Madison Bae is 14 years old and she is a 8th grader attending J. Michael Lunsford Middle School. She started her violin music journey at age of 8 with Ms Natalia Yampolsky. She grew up watching her brother be a part of orchestra and performing at concerts, and she was enthralled by the sound of the violin.

Madison is a concert master at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School, was a concert master 2023 Regional Orchestra, and assistant principal 2023 Loudoun All County District Orchestra. Madison’s achievements include prize winner in 2024, 2023 and 2022 NVMTA concerto competition, 2023 NVMTA Judged recital Honor, 2023 Bach-Baroque competition finalist, 1st place in 2021 AYPO(AYDO) concerto competition.

Madison has been a member of AYPO (American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (https://www.aypo.org/)) since 2019 having held multiple positions ( 2020-2021 AYDO : Concertmaster, 2021-2022 AYSE : Violin 2 Principal and 2022-2023 AYCO : Violin2 Principal). She is currently AYSO and she is one of youngest players. She is also a member of the Fereol Piano Trio, a collaborative effort that she enjoys very much and has won many Trio competitions with her friends.

In her free time, she enjoys playing computer games, cooking and hanging out with her friends. Madison also volunteers at her church as a teacher’s assistant since 6th grade and plays violin with the church choir.