June Boyce-Tillman read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She has been active in the areas of music education, in particular the introduction of composing activities in schools and the establishment of World Musics at King Alfred's University College. She has been Project Officer for an EEC intercultural project, has done pioneering work in interfaith dialogue in South London. Her work has been published internationally, and she has lectured all over the world. She is also involved in liturgical music, composing much religious music including hymns, and is Founder of the Hildegard Network which is concerned with bringing together the fields of healing, the arts and theology. At present she is Reader in Community and Performing Arts at King Alfred's University College, Winchester.