​In 2024, Megan Slay is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at George Mason University as a Dr. Linda A. Monson Scholar. She has taught various levels of Keyboard Skills and Classical Music Appreciation at George Mason. 

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Her performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 4 was awarded a Gold Medal in the Professional category of the 2023 Grand Maestro International Music Competition Final Round, announced on Nov. 8, 2023.

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In June 2023, she placed as a prize winner (Honorable Mention) in the Sixth International Online Piano Competition, along with prize winners from nine countries. 

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In April 2023, Megan Slay was a soloist in the Gellman Room Concert Series in Richmond, Virginia, performing works by Franz Schumann and Sergei Rachmaninoff, in a program titled, "Romancing the Piano." For more information visit: https://rvalibrary.org/events/gellman-concerts/ "

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In January 2023, she was selected as a first prize winner in the 2022 Charleston International Music Competition. 

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In June 2022, she performed in the Metropolitan Philharmonic Association’s Summer Chamber Music Series.

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Ms. Slay graduated with a Master of Music in Piano Performance from George Mason in 2021 receiving the Graduate Academic Achievement Award. In 2020, she was the Virginia winner of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Competition.

 

During the summer of 2021, she brought her music to audiences of seniors at The Hermitage and Legacy at Imperial Village who were unable to attend performances in person.

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Megan Slay was a featured soloist in the 2020 and 2021 Grand Piano Celebration and the 2019 celebration of “Arts by George!” Additionally, Megan was featured in a full-length livestreamed solo piano recital as part of George Mason University's You Tube channel musical programming. 

As a featured performer for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) recitals in 2019-2020, Megan performed a livestream solo piano lecture recital.

 

In the 2020 summer of the COVID pandemic Megan performed in the Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy (PYPA) International Online Piano Festival, the first of its kind. As part of this festival, Megan performed in masterclasses with Gary Graffman, Ching-Yun Hu, Jerome Lowenthal, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Alexander Moutouzkine, and Ursula Oppens. Megan also received a scholarship to attend Brevard Summer Music Institute (Summer 2018) where she had the opportunity to premiere new works by living composers.

 

Megan Slay graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019 where she studied with Ruta Smedina- Starke. She was a Sigma Alpha Iota Young Artist and awarded the Richmond Music Teachers Association Collegiate Scholarship. She served as secretary of the VCU collegiate chapter of the Music Teachers National Association.