Violinist Renata C. Steve has performed with such ensembles as the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Group, Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Waterbury (CT) Symphony Orchestra, and Saybrook College Orchestra (where she serves as guest concertmaster); as well as a frequent guest artist in recitals and chamber music performances at the Yale School of Music.  She has also appeared with the Tim Janis Ensemble, Celtic Thunder, on a North American tour with the Phil Coulter Irish Orchestra, and throughout China and Korea with the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale.  A native of Columbus, OH, Ms. Steve received her Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from The Boston Conservatory in May 2003 and her Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance, with a minor in French, from Butler University in Indianapolis, IN in May 2001.  At New England Conservatory, Ms. Steve has served on the faculty of the Festival Youth Orchestra and as a coach in the preparatory school since 2002.