Professor
Music Synthesis Department
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Voice (617) 747-2485
Fax (617) 536-2257
rboulanger@berklee.edu

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Ph.D . Computer Music 6/85
Computer Music with F. Richard Moore
Composition with Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa, Bernard Rands
Dissertation: "The Transformation of Speech into Music: A Musical
Exploration and Interpretation of Two Recent Digital Filtering Techniques"

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, RICHMOND
M.M. Composition 11/80
Electronic Music with Loran Carrier
Composition with Jack Jarrett and Alan Blank
Thesis: "As Freedom is a Breakfastfood" A Setting of Three Poems by
e.e. cummings for Chorus with Soloists, Orchestra, Tape, and Synthesizer

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, BOSTON
B.M. Composition 5/78
Electronic Music with Robert Ceely
Composition with Malcolm Peyton
Thesis: " Three Soundscapes" for Two Arp 2600 Synthesizers and Orchestra
Commissioned by the Newton Symphony, Michel Sassoon

MASSACHUSETTS STATE CERTIFIED TEACHER
Special Subject: Music #0232972 12/78

THEORY
Hugo Norden - Boston University

COMPUTER MUSIC
Max Mathews - Bell Labs
Barry Vercoe - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hal Chamberlin - Kurzweil Music Systems
Dexter Morrill & Bruce Pennycook - Colgate University

PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
Berklee College of Music, Music Synthesis Department
Classroom and Private Instruction in Music Synthesis
Musical Application of Synthesizers, Computers, Multi-Media and MIDI

spring 2001 - present

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
New York University, New York
Graduate School - Department of Music - Ken Peacock, Chairman
Classroom Instruction in Csound & DSP

spring 1995, 1997

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
Connecticut College, New London
Department of Music - Thomas Stoner, Chairman
Classroom Instruction in Computer Music & Composition

spring 1991

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
Brown University, Providence
Department of Music - Gerald Shapiro, Chairman
Classroom Instruction in Computer Music Composition

summer 1989

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
Northeastern University, Boston
Department of Music - Joshua Jacobson, Chairman
Classroom Instruction in Undergraduate Theory

6/81 - 7/83

RESEARCH ASSISTANT
University of California, San Diego
Center for Music Experiment Computer Audio Research Lab
Concert Production, Promotion, and Coordination
Lecture/Demonstration and Tutorial Instruction
Assistant to Pauline Oliveros, Charles Wuorinen, and Joji Yuasa

9/80 - 6/81

TEACHING ASSISTANT
University of California, San Diego
Department of Music
Classroom Instruction in Music Theory & Ear Training

8/79

COMPUTER MUSIC TUTOR
Colgate University Computer Music Studio
Dexter Morrill, Director
Lab Monitor for Summer Course in Computer Music

8/78 - 5/79

TEACHING ASSISTANT
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Electronic Music Laboratory
Tutorial Instruction in Music Synthesis Techniques
Electronic Music Concert Coordinator & Lab Monitor

11/76 - 6/78

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
Governor Dummer Academy, Byfield Massachusetts
Jack Ragle - Headmaster
Classroom Instruction in Electronic Music
Private Instruction on Guitar, Trumpet, Drums

SYNTHESIZER & SOFTWARE CONSULTANT

1/94 - present

Analog Devices, Inc. - Norwood, MA
Mike Haidar, Project Manager

4/89 - 4/90

Intelligent Music - Albany, New York
Joel Chadabe, President

6/89 - 12/92

Micro Technology Unlimited - Raleigh, North Carolina
David Cox, President

12/76 - 12/81

ARP Synthesizer Company - Lexington, Massachusetts
Consulting on Avatar Guitar Synthesizer Project
Contributing Editor on "Music Synthesizer Laboratory Project"

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

1986 - 1991

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Music and Cognition Group, under Barry Vercoe
Independent Computer Music Research and Music Production
Lecture/Demonstration and Tutorial Instruction

SOFTWARE DESIGNER

spring 1989

Northeastern University Department of Music
Dr. D. Miller and Dr. K. Ayoob - Grant Coordinators
Designed HyperCard Drills & Courseware for Music Theory I

MUSICAL ASSISTANT

9/85 - 2/86

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Assistant to Anthony Davis "Song Sounds Sweeter Even So" project
Computer Music Research, Production, and Sound Design

7/83 - 3/84

University of California Computer Audio Research Lab
Assistant to Roger Reynolds "Transfigured Wind" project
Computer Music Research, Production, and Sound Design

4/83 - 7/83

University of California Computer Audio Research Lab
Assistant to Pauline Oliveros "Wheel of Time" project
Computer Music Sound Design and Production

 AD HOC REVIEWER

9/83 - 1/85

Music Perception Diana Deutsch, editor
U niversity of California Press
 

LABORATORY ASSISTANT

7/82 - 1/85

University of California, San Diego
Department of Psychology and Linguistics
Assistant to Psychoacoustician Diana Deutsch
Running Subjects in Experiments and Collecting Data
Synthesizing Digital Audio Source Material for Experiments

2000

TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Music Technology Division

1995

EARLY PROMOTION
From Associate Professor to Professor

1990

PRESIDENT'S AWARD
Berklee College of Music, Boston
For Outstanding Contribution to Berklee's International Stature

1989

FULBRIGHT
Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Electronic & Computer Music
Academy of Music, Krakow, Poland : Jan-June 1990
Included Lectures and Solo Concerts Throughout Eastern & Western Europe

1988

EARLY PROMOTION
From Assistant to Associate Professor

1987

SPECIAL FACULTY AWARD
Berklee College of Music, Boston

1986

NEWCOMP INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC COMPETITION
First Prize: "Three Chapters from the Book of Dreams"

1985 - 86

VISITING ARTIST
The McColl Electronic Music Studio - Brown University

1984

SPECIAL MUSIC DEPARTMENT AWARD
University of California, San Diego

1983

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
Office of Graduate Studies and Research, UCSD

NATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION
Ives Center - Danburry, Connecticut

1979

COMPUTER MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1975

ASPEN STUDENT COMPOSER SCHOLARSHIP
Aspen School of Music - Aspen, Colorado

1987

MEET THE COMPOSER GRANT
Hamilton College - Hamilton, New York
To Premiere "From Temporal Silence"

1984

CHANCELLOR'S ASSOCIATE GRANT
Office of Graduate Studies and Research, UCSD

1979

MEET THE COMPOSER GRANT
Newton Symphony Orchestra
To Premiere "Three Soundscapes for Synthesizer and Orchestra"

1991

NEUMA - Electro Acoustic Music 1
With Paul Lansky, Charles Dodge, Jean-Claude Risset, & Kaija Saariaho
Recording of "from Temporal Silence" for Processed Clarinet & MIDI

2000

THE CSOUND BOOK: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design,
Signal Processing and Programming
"A Textbook Focusing on Instrument Design and Signal Processing Aspects of Csound"

1990

COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL V14#2
MIT Press, S. Pope, editor
"An Interview with Max Mathews, Barry Vercoe, and Roger Dannenberg"

Electronic Musician - January 1990
C. Anderton, editor - with Prof. D. Miller, Northeastern University
"The Return of Software Synthesis"

1989

The Music Machine
MIT Press, C. Roads, editor
"An Interview with Charles Wuorinen, Joji Yuasa, and Roger Reynolds"

1988

Making Music with Csound
Micro Technology Unlimited, David Cox, publisher
"A Tutorial Workbook on Instrument Design and Synthesis Techniques"

1987

TRANSONIQ HACKER V4#7
J. Talisman, editor
"Inside Indian Valley Manufacturing: An Interview with Dave Zimbicki"

1986

PERSPECTIVES OF NEW MUSIC V24#2
University of Washington, J. Rahn, editor
"Toward a New Age of Performance"

EX TEMPORE V4#1
University of Alberta, J. MacKay, editor
"New Tools for the Digital Transformation of Speech into Musical Sound"

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE JOURNAL
Connecticut College, N. Zahler, editor
"The Amplified and Electronic Violins as Performance Instruments"

1984

COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL V8#4
MIT Press, C. Roads, editor
"An Interview with Charles Wuorinen, Joji Yuasa, and Roger Reynolds"

MUSIC PERCEPTION V2#1
UC Press, Diana Deutsch, editor - co-authored with Deutsch
"Octave Equivalence and the Immediate Recall of Pitch Sequences"

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
International Computer Music Association
Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States

11/10/56 Born - Richard Charles Boulanger - Fall River, MA
11/23/79 Married - Susan Lee Paska - Somerset, MA
11/09/81 Born - Adam Richard Boulanger - La Jolla, CA
10/08/84 Born - Philip Daniel Boulanger - San Diego, CA
06/04/91 Born - Adrien Raymond Boulanger - Fall River, MA