Ray Dillard joined Boom in 1999 with over 15 years of experience developing corporate teambuilding programs using drums and percussion instruments. He is one of the pioneers in this field and prior to moving to Toronto from Houston, Texas; he developed and led several teambuilding initiatives for corporations in the US such as MacDonald–Douglas and NASA.
Aside from Boom Ray’s experience includes being the business manager for the renowned percussion ensemble “Nexus”, numerous Grammy and Juno nominated recording projects with artists and ensembles from around the world, and sales and product development for Mountain Rythym Inc. His diverse talents and abilities make him a valuable contributor to Boom its clients.

Ray Dillard received his Bachelor's and Master's of Music degrees from West Texas State University where he studied percussion and composition. He studied Ghanaian drumming with Abraham Adzenyah and Indian tabla with Pandit Sharda Sahai.

Ray was percussionist for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra for eight years. During that time he was Director of Percussion Studies at West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas. He then served as Guest Lecturer and Instructor of Percussion at Texas Tech University, from 1984-1985. Ray then moved to Houston, Texas, to become the head of Percussion and MIDI Technology at San Jacinto College which continued until 1998. He is presently on faculty at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

As a performer, The Paul (English) Improvising Chamber Orchestra, P.I.C.O., was at the center of his Houston-based performance activity. P.I.C.O. developed a unique repertoire centered around Ray’s eclectic percussion battery that spanned jazz and classical idioms. A key member of the World Drum Ensemble, he has performed in Brisbane, Australia at World Expo 88, in Taiwan, at the Taipei International Music Festival (1996), in Lisbon, Portugal for EXPO ’98 and in Hannover, Germany for Expo 2000.