Baroque Violinist Augusta McKay Lodge on the Ephemerality of Musical Experiences

Baroque Violinist Augusta McKay Lodge on the Ephemerality of Musical Experiences
Augusta McKay Lodge. Shenghua Sung
Catherine Yang
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NEW YORK—“I don’t think you should make it too grand of a thing,” violinist Augusta McKay Lodge says of music. “It’s too ephemeral, it’s fleeting, you’re in the moment. It’s not something that stays around.”

Just the other week she attended a contemporary concert, far from the sonic world she is usually in.