Students may enter the Chapter Playoffs, from which an outstanding student or students may be chosen to represent the chapter and perform at the virtual WSMTA Conference in June 2021.
Two winners will be selected as well as two alternates and honorable mentions at the Judge’s discretion.
If selected, each student representative will play one piece under five minutes in length during one of the six State Honors Recitals. (Cuts may be made for pieces over 5 minutes).
Tacoma Chapter Play offs will be an in-person event, delivered in accordance with health directives set forth by WA state and Pierce county.
March 7 (Sunday), 2:00 - 4:00
First Lutheran Church
524 S I St, Tacoma, WA 98405
Adjudicator: Dr. Merilyn Jacobsen
Registration deadline: February 26, 2021
Play-offs Competition Rules:
1. Students who are selected to represent the Tacoma Chapter MUST participate in the Tacoma Chapter MAPs and must perform two memorized pieces. A Representative who fails this requirement will be replaced by the first or second alternate for the State Honors Recital.
3.Competition performers are expected to stay for the duration of the Competition.
4.Winning students must go to the State Conference and perform, or be barred from participating in the 2020 Competition.
5. Play-offs Competition entry fee is $25.00
6.Application forms and checks are due and checks must be postmarked by February 26th, 2021 or earlier. Make checks out to Tacoma Chapter of WSMTA, and Mail to Robin Watson, 609 N. Cushman Ave.
Tacoma, WA. 98403
Two winners will be selected as well as two alternates and honorable mentions at the Judge’s discretion.
If selected, each student representative will play one piece under five minutes in length during one of the six State Honors Recitals. (Cuts may be made for pieces over 5 minutes).
Tacoma Chapter Play offs will be an in-person event, delivered in accordance with health directives set forth by WA state and Pierce county.
March 7 (Sunday), 2:00 - 4:00
First Lutheran Church
524 S I St, Tacoma, WA 98405
Adjudicator: Dr. Merilyn Jacobsen
Registration deadline: February 26, 2021
Play-offs Competition Rules:
1. Students who are selected to represent the Tacoma Chapter MUST participate in the Tacoma Chapter MAPs and must perform two memorized pieces. A Representative who fails this requirement will be replaced by the first or second alternate for the State Honors Recital.
3.Competition performers are expected to stay for the duration of the Competition.
4.Winning students must go to the State Conference and perform, or be barred from participating in the 2020 Competition.
5. Play-offs Competition entry fee is $25.00
6.Application forms and checks are due and checks must be postmarked by February 26th, 2021 or earlier. Make checks out to Tacoma Chapter of WSMTA, and Mail to Robin Watson, 609 N. Cushman Ave.
Tacoma, WA. 98403
Play-Offs Entry Deadline – February 26th, 2021
DATE of Play-offs Competition – March 7th, 2021 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm
Questions? Contact: Play-offs Chair – Margie Skreen-Dickerson msdpiano@gmail.com
Time/Location of Play-offs Competition – assigned times.
DATE of Play-offs Competition – March 7th, 2021 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm
Questions? Contact: Play-offs Chair – Margie Skreen-Dickerson msdpiano@gmail.com
Time/Location of Play-offs Competition – assigned times.
- First Lutheran Church -
- Adjudicator for 2021 ~ Playoffs ~: Dr. Merilyn Jacobsen
- Teacher Information - Teachers involved will provide all pertinent information, performer application to student and/or parent of applicant.
Dr. Merilyn Jacobson
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Dr. Merilyn "Mimi" Jacobson is among Puget Sound's most dynamic and beloved piano teachers, accompanists, and adjudicators. Her October presentation will be a valuable collection of tips, techniques, and perspectives that will make you a more effective teacher.
Merilyn Smith Jacobson is a National Certified Teacher of Music and an active pianist, chamber musician and collaborative performer as well as an adjudicator and clinician in the field of Piano Pedagogy. Her mother was a piano teacher and she began teaching her first students when she was twelve. She has been a soloist with various Symphony Orchestras and Symphonic Wind Ensembles in Washington State as well Washington, DC. Merilyn has participated in the Aspen Music Festival where she was a student of Beveridge Webster (Juilliard School), the International Music Session in Grenoble, France (John Perry, Karl Kammerling) and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. Master Classes in recent years include playing for Ozan Marsh, Andre Schiff, Robin McCabe, Nelita True, and Irene Perry. Her travels have taken her to Perth, Australia where she regularly gives workshops and master classes. In addition, she has reviewed new teaching materials for the American Music Teacher and FJH Publications and is an Adjudicator (Visiting Artist) for the Washington State Music Teachers Association. Jacobson holds a Doctorate in Piano (1996) from The Catholic University of America where she studied piano with Paul Ostrovsky (Moscow Conservatory Trio) and Thomas Mastrioanni, harpsichord with Peter Marshall of New York, and Pedagogy with Barbara English Maris and Marvin Blickenstaff. Her Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees in Piano are from Washington State University where she worked with Loran Olsen, Jerry Bailey and Istvan Nadas. Currently, Merilyn maintains a large private studio in Puyallup, teaching piano and cello, coaching chamber music, and working with teachers in pedagogy classes, giving workshops and conducting master classes. She enjoys accompanying and collaborating with instrumentalists and singers in many state, national, and international competitions and festivals for pre-college and college- age students. Additional joys include traveling and playing with 8 grandchildren. |