Biography

Lauren Behan was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and resides in Mineola, N.Y. with her family. She is a graduate of the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam, Class of 2019.  She also has completed her Masters of Education in Music at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Class of 2022.  She is currently working as a general music and chorus teacher at Lynbrook Public Schools in Lynbrook, NY and enrolled in the SUNY Buffalo LIFTS program to become an Educational Leader.

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Degree Program

Masters of Education in Music

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Bachelors of Music in Education 

Arts Management Minor

Music in Special Education Concentration

During Lauren's studies of music education, the focus of her studies has been on voice/choral, and general music.

 

Certificates 

NYS Professional Teaching Certification in Music Education (2025)

NYS Initial Teaching Certification in Music Education (Issued 2020-2025)

Mandated Reported of NYS.

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Teaching Positions

K-5 General Music and Chorus Teacher, Lynbrook Public Schools- 2022- Present

Music Teacher (Leave Replacement) Garden City Public Schools - 2021-2022

 

 

Memorable Moments

Potsdam's Crane Chorus Spring Festival in 2018 under the baton of Anton Walker             Works Performed:

     Dona Nobis Pacem, Ralph Vaughn Williams

     Alexander Nevsky, Sergi Prokofiev

 

 Potsdam's Crane Chorus Spring Festival in 2017 under the baton of JoAnn Falletta

 Works Performed:  

     Gloria, Francis Poulenc

     The Bells, Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

 Potsdam's Crane Chorus at Carnegie Hall in 2016 under the baton of Duain Wolfe

 Works Performed:

     Celestial Airs, Gary Fry

     Serenade to Music, Ralph Vaughan Williams

     Requiem, Gabriel Faure

     Psalm 150, Anton Bruckner

 

Student Directing Potsdam Community Chorus in 2018

    Program Title: Voices Be Heard Songs of Social Consciousness