The Family Place will benefit from a fundraising concert featuring trumpeter Richard Carson Steuart and guest musicians on Saturday, September 17, at Grace United Church, starting at 4 p.m.
Joining Steuart will be concert organist Dr. Klaus Linsenmeyer of Germany, trumpeters Dean McNeill, Miles Newmann and Aaron Bueckert, and Darrell Bueckert on timpani.
Tickets will range from $15 to $40, and will include a free CD of Steuart’s music. They are available at Picatic.com on line, or at the door, starting an hour before the concert.
Steuart is an acclaimed composer, trumpet soloist, producer and university lecturer who was born in Weyburn.
Over his music career, he has won a number of national and international classical solo trumpet competitions and has been based in Europe since 1978.
As a performer, he has played with several youth bands and orchestras, and became a member of the Regina Symphony Orchestra at the age of 13.
He has been performing and lecturing for over four decades worldwide, and has produced over 20 solo and ensemble CDs, from classical to jazz.
