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​Lawlor students consistently achieve and go on to achieve exciting things in the local and national performing arts scene!

Over $1.25M in voice scholarship accepted by Lawlor graduating studio members.
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Accepted into local & national music programs:

- Juilliard School of Music (B.M. program, as well as a studio grad accepted for M.M. in Opera)
- Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
- University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM)
- University of Michigan
- Oberlin Conservatory (B.M. program, as well as a studio grad accepted for M.M. in Choral Conducting)
- Manhattan School of Music
- Northwestern Bienen School of Music
- New England Conservatory
- Mannes Opera at The New School
- University of North Texas
- Boston Conservatory
- Florida State University
- Berklee College of Music
- DePaul University School of Music
- Boston University College of Fine Arts
- University of Colorado Boulder
​- NYU Steinhardt
- UCLA
​- USC Thornton School of Music
​- Wichita State University
- 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
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School-specific competitive accomplishments:

- National YoungArts finalist for classical voice (this placed student among the top 8 high school classical singers in the nation)
- National YoungArts honorable mention winner for classical voice (this placed student among the top 18 high school classical singers in the nation)
- 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)
- Finalist for Midwest Chamber Ensemble's Young Artist Concerto Competition (a contest for both vocalists AND instrumentalists!)
- First place winners for classical voice: Johnson County Arts Council Shooting Stars Awards (back-to-back years at one point!)
- First place winners for classical voice and musical theater: Lenexa Arts Council performing arts scholarship (back-to-back years 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 performances of All-State choir repertoire, both MO and KS
- 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
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Graduates' awards, post-studio:
- Encouragement award: district Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition
- featured page-long article in Opera News
- First place in Mobile Opera's Madame Rose Scholarship Competition
- Anderson Undergraduate Voice Competition winner (University of Colorado Boulder)
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Training programs/special performances/graduates' house debuts:

- 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
- Colorado Vocal 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-studio graduation...
- Solo lieder recital debut at Carnegie Hall
- Santa Fe Opera, apprentice program
- Opera Theatre of St. Louis, principal artist
- Lyric Opera of Kansas City, principal artist and apprentice artist
- Detroit Opera, resident artist
- Opera Colorado, principal artist
- Florentine Opera, Milwaukee, principal artist
- Opera San Jose, principal artist
- Opera Birmingham, principal artist
- Opera Company of Middlebury, principal artist
​- West Bay Opera, principal artist
- Catapult Opera, covering artist
- Lehrer Vocal Institute at Music Academy of the West
- Opera Saratoga Young Artist Program
- Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
- Miami Music Festival Opera Institute
- Aspen Music Festival and School
- Baumgartner Studio Artist at Florentine Opera
- Opera Colorado Resident Artist program
- Houston Grand Opera Young Artist Vocal Academy
​- Seagle Music Colony
- Pro soloist engagements with: Central City Chorus (NYC), Oratorio Society of New York, Tallahassee Community Chorus
​- CCM Opera Bootcamp
- Catapult Opera - NYC
- Barn Opera - Vermont
- Opera Neo - San Diego
- Opera Elect
- Classical Singing & New York in June​
- Miami Music Festival Opera Institutes
- Hawaii Performing Arts Festival summer vocal program
- Chautauqua Institution Voice Program
- Tanglewood Music Festival Vocal Fellowship
​- Malboro Music Festival Summer Vocal Artist, Season Touring Company 
​- Taconic Opera
- Masterly Singing Masterclass Series, Metropolitan Opera Guild
​- Chicago Summer Opera
- Bronx Opera
- University of Michigan's Choral Conducting Symposium
- Vienna Summer Music Festival
- Opera Steamboat, Steamboat Springs, CO
- Pro Arte Choral Young Artist Award
- Classic Lyric Art's La Lingua Della Lirica
​- DePaul University's Musica nella Marche
- Pepperdine University's Heidelberg Summer Music Program
​- Ad Astra Music Festival Young Artist Program
- International Masters' Academy of Opera
​- Mountain Opera at the Manchester Music Festival
- Opera Workshop in the Flint Hills

Choral & ensemble work:

- Performed with the Grammy-nominated Clarion Choir
- Audition-winning member of the Grammy award-winning KC Chorale
- Symphony Chorus with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert
- Paid opera chorus work: Santa Fe, St. Louis, Detroit, Kansas City, Florentine, Opera Colorado
- Kauffman Performing Arts Center's Helzberg Hall (with the Kansas City Symphony under Matthias Pintscher, Michael Stern, and others)
​- EnsembleNYC
- Pro Arte Chorale, NYC
- Professional chorister at St. John the Divine in NYC
- Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
- Carnegie Hall
- Cardinalis (Collaboration between William Jewell College singers and local professionals)
- Numerous venues throughout Europe
- In the backup monk choir for Madonna's surprise 2018 Met Gala performance (true story ha!)
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Find recordings of some Lawlor students by browsing the Student Performances playlist at the Joshua Lawlor Music channel on YouTube.
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