joined LIYO as an 8th grade violinist in 1993 continuing through high school and eventually serving as Concertmaster, winning the concerto and scholarship competitions as a senior. He traveled with LIYO on 11 summer tours as a student, chaperone and assistant to the director. Thanks in large part to LIYO, he has been fortunate enough to travel to and perform in over 75 countries on 6 continents as an orchestra member and soloist. After receiving degrees in Violin Performance and Economics, he worked extensively with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony and American Symphony Orchestra, among others. In addition, Mr. Behr currently serves as Vice President of LIYO’S Board of Directors and teaches a private violin studio in Nassau County. He met his wife on a LIYO tour and they live in Oceanside.
joined LIYO during his freshman year of high school in 1999. He played percussion with the orchestra throughout school and went on seven straight summer tours. In that time he visited 34 countries spread out across six continents. Dr. DePrima works as a psychiatrist treating 9/11 first responders at Mount Sinai’s World Trade Center Health Program. Dr. DePrima received his undergraduate degree from Harvard before attending University of Miami Medical School. He subsequently completed a residency in adult psychiatry at Mount Sinai, and is in the process of completing psychoanalytic training at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute.
joined LIYO as a flutist in the fall of 1993. She participated in both the seasonal orchestra through 1999 and traveled on five summer concert tours performing in over 30 countries. While in college and during graduate studies she continued to perform in orchestras, show pits, and chamber ensembles. Dr. Wolf is an audiologist in private practice in Long Island. Her doctoral research evaluated auditory hair cell function in adolescent musicians with tinnitus. She has a particular interest in hearing conservation for young musicians in order to prevent long term noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus.
