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Education
Ph.D. (Musicology) New York University, M.A. (Musicology) NYU; M.A. (Theology) Washington Theological Union, Washington, D.C., M.M. (Piano) Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; B.Mus. (Piano) McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; B.A. (French) McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Area of Specialization
Medieval Music, Chant, Liturgy
Courses Taught
Music History Introduction; History of Opera; Basic Musicianship; Sight-Singing and Ear Training; Basic Keyboard; Piano Lab; 19th-Century Music; Music before 1600; and The Mass and its Music
Biography
Fr. Boyce is a member of the Carmelite Order. In addition to his studies in musicology he studied piano under Charles Reiner at McGill, Thomas Mastroianni at Catholic University and privately with Beveridge Webster of the Juilliard faculty. His particular research interests are the later Medieval Latin liturgy and its manuscripts, particularly of the Carmelite Order and of the diocese of Salamanca, Spain.
Selected Publications
Praising God in Carmel, Studies in Carmelite Liturgy. Washington, D.C.: The Carmelite Institute, 1999. Reviewed in Speculum 76 (2001), 1007-1008 [James Borders].
Officium Presentationis Beate Virginis Marie in Templo, Office of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is Celebrated on the 21st Day of November, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS latin 17330, fols. 7r-14r. Introduction, Edition and Translation by James Boyce and William E. Coleman, published in the series HISTORIAE, series editors László obszay, Barbara Haggh and Ruth Steiner for the Study Group `Cantus Planus' of the International Musicological Society. Musicological Studies Vol. LXV/5. Ottawa, Canada, The Institute of Mediaeval Music, 2001.
Salamanca, Archivo de la Catedral, Mss. 5-8. Facsimile Reproduction of the Manuscripts. Publications of Mediaeval Musical Manuscripts No. 27/1-4. Ottawa, Canada, 2002-2003.
"The Carmelite Choirbooks of Kraków: Carmelite Liturgy before and after the Council of Trent," Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 45 (2004): 17-34.
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