Budelier has taught courses in music theory, aural and keyboard skills, counterpoint, and analysis at St. Ambrose University, where he also taught music appreciation and computer programming in the University’s ACCEL division. His primary research interest is holistic analysis of post-tonal music, particularly that of Elliott Carter, whose recent works are the subjects of Budelier’s forthcoming dissertation. His additional research interests include transformational theory, musical form and proportion, Schenkerian approaches to pre- and post-tonal music, interrelationships among theory, analysis, performance, and audition, and the teaching of music theory and aural skills, including computer-assisted instruction. Budelier is also a pianist with an undergraduate degree in piano performance and further studies with Michel Block at Indiana University. Budelier is active as a piano performer, teacher, and adjudicator, and has recently expanded his interests to include organ performance and liturgical music.