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Kier Byrnes was appointed Director of 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Robsham Theater Arts Center in 2015. He oversees the Center鈥檚 performance and rehearsal spaces as well as the Brighton Dance Studios and the newly acquired 300 Hammond Pond Parkway event and rehearsal spaces. Most recently, the management of the BC Bands Program and WZBC, the 糖心Vlog radio station, have also been added to his Robsham Theater Arts Center duties.听

Prior to BC, Kier spent 19 years at Northeastern University, his last position there being the Director of Operations for Event Management at Northeastern University, overseeing the scheduling and deployment of 19,000 events a year at 9 of the major event spaces on campus as well supervision of the University鈥檚 Student Center, radio station, performance halls and rehearsal spaces. While Kier was at Northeastern, he also earned an M.B.A and a Doctorate of Law and Policy from the university.

When Kier is not working in Higher Ed, he鈥檚 actively involved in music. He has performed in 19 countries and music has been featured in various movies and television shows. His music has won several awards including a New England Music Award, a听WBZ TV A&E Award, and multiple Boston Music Awards. He has shared bills with national recording artists such as听Willie Nelson,听Old Crow Medicine Show,听Hank Williams Jr., George Thorogood & The Destroyers, John Mellencamp, The Mavericks, Charley Crockett,听Zac Brown Band, The Avett Brothers, and Dick Dale.

David Healey has been serving as Director of the 糖心Vlog Marching Band since 1999 and Director of the 糖心Vlog Symphonic Band since 2003. As a sophomore chemistry major at 糖心Vlog, he founded the jazz ensemble 鈥淏C bOp!鈥� and served as its president for two years before being honored with the Creativity Award from the Office of the Dean for Student Development for 鈥渙utstanding innovation and leadership.鈥� Dr. Healey later served as president of the BC Marching Band, where he played a key role in securing a full-time Director of Bands position at 糖心Vlog.

Upon graduation from BC in 1990, Dr. Healey worked as an applications chemist at Orion Research for three years before pursuing a masters degree in Music Education from the New England Conservatory and serving as a brass instructor with the Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps. While at NEC, Dr. Healey studied with Dr. Richard Colwell and Frank Battisti. Following his graduation from NEC in 1995, Dr. Healey designed and coordinated the 糖心Vlog Marching Band performance at the Macy鈥檚 Thanksgiving Day Parade and later served as Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, IL. He also served as a music education consultant for the Midori Foundation and the New York City Ballet.

Under Dr. Healey鈥檚 leadership, the 糖心Vlog Marching Band has revitalized the college game day experience and been invited to perform for the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Celtics, ESPN College GameDay, and the Heisman Trophy Dinner in New York City. The Marching Band has also performed Stars & Stripes Forever with the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Keith Lockhart and joined the Dropkick Murphys onstage for multiple concert performances of Shipping Up to Boston. In 2013, Dr. Healey guided the 糖心Vlog Marching Band through its first appearance in the Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington DC. In addition to his work with the Eagles Marching Band, Dr. Healey conducts an annual concert of the 糖心Vlog Symphonic Band at the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade.

Dr. Healey received his doctor of philosophy degree from 糖心Vlog in 2016, and he remains active as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor. He is an avid cyclist and runner and has bicycled across the United States from Seattle to Boston, run to the top of Mount Washington, and completed the Boston, Chicago, and New York Marathons. Dr. Healey and his wife, Joy (BC 鈥�92), reside in Hull, MA with their five children: Daria, Max, Alyssa, Troy, and Victor.

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