Damien Bracken Email Address

Dean of Admissions

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Professional Summary: From Dublin, Ireland, Damien is a classically trained pianist and composer with broad and diverse experience in the music industry as a composer in film and theater, producer and arranger, songwriter and lead singer of his rock band DÚBH. With 35 years experience in higher education administration, Damien is an enrollment management expert focused on music and arts education. The architect of Berklee's audition and interview process for admission, he pioneered the current Berklee College of Music Enrollment Management Rating system and created and successfully implemented Berklee's institutional aid tuition discounting methodology. As Dean of Admissions at Berklee, an area of focus over the past two decades has been on shifting the enrollment at the college from being male dominated toward gender parity. A technology enthusiast and innovator. A passionate music education professional who believes in the innate value of music and the arts to society.