Breen earned a BA in Music Education with an emphasis in performance (piano) from Frostburg State University in Maryland. In 2006, he earned a MME (emphasis in Kodály) from Holy Names University in Oakland, California. In 2011, he completed a Master’s Degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the field of Mind, Brain, and Education, where he was named the Intellectual Contributor/Faculty Tribute Award winner as well as 2011 Chester Pierce Fellow.