West Seattle schools: 2 Madison musicians to All-State

We stopped by Madison Middle School on Thursday afternoon for orchestra members’ quick command performance of the Beatles classic “Eleanor Rigby,” after hearing from Madison music director Clark Bathum, who had big news about two of his musicians:

Congratulations to Lauren Estep (viola) and Caroline May (violin), who will perform with the Washington Junior All-State Orchestra at the Washington Music Educators Conference in Yakima this weekend. After a highly competitive audition in the fall, both were selected to join other top musicians from around the state. This is Caroline’s first selection to the group. Lauren was selected to the All-Northwest orchestra last year. Both girls are looking forward to the performance this weekend and are really excited about getting to travel and play together. The staff and students at Madison are really proud of Lauren and Caroline and wish them the best of luck.

In our video, Caroline is at left, Lauren at center, with Samantha Bushman , violin (2nd from left), Annabel Foucault, bass (2nd from right), and Madelyn Hollister, cello (right).

11 Replies to "West Seattle schools: 2 Madison musicians to All-State"

  • GreatSoFar February 17, 2012 (9:04 am)

    Yeah, another score for Madison! This time, its great music program! : )

    Congratulations, young ladies. Have fun.

  • sun*e February 17, 2012 (9:09 am)

    They are all terrific. I enjoyed it so much I had to listen to it twice. Congrats girls!

  • Madison Parent February 17, 2012 (9:41 am)

    Kudos to these girls who were motivated to work hard for this honor. Mr. Bathums program gives all students so many opportunities for success!

  • MSW February 17, 2012 (10:07 am)

    Nice… Good job ladies.

  • raincity February 17, 2012 (11:26 am)

    Sounds beautiful!

  • Kap February 17, 2012 (12:08 pm)

    WOW!!! Nice job ladies!

  • This is crazy February 17, 2012 (12:10 pm)

    Can I buy this on iTunes ! Great job girls you sound so good.

  • JK in Shorewood February 17, 2012 (12:52 pm)

    Nice! Great job!

  • Mr. Bathum February 17, 2012 (2:12 pm)

    I am so proud of these young ladies. They make my job easy…and really fun! Special thanks to Mike Watson, our string specialist, who wrote the arrangement of “Eleanor” and was a big help in preparing Lauren and Caroline for their All-State auditions.

  • LouAnn February 19, 2012 (7:25 am)

    Way to go Lauren! (From a proud aunt)

  • Hugh Blane February 26, 2012 (7:38 pm)

    Congratulations Caroline and Lauren! You are wonderful musicians and your neighbor in the middle is very proud of you.

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