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JUNE BOYCE-TILLMAN - COMPOSER |
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JUNE BOYCE-TILLMAN - COMPOSER |
| Biography |
| THE REV DR JUNE BOYCE-TILLMAN, MBE,
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. June is now Professor of Applied Music at The University of Winchester and ordained in the Anglican Church. She has written a great deal on music and peace making particularly in the area of interfaith dialogue. She received an MBE for her services to Music and Education in the birthday honors list in 2008. |
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| 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 IN LOVE ENCLOSED THE GIFT OF TEARS CELTIC TWILIGHT: St Hilda of Whitby A
TANGLED TRUTH: Mary of Magdala LUNACY OR THE PURSUIT OF
THE GODDESS JUGGLING:
A question of identity ENFOLDED
IN LOVE |
| Events during 2012 |
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Celtic
Twilight
Jan 25th 6.30-8 at the London Centre for Spirituality |
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explores St Hilda’s story, drawing on the accounts of the Venerable
Bede and the work of medieval scholars.
The songs are mostly versifications of Celtic texts. The overall
pattern is based on the wave pattern of Gabrielle Roth’s Drumming the
five Rhythms. The piece
falls into five sections and the audience is involved in moving, singing
and creating sounds. It
starts with water which flows freely.
This is linked with her birth.
This leads to fire which is sharp and piercing at her conversion
in adolescence approaches. It
is linked with her energy in founding and running three religious
houses. Earth represents the
descent into chaos which for Hild was at the Synod of Whitby when she
lost the battle to retain the indigenous traditions of Celtic
Christianity. Roman
uniformity prevails and she had to accept it.
She did not turn her community into dissenters like Bishop Colman.
Her work at Whitby in nurturing and teaching is linked with the
lightness of the air. Her
final illness leads here to the silent place of death. Thus Hild’s
story is used in this one-woman presentation as a way of illuminating
issues in the contemporary world (particularly the valuing of diversity)
and exploring our own inner spirituality. |
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London Centre for Spirituality The Church of St Edmund the King Lombard Street London EC3V 9EA Telephone 020 7621 1391 info@ spiritualitycentre.org |
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Space
for Peace Jan 26th
Winchester cathedral |
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this space you will hear a variety of choral sounds, mixing and
merging from a wide range of sources within our community. Taking
place on Holocaust Memorial Day, these will include sounds from a wide
variety of faiths and religions as well as from secular sources. |
| Each choir will bring its own contribution to peace making. Those who come and listen can experience space and time as they wish to light candles, to pray, to escape, to reflect, to be inspired. |
| Donations in aid of St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. Contact Vicky.Feldwick@winchester.ac.uk |
| http://www.spaceforpeace.8k.com/ |
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The
Myth of the Titanic Feb
4th 11am Central hall, Southampton |
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Part
of SPLASH concert for families |
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A new piece for choir and
orchestra commissioned by Southampton City Orchestra |
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This piece approaches
the story as a myth about human hubris and arrogance which thinks that
certain parts of the human species can aspire to conquer other races
and the natural world. It is based on a song from the black
community in the US and in the end follows the eco-theologians in
relating the story to current ecological issues. |
| Unconventional Wisdom |
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Feb
8th Digby Stuart College, Roehampton University |
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Public
Lecture in the Duchesne Building. 6pm. |
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Contact
Robert Kaggwa.R.Kaggwa@roehampton.ac.uk |
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The
Arts and the Big Society: Sticking Plaster or Resistance? The Politics
of Arts Interventions in Health Contexts’ |
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Research
seminar on the Arts and Well-being University of Winchester Wednesday
29th February, 5.30-7.30pm |
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Organised
by the Centre for Research in the Arts as Wellbeing, this seminar
involves arts practitioners and academics in the University and local
healthcare professionals in an exploration and discussion of the `arts
and wellbeing’ in the contemporary socio-economic context. |
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[For
further details and to attend, please contact Elizabeth.Scott-Hall@winchester.ac.uk] |
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Song
of the Earth
March 27th 7.30pm Winchester cathedral |
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Song
of the Earth is an especially composed piece and
will be performed by primary and secondary school pupils from schools
in the wider Winchester area. Themes of ecology, diversity and
communication linked both to Olympic values and the celebration of our
common culture and global connectivity. The piece makes a strong
statement about our relationships with our planet and to each other,
and is a fitting testament to our celebration of 2012, of The
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Year. Hampshire Music Service, the
University of Winchester, Southern Sinfonia and other partners will be
pleased to welcome our audience to this great and joyous celebration. |
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FoundationMusic@winchester.ac.uk |
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The River is Flowing |
| Wherwell Pageant the Priory, Wherwell near Andover May 12th 5.30 |
| In May 2012 a new creative, musical pageant is planned, The River is flowing, to celebrate the history of Wherwell Abbey, from past to future. It is directed by Rev Professor June Boyce Tillman assisted by Professor Mary Grey, (an Honorary Professor also linked with the University) and an enthusiastic team from Wherwell, including its Vicar, Revd Juliet Montague. It will be staged partly in the grounds of Wherwell Priory, (by kind permission from its owners) processing into the Church itself. The music, its central feature, including traditional, folk and contemporary elements, will be sung by children from Wherwell School, the Wherwell singers, the Spotlight Singers (Andover), the folk trio – Craig -Morgan-Robson - and the Andover Town Band. The story will be narrated by the River Woman and the Green Man. It will move from the emergence of the river itself to the founding of the Abbey by Queen Elfrida and its heyday under the guidance of the Abbesses Matilda and Euphemia – not forgetting the legend of the cockatrice in the cellar! After the destruction of the Abbey – “The earth reclaims the abbey” – all process to the Church, where past, present and future meet. After honouring the effigy of Abbess Euphemia and singing a variety of music including a hymn for the sovereign by John Tavener, we will end with the river flowing into the future. |
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In Love Enclosed –Julian of Norwich |
| 6.30 pm at St Martin’s Church , Epsom 27th May |
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An
exploration of the life and writings of Julian of Norwich through story,
song, meditation and original piano pieces.
The Revd Dr June Boyce-Tillman, MBE, is Professor of Applied
Music at the University of Winchester and an honorary Chaplain to
Winchester Cathedral, a composer and a hymn-writer |
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Diamond
Jubilee Concert in Winchester cathedral Nov 17th
7.30pm
with the Southern Sinfonia
and other community groups |
| Events during 2011 |
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January 27th Space
for Peace Interfaith event in |
| February 8th Norwich Cathedral Enfolded in Love A pageant celebrating Julian of Norwich for 150 children, orchestra and soloists. 7pm. Tickets from The Julian Centre centre@friendsofjulian.org.uk 01603 767380 |
| March 10th Crew Hall, Winchester Hope in the Community |
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April 8th-10th Music and Peace. At the Ammerdown Centre. The
Ammerdown Centre, Radstock, Explorations through practical workshops. |
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May
14th Lunacy or the Pursuit of the Goddess. Performance for
Renewal Arts. The Theatre, Initiatives of Change, |
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May 15th A conference on English
Folk Song and Community Choirs. Cecil Sharp House, |
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May
21st 11-4, Exploring Women Mystics. Hildegard and Bingen and Julian of |
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June 24th Performance of Exploring Wisdom – a musical celebration of the two hundredth
anniversary of the National Society for education.
Large choir and orchestra. This
celebrates the Church of England’s society responsible for founding
many church schools). |
| Events during 2010 |
| Wednesday 27th
January, |
| Monday 1st
February Unconventional Wisdom.
Lecture for William Temple Association, |
| Thursdays Feb 4th,
11th, 18th, 25th 10am at the Community
of the Sisters of the Church, St Michael’s Convent, Ham Common. Unconventional Wisdom. Open hour lectures with discussion.
Contact St Michael’s Convent, 56, Ham Common, |
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Tuesday
2nd March Step into
the Picture 200 children, Southern Sinfonia, soloists.
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Wednesday
10th March Step into
the Picture 200 children, Southern Sinfonia, soloists Southwark
cathedral |
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September11-12th.
Weekend of music and ecology in |
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September 24-5. Hildegard of Bingen: An ecology of creativity. The Hildegard lecture at Holy Rood House - 01845-522580. Also including workshops and a performance of Singing the Mystery: Hildegard of Bingen on September 25th at 3pm |
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Friday
25th September Hildegard
lecture Holy Rood House, Thirsk, |
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Saturday
26th September Singing
the mystery Performance based on Hildegard of Bingen St
Oswald’s, Church Sowerby, Yorkshire. Holy Rood House, |
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October 24th Singing
the mystery – exploring church music across the centuries’
Choirs from the |
| November 21st Vagabonds at St James Piccadilly. Session on Mary of Magdala following morning service at 11. |
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November 28th Interfaith Act of
Sharing: An Attitude of Gratitude,
2.30-4.30 |
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December
4th. The Spirituality of Music. 11-4. A day exploring it in theory and in
practice.
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Dec 7th- 14th Workshops
in |
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Dec 9th performance of Singing the Mystery: Hildegard of Bingen as part of the Spirituality
at Work conference in |
| Click on the highlighted titles to view a page of the score. | |
| 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 Postcards - 1996 Celtic Blessing - 1996 Healing - 1996 Anointing the Wounds -1996 The Healing of the Earth - 1997 (cassette tape) Duration: 45 minutes The Call of the Ancestors - 1998 The Beautiful Perfumes of Goodness - 1998 Oboe Duration: 5 minutes Strengthening Love - 1998 Greening Force - 1998 Enfolded in Love - A celebration
of Julian of Norwich Weaving Wisdom's Way - A celebration
of ST Ethelfleda Step into the Picture Between The Wisdom of King Alfred Rooted in a Garden
(Anthem) The Wessex Suite (Powerful
Hope, Saxon Twilight, The Way through the Woods) |
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click on the sleeve to hear a sample |
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Singing the Mystery |
Voice of Experience |
| 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 The Rhythms of Healing Releasing the Musician Within Educating the Musician Within |
| Click on the highlighted titles to read the full lecture. | |
| Keynote address for Alister Hardy/MCU conference – The God experience – who has it and why? | 2004 |
| Inaugural Professorial Lecture | 2000 |
| Click on the highlighted titles to view a page of the score. | |
| 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 |
| Reflecting Praise (Editor) (Stainer & Bell and Women in Theology) | 1993 |
| In Praise of All-Encircling Love 2 (Hymns, songs and liturgical pieces in Inclusive Language) (Hildegard Press and the Association for Inclusive Language) | 1994 |
| 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 |
| A Rainbow to Heaven - A collection of her own hymns, songs and chants (London: Stainer & Bell) | 2006 |
| Unconventional Wisdom (London: Equinox) | 2007 |
| For further information on any of these areas and
activities, please contact:
Rev Dr June Boyce-Tillman, MBE Professor of Applied Music University of Winchester |
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