 In 1989, Boulanger became a Fulbright professor at the Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland.Boulanger's teachers include Andrée Desautels, Nadia Boulanger, Pauline Oliveros, Aaron Copland, and Hugo Norden.Boulanger started studying at the MIT Experimental Music Studion in 1979 with Barry Vercoe, where he also worked with fellow computer musician John ffitch.