Madeleine Pickering started learning the Violin at the age of 6; three years later she gained distinction for her Grade 8 exam. She then began studying at the Primary Department of the Royal Academy of Music, including violin lessons with Erica Grajner Desa, chamber music, choir, musicianship, and viola ensemble and string orchestra, both of which she has led in concerts.
Madeleine is a member of Pro Corda, the International Chamber Music Academy, and was a founder member of Arpeggione, a residential chamber music course for violists.
Future Talent supported her studies at Junior Academy with a bursary from September 2009 onwards. "I am very thankful to Future Talent for supporting me at Junior Academy. I am so excited about my new classes there.
In November 2009, she won her classes in the Woking and Kingston Music Festivals and, as a result of her performance in Kingston, was selected to compete in the Kingston Young Musician of the Year, which she won being the youngest competitor.