Lukas Palys

• 2024: YoungArts Winner with Distinction (Classical Voice)
• 2023: 1st Place in American Protégé International Vocal Competition (Classical Voice Category)
• 2023: 2nd Place in Richard Miller Classical Voice Competition (Oberlin Conservatory)
• 2023: 3rd Place in Classical Singer Vocal Competition Classical High School Division 1
• 2024-2025: Schmidt Vocal Competition, Illinois Regionals: 1st place
• 2023-2024: Schmidt Vocal Competition, Texas Regionals: 2nd place
• 2022-2023: Schmidt Vocal Competition, Virtual Cohort: Finalist
• 2023: Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, Early Teen Art Song: 3rd Place
• 2022: Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, Early Teen Art Song: Honorable Mention
• 2021: Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, Early Teen Art Song: Honorable Mention
• 2022, 2023, 2024: Texas Private School Music Educators Association: All-Region Choir
• 2022, 2023, 2024: Texas Private School Music Educators Association: All-State Choir
• 2019: Royal Society of Church Music (RSCM): Bronze Medal

Baritone Lukas Palys, from Dallas, Texas, is a senior at St. Mark’s School of Texas. He studies with Alexander Rom.

Palys was a 2024 YoungArts Winner with Distinction in the Classical Voice category, where he also won the Silver Prize, and he was a National Semifinalist in the 2024 Schmidt Vocal Competition. In 2023, he won First Place in the Classical Repertoire category of the American Protege International Vocal Competition, Second Place in the Richard Miller Classical Voice Competition for High School Students at Oberlin Conservatory, and Third Place in the Classical Singer Vocal Competition’s Classical High School Division I. With the Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, he won Third Place in the Early Teen Art Song category (2023), and he won Honorable Mentions in both 2022 and 2021. Palys has also participated in the Texas Private School Music Educators Association’s All-State Choir from 2022-2024.

Palys was selected to participate in The Juilliard School’s 2024 Summer Voice Intensive Program and Northwestern University’s 2024 Intensive Vocal Performance Seminar with the Bienen School of Music. He participated in the Schmidt Vocal Institute (2024 & 2023), Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices (2023 & 2022), and the Interlochen Voice Summer Program (2021). Palys has performed in master classes with Kathryn Lewek, Elizabeth Bishop, Anthony Dean Griffey, Evans Mireages, Elizabeth Futral, and Warren Jones.

Palys has appeared in several productions with The Dallas Opera, including Second Spirit in The Magic Flute, conducted by Maestro Emmanuel Villaume, and as a member of the children’s chorus in La boheme and Carmen. In 2024, Palys was Frank in Die Fledermaus at Northwestern University's Intensive Vocal Performance Seminar. He has also performed as the Youth in Elijah at the University of North Texas.