[1] At 18, he was accepted into the Curtis Institute of Music,[2] where he received his bachelor's degree in 2018, studying with Robert McDonald and Gary Graffman.
As part of the prize, he commissioned Stephen Hough to write his "Piano Sonata No.4", which at McLaurin's request, quotes Charles Trenet's "En Avril a Paris".
McLaurin made his Lincoln Center recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in 2019,[11] presented by the Musicians Emergency Fund.
He also gave a guest performance at the 2019 Youth America Grand Prix Gala[12] at David Koch Theater.
Among his collaborators are conductors and musicians Joann Falletta, Joshua Weilerstein, Jahja Ling, Nicholas McGegan, Ken Lam, Orli Shaham, and Anthony Roth Costanzo.