June Boyce-Tillman

June Barbara Boyce-Tillman MBE (born 1943) is a prominent UK academic specialising in music, spirituality and theology, particularly women's role in church music. She is Professor of Applied music at the University of Winchester and was ordained as a deacon of the Church of England in 2006.

Academic work

Professor Boyce-Tillman read music at St Hugh's College, Oxford, Oxford University, before completing a PhD at the Institute of Education. Her doctorate on the development of children's musical creativity was widely published nationally and internationally. Her work includes research on Hildegard of Bingen and many articles on interfaith dialogue. She is the founder of the Hildegard Network.

Performances and compositions

Professor Boyce-Tillman has performed one-person shows combining music and story-telling across the world and is a composer of religious music. Her compositions and recordings include The Healing of The Earth (1997) and Hildegard of Bingen - A Life Apart (1996). In March 2008, June conducted the Southern Sinfonia at the Anvil concert hall in Basingstoke, for the premier of her new piece Step Into The Picture. This was a collaboration between the University of Winchester, Southern Sinfonia and Hampshire County Council.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

Selection of published works

• Unconventional Wisdom, 2007
• The Creative Spirit, 2000
• Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds that Sing, 2000
• Singing the Mystery - Liturgical Pieces by Hildegard of Bingen, 1994
• In Praise of All-Encircling Love, 1992
• The Oxford Assembly Book, (Editor), 1990

External links

• Professor Boyce-Tillman's entry on the University of Winchester website
• Boyce-Tillman's profile on Impulse-Music.com
• Biographical note on the website of the Faith, Spirituality and Social Change conference series