Mark Steinberg, violin (New York, NY) is the first violinist of the Brentano Quartet and has performed at chamber music festivals in Holland, Germany, Austria, France, and the United States including the Marlboro Music Festival, El Paso International Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Bargemusic series. Mark has been a soloist with the London Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kansas City Camerata, the Auckland Philharmonia, and the Philadelphia Concerto Soloists. He received his training at Indiana University and the Juilliard School, and studied with Louis Behrend, Josef Gingold, and Robert Mann. Mark has worked closely with composers, including the Guild of Composers, the Da Capo Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae, and Continuum. He has also performed and recorded chamber music on period instruments with the Helicon Ensemble, the Four Nations Ensemble, and the Smithsonian Institute. He currently teaches at the Mannes College of Music and previously held faculty positions at Juilliard’s Pre-college division, Princeton University, and New York University. Previous Yellow Barn guest faculty (since 2017)