Background
Boxill, Edith Hillman was born in Providence, November 8. Daughter of Maurice and Lillian Hillman.
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Edith Hillman Boxill
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Bachelor in Music, Boston University. Master of Arts in Music Therapy, New York University, m. Roger Evan Boxill, 1965.
Career
Certified music therapist. Music instructor, composer, performer, New York City, 1954-1971. Director music therapy Manhattan Development Center, New York City, 1974-1987, clinical supervisor music therapy interns, 1975.
Lecturer music therapy department New York University, New York City, 1976-1979, adjunct assistant professor, 1979.
Music therapy conferences. Participant professional conferences.
Presenter United Nations Conference, International Year Disabled Persons, 1981, World Congress Music Therapy, Genoa, Italy, 1985, III Congreso Mundial del Niño Aislado, Buenos Aires, 1987, Conference Canadian Association for Music Therapy, Vancouver, 1988. Participant United Nations International Day of Peace for Children, 1988, World Summit for Children, 1988, Music Therapists for Peace presentation National Conference of Peacemaking, Montreal, Canada, 1989, United Nations Pacem in Terris Society, 1989, conducted Plenary Session at VII World Congress of Music Therapy, Spain, 1993.
Originator Annual Universal Music Therapists Foreign Peace Day Worldwide, 1990,91, World Congress of Music Therapy, Vitoria, Spain, 1993, Joint North American Music Therapy Conference, Toronto, 1993, Peace School CurriculumThrough Music Therapy, 1993, music therapy workshops "Teach for America" at University of California at Los Angeles, 1993, 94, adjunct faculty, 1994.
Founder, director South.A.V.E. Through Music Therapy. Music therapy workshops. Edith Hillman Boxill Scholarship Fund for music therapy students (Music Therapy Lifetime Achievement award 1995), New York University, 1994, V World Congress on Isolated Child, Buenos Aires, 1994, Creative Arts Therapies Conference, Saint St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, National Association Music Therapy, American Association MusicTherapy (board directors, chairman legislation committee, editor Music Therapy, conference of music therapy 1989), American Association Mental Deficiency (chair creative arts therapies), National Association Music Therapy, National Society Autistic Children, Council Exceptional Children, Association Musicians Greater New York, Music Therapists for Peace, Incorporated. (founder-director, board directors). Originator of Annual Universal Music Therapists Foreign Peace Day, celebrated United Nations Church Center, 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94.
Connections
Children by previous marriage: Paul R. Epstein, Emily H. Duby.
