Augusta McKay Lodge enjoys a flourishing career as an international prize-winning baroque and modern violinist based in Paris. She has had solo appearances in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully, Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw, and more. As a creative director, McKay Lodge founded her own ensemble Voyage Sonique. She has claimed prizes in Concert Artists International, Juilliard’s Historical Performance Concerto Competition, the Indianapolis Baroque Concerto Competition, and her ensemble Voyage Sonique placed second in the international Lyceum Club de Suisse Concours de Musique. McKay Lodge’s debut solo album Beyond Bach and Vivaldi was named one of the top 20 albums of 2018 by WQXR, and was under consideration for the 61st Grammy Awards. The album has received rave reviews from Diapason D’or, The Strad, Early Music America, and many more. McKay Lodge has served regularly as concertmaster for The American Classical Orchestra, Berwick Academy (as guest artist), Teatro Nuovo (also regularly associate concertmaster), Juilliard415, and others. She has performed in concertmaster and solo capacities under the baton of Nicholas McGegan, William Christie, Masaaki Suzuki, Ton Koopman, and Kristian Bezuidenhout, John Butt, Tom Crawford, and others. She is named an English Concert American Fellow, a Juilliard-Mercury Fellow, and a Kovner Fellow. She is a member of Les Arts Florissants.