Paul
Houle is founder and president of Boom!
The Power of Rhythm™. Boom is a natural
evolution of his expertise as a performer,
entrepreneur, keynote speaker and facilitator.
His breadth of experience has allowed him
to develop and present dynamic communication
seminars that use music and rhythm to change
the way people think about corporate interaction
in order to consistently increase productivity
and profit.
Since 1999, Boom has
been receiving rave reviews throughout North
America from an impressive list of clients.
His warm, charismatic presentation style
puts participants at ease and his seminars
consistently leave participants cheering
and amazed as they accomplish more than
they ever thought possible. Paul has been
featured on CBC “Venture”, Global
TV “MoneyWise” and in “Profit”
magazine as well newspapers from coast to
coast.
Aside from running Boom,
Paul is on Faculty at the Royal Conservatory
of Music and is Director of Percussion Ensembles.
He also created The RCM World Music Centre,
which brought the RCM in line with Toronto’s
current multicultural environment. He was
one of the original artist/educators in
the RCM’s highly successful “Learning
through the Arts” program; developing
several ground breaking programs for the
Toronto District School Board that used
global percussion to help students meet
curriculum outcomes in a variety of subject
areas.
Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree in
percussion performance from the University
of Ottawa and did his postgraduate work
at the University of Toronto and Royal Conservatory
of Music. He focused on orchestral performance
and global percussion.
His eclectic performance
career includes work for radio, television,
and film as well as several recordings.
He has performed with a wide range of ensembles
including the Canadian Opera Co., the National
Ballet, the Esprit orchestra, Shaw Festival
Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Orchestra, the Flaming Dono African Drum
and Dance Ensemble, the Batterie Park Percussion
Ensemble and the Evergreen Club Gamelan.
He is a member of the World Drum Orchestra
and he has performed in Europe, Japan, Indonesia,
the Caribbean, the U.S., and Canada
