Lawlor students consistently achieve and go on to achieve
exciting things in the local and national performing arts scene!
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Accepted into local & national music programs:
- Juilliard School of Music - Manhattan School of Music - University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) - University of Michigan - Oberlin Conservatory - Northwestern Bienen School of Music - New England Conservatory - University of North Texas - Boston Conservatory - Berklee College of Music - DePaul University School of Music - Boston University College of Fine Arts - University of Colorado Boulder - NYU Steinhardt - USC Thornton School of Music - University of Arizona - Miami University Ohio - University of Northern Iowa - UMKC Conservatory - KU School of Music - MU School of Music - Pepperdine University - Drake University - University of Oklahoma - Missouri State University - William Jewell College - Truman State University - Creighton University - Kansas State University - Drury University - Tulane University - University of Tulsa - NW Missouri State |
High school-specific competitive accomplishments:
- National YoungArts finalist for classical voice (only 8 high school classical singers in the entire country are chosen for this extremely competitive honor) - National YoungArts merit winner for classical voice (this placed student among the top 36 high school classical singers in the nation) - Semi-finalist in the Hal Leonard Online Vocal Competition (this placed student among the top 50 high school classical singers in the nation) - First place winners for classical voice: Johnson County Arts Council Shooting Stars Awards (two years in a row at one point!) - First place winners for classical voice and musical theater: Lenexa Arts Council performing arts scholarship (two years in a row at one point!) - First place winner of voice division: Topeka Symphony Orchestra's high school concerto competition - Selected as a featured soloist at Tanglewood's high school choral concert - Classical Singer Competition, qualified for second round - NAfME All-National Honor Choir - Division first-place winners at KC NATS Student Auditions - Multiple students selected as a featured soloist in the All-State choirs of both Missouri and Kansas - Nominations and wins in various categories of KC Starlight Theater's Blue Star Awards for local high school musical theater performances - KC Superstar Top 10 Finalist - Recognized vocal soloist at the Kansas City Jazz Summit - First place "Olathe's Got Talent" scholarship recipient - "Best Actor" award at MSHSAA Theater All-State Championship - Consistently achieve top ratings at District & State Solo contest - Consistently selected for All-District & All-State Choirs in Missouri & Kansas Graduates' awards, post-high school: - Anderson Undergraduate Voice Competition winner (University of Colorado Boulder) |
Accepted into local & national training/summer programs:
- Performed an opera role in the college-level European training program Oberlin in Italy - as a senior in high school!
- Boston University Tanglewood Institute
- Washington National Opera's Institute for Young Singers
- Interlochen Summer Arts Camp
- Westminster Choir College's Solo Vocal Artist Summer Program
- Boston Conservatory's Vocal/Choral Intensive
- University of Michigan's MPulse Vocal Arts Institute
- Lyric Opera of Kansas City's Ginger Frost High School Honors Artists program
- Missouri Fine Arts Academy
- GRAMMY Museum Music Revolution Project
- K-State Summer Choral Institute
- Lyric Opera of Kansas City's summer opera camp
And post-high school...
- Seagle Music Colony
- CCM Opera Bootcamp
- Classical Singing & New York in June
- Miami Music Festival Opera Institutes
- Hawaii Performing Arts Festival summer vocal program
- Chautauqua Institution Voice Program
- Bronx Opera
- University of Michigan's Choral Conducting Symposium
- Vienna Summer Music Festival
- Classic Lyric Art's La Lingua Della Lirica
- DePaul University's Musica nella Marche
- Pepperdine University's Heidelberg Summer Music Program
- International Masters' Academy of Opera
- Mountain Opera at the Manchester Music Festival
- Opera Workshop in the Flint Hills
- Performed an opera role in the college-level European training program Oberlin in Italy - as a senior in high school!
- Boston University Tanglewood Institute
- Washington National Opera's Institute for Young Singers
- Interlochen Summer Arts Camp
- Westminster Choir College's Solo Vocal Artist Summer Program
- Boston Conservatory's Vocal/Choral Intensive
- University of Michigan's MPulse Vocal Arts Institute
- Lyric Opera of Kansas City's Ginger Frost High School Honors Artists program
- Missouri Fine Arts Academy
- GRAMMY Museum Music Revolution Project
- K-State Summer Choral Institute
- Lyric Opera of Kansas City's summer opera camp
And post-high school...
- Seagle Music Colony
- CCM Opera Bootcamp
- Classical Singing & New York in June
- Miami Music Festival Opera Institutes
- Hawaii Performing Arts Festival summer vocal program
- Chautauqua Institution Voice Program
- Bronx Opera
- University of Michigan's Choral Conducting Symposium
- Vienna Summer Music Festival
- Classic Lyric Art's La Lingua Della Lirica
- DePaul University's Musica nella Marche
- Pepperdine University's Heidelberg Summer Music Program
- International Masters' Academy of Opera
- Mountain Opera at the Manchester Music Festival
- Opera Workshop in the Flint Hills
Choral performances at prestigious venues:
- Symphony Chorus with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert
- Kauffman Performing Arts Center's Helzberg Hall (with the Kansas City Symphony under Michael Stern)
- EnsembleNYC
- Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
- Carnegie Hall
- Numerous venues throughout Europe
- Symphony Chorus with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert
- Kauffman Performing Arts Center's Helzberg Hall (with the Kansas City Symphony under Michael Stern)
- EnsembleNYC
- Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
- Carnegie Hall
- Numerous venues throughout Europe
Find recordings of some Lawlor students by browsing the Student Performances playlist at the Joshua Lawlor Music channel on YouTube.