Dev Ray
Alum

Dev Ray

Assistant Professor

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Dev Ray has held almost every role in the music business. From studio engineer to producer, manager, tour manager, live sound engineer, booking agent, publicist, guitarist, bassist, composer, artist, and organizer, his career has been extensive and varied. Born to immigrant parents from India, he was exposed to many different genres at a young age. His first instrument was the violin, but his love of rock music drew him to the guitar.

Ray studied at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, Guitar Craft, and Berklee College of Music, and then began touring extensively. He has taught and worked at many institutions around Boston such as Boston University, the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory, as well as many venues. He has worked with a diverse range of artists such as Robert Fripp and Snoop Dog, and he currently tours with Paula Cole and the Cowboy Junkies.

Career Highlights
  • Tour managing Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists (2007)
  • Playing with and tour managing Robert Fripp and the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists in various tours in the U.S. and Mexico (2013, 2014, 2016)
  • Playing with and tour managing Robert Fripp and the Chamber Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists, a 32-person ensemble (2016)
  • Electric Radius Quintet, an acoustic guitar ensemble based in Italy
  • Cowboy Junkies, tour manager/front of house
  • Paula Cole, tour manager/front of house
  • Mark Cohn, tour manager/front of house
  • Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal, tour manager/front of house
In Their Own Words

"I want students to come away with a love and passion for music and audio production. It's easy to get lost in the weeds with technical details. And while those are details are important, the ultimate reason why we are all here is because music and art moves us in innumerable and inexplicable ways."

"My career has been quite varied and so I aim, as much as possible, to bring the real-world into my classroom. Classrooms are wonderful places to explore new ideas and to learn, but as much as I can, I bring the realities of the music business into the classroom."