[6] Renaissance was co-founded by Bervin Harris and Darren Quinlan to serve the Bronx's Morrisania neighborhood.

[12] The band has performed at Good Morning America,[13] Carnegie Hall,[14] the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center,[15] the Apollo Theater,[16] the New School,[17][18] and the City Parks Foundation.

[19] In 2016, they opened Mayor Bill de Blasio's 2016 State of the City address at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts.

[22] In 2014, Renaissance's Youth Council spent eight hours painting Unity Park a pink salmon color.

[24] In 2016, the Youth Council set up a petition, gaining 4,700 signatures and support from New York State Assembly member Michael Blake, to force the clean-up of animal carcasses and the odor.