light the Candles (Editor) (Cambridge University Press)	1991
Who are you looking for? (Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women)	1988
Greenwood (Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women)	1990
Broken Silence (Composer) (Women in Theology)	1992
In Praise of All-Encircling Love (Hymns and Songs in Inclusive Language) (Hildegard Press and the Association for Inclusive Language)	1992
In Praise of All-Encircling Love 2 (Hymns, songs and liturgical pieces in Inclusive Language) (Hildegard Press and the Association for Inclusive Language)	1994
Singing the Mystery - Liturgical Pieces by Hildegard of Bingen	1994
Reflecting Praise (Editor) (Stainer & Bell and Women in Theology)	1993