Recently, Lawrence students have received recognition for:
I pagliacci (Nedda/Silvio duet) (2020)
- 1st place, National Opera Association-Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition, Division 1
Mass (Bernstein) (2019)
- 3rd prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 4
- 3rd prize in The American Prize, Opera Production, college/university division
Opera Scenes: Spring Awakening, "Word of Your Body (Reprise)" (2019)
- Second prize at the National Opera Association-Collegiate Opera Scenes competition, musical theatre division
Le comte Ory (Count Ory) (2018)
- First prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 4
- Judges' Citation in The American Prize, Opera Production, college/university division
Hydrogen Jukebox (2017)
- First prize (tied with The Beggar's Opera below) in The American Prize - Best Opera Production (college/university division)
- Third prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 4
Straight from the Hip: An Evening of Improvised Micro-Operas on Gun Presence in Our Community (2017)
- Third prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 1
The Beggar's Opera (2016)
- First prize (tied with Hydrogen Jukebox above) in The American Prize - Best Opera Production (college/university division)
- First prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 6
- First Place, Best of Local Productions, Warren Gerds, critic for Channel 5 WFRV (164 total productions in both local and professional categories)
Expressions of Acceptance: An Evening of Improvised Micro-Operas (2016)
- Third prize (tie) at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 1
Opera Scenes: Le nozze di Figaro, Act 3 Sextet (2016)
- First prize at the National Opera Association-Collegiate Opera Scenes competition, Division 1
The Tender Land (2015)
- Second prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 2