Still attending Grade-School in Regina, young Richard began to study additional instruments including the Piano, the Clarinet, the Oboe and the Saxophone as well as taking part in classes in Musical History and Harmony at the Conservatory of Music.
At age 14 was given his first formal contract to teach both the Clarinet and Saxophone for the Regina City Public-School System and that same year (1970)he accepted a Teaching Assistanceship to Dr. Mel Carey, Head of the Brass Department of the University of Regina for Trumpet and Brass Ensemble. Richard held this position through to 1976 when he left Canada to further his musical studies in the U. S. A.. 
Richard Steuart performed numerous Solo-Trumpet and Cornet engagements and radio recordings in a variety of musical idioms from Baroque to Big Band at this time and was an active member in several service-club Concert Bands in Regina. He was the Solo Cornetist of the Regina City Police Boys Band, and Royal Canadian Legion Band as well as being a proud Soloist- member of the Regina Salvation Army Brass Band.
Richard Carson Steuart was Solo-Trumpeter and Assistant-Conductor of the Regina Inter-Collegiate Symphony Orchestra, touring as featured Soloist to London, England in 1970. He was the Solo-Cornetist of both the Saskatchewan Youth Concert Band and Youth Symphony Orchestra touring throughout Canada and the U.S.A. from 1968 to 1974. 
From 1969 to 1975, Richard Steuart was  Co-founder and the First -trumpeter of the University of Regina Brass Quinet, the Solo-trumpet of both the University of Regina Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Jazz-Big-Band and as the youngest member of the Regina Symphony Orchestra (in 1970), advanced to the Solo-Trumpet position in that semi-professional orchestra in 1972, holding that position through to 1976.   

Richard Carson Steuart's most important early Brass-Teachers included the gifted Jazz and Classical Trumpeter, Big- Band Leader and Arranger/Composer, Prof. Dr. John Harding (University of North Carolina, Charlotte) and the Solo-Hornist and Concert Pianist, Prof. Dr. Mel Carey (USC Berkley, California). 
Through his six year membership as the Solo-Cornet and then Solo- Trumpet of both the National Youth Chamber and National Youth Symphony Orchestras of Canada (from 1970 to 1976) he was also able to study with amoung others Mr. Theodore Weiß, then Solo- trumpeter of the New York Opera; Eugen Rittich, then Solo-Hornist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Richard Erb, then Bass-Trombonist of the St. Louis Symphony,as well as the two "original" trumpet- members of the Canadian Brass Quintet (Prof. Dr. Dr. W. Fred Mills and Prof. Ronald Romm).

Richard Carson Steuart began his full professional performance career in the summer season of 1976 with a series of successes: as both Featured Radio- Soloist (National CBC) and Orchestral Solo-Trumpeter with the Canadian Chamber Orchestra under Aaron Copland and Bruno Walter in Banff, Canada, as First Prize in the Canadian National Music Festival for all Brass Instruments in the catagory "A-Class Open" and as First Prize-winner in the CBC (Canadian National Broadcasting Corporation) Radio and Television Classical Music Competition, ("CBC Talent Festival") and this in the Solo category for All Wind- Instruments (both Brass and Woodwind). 
Thereafter he performed numerous concerts as featured Soloist with numerous Western Canadian Symphony Orchestras including the Edmonton Symphony, the Vancouver CBC Chamber, the Regina Symphony and the Winnepeg CBC Symphony Orchestras.

In 1976 he competed for and won the first of three consecutive Canada Council "National Arts Grants-Awards" and was accepted to the world famous Curtis Insitute of Music in Philadelphia on a Full Four- Year Study Schlolarship. 
Thus began his years of "Private- Selective Studies": firstly in Philadelphia, with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra (with Mason Jones, Solo Hornist; Glen Dogson, Solo-Trombonist and Frank Kaderabek, Solo Trumpet) and at the Curtis Institute (1976/77).
In the spring of 1977 he left Philadelphia to study in Chicago with members of the Chicago Symphony (Vincent Chicowitz and Adolf Herseth) and at North Western University (1977/78). 
In the Spring of 1978 he journeyed to New York to study with amoung others Mr. Mel Broils, then Solo-trumpeter of the Metroplitian Opera of New York.

In June of 1978 Richard Carson Steuart left North America for Europe to assume the position of Solo-Trumpeter with the World Youth Orchestra under Lawrence Foster. 
Following the Concert tours with the WYO in Switzerland and England Mr. Steuart resumed his "Private- Selective Studies" in September of 1978 in London, England with Sir Philip Jones (the Founder and Director of the world renown Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and then Principal of the Trinity College of London) as his Study Advisor.

In mid-September 1978, Mr. Steuart journeyed to Munich, to prepare for Orchestral Audtions with Rolf Quinque, the former Solo- Trumpet of the Munich Philharmonic and Professor of Trumpet at the Richard Strauss Conservatory. On November 4th, 1978 Richard Carson Steuart won the position of Solo-Trumpet of the German Opera in Duesseldorf. This was his first audition in Europe!
On February the 3rd, 1979 he played for and was awared the position of 1st-Solo-Trumpeter of the Bavarian State's world touring Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, a position he held until September 1983 when the City of Wuerzburg with the expressed support of the Bavarian State's Ministry of Culture created a new "Artist in Residence" lecturing position especially for him in their Music Conservatory.
As a consiquence to his 18 years of exceptionally successful lecturing (from Baroque to Jazz) at the Wuerzburg Conservatory, Richard Carson Steuart was awarded a special position in 2001 as Modern and Baroque Trumpet Teacher at the newly reorganised Bavarian State University of Music (Hochschule für Music Wuerzburg).
In January of 2008 he accepted a further position as Professor of Trumpet and Chamber Music in the newly formed Faculty of Music at the Maribor University in Slovenia, a further duty he is to also assume in September of 2010.  

2008 marks Mr. Steuart 38th year of International College Level Teaching and his 28th of year of professional teaching in Europe in amoung other Institutions the City Consevatory and State University of Music in Wuerzburg. 
In appreciation for his diverse accomplishments and 25 years of service (1983-2008), the Freistaat Bayern's Kultus Ministerium / Bavarian State's Ministry of Culture honored him with a special "Dankurkunde" and added financial gratification in Spetemebr of 2008. 

2008 also marks the beginning of Richard Carson Steuart's 30th year of Solo, Chamber Music as well as Recording activities in Europe. These activities have included International Concert Tours with Symphonic and Chamber Orchestras, Brass and Symphonic Wind Ensembles, Ballet, Theatre, Choir and Opera Companies as well as diverse recordings for CD, Radio, Television and Film Music ranging from Historical Music on Period instruments (ie. The Baroque/Natrual trumpet) to Contemporary Jazz, Big Band, Pop, Rock and Experimental Music.
During this time numerous Solo and Ensemble Works have been written for and recorded by Mr. Steuart and his various musical constellations. Composers and arrangers from ranging from regoinal personalities to internationally renowned Composers such as Herbert Blendinger, Werner Egk, Helmut Timpelan and Bertold Hummel.

Mr. Steuart has over the last 30 years produced several of his own Solo and Chamber Music CD recordings under his registered recording label La Tromba ® using both his own and as well as other top quality Recording Studio Technicians through-out Europe.
He can be heard on a number of other international recording labels including Audite, Stuttgart; Koch International; RCA; Orfeo/International, Munich; MMO/New York and EMI-Electrola. Since 2005 Richard Carson Steuart has recorded five pedagogical CDs for the MMO (Music Minus One) company of New York U.S.A. with works accompanied by Symphony Orchestra ranging from Arias from the Operetta as well the Light and Grand Opera over Traditional and Romantic Solo Works with Concert Band accompaniment, to Big Band and popular favouites with his Munich Brass  Ensemble as his accompaniment. (www.musicminusone.com).
Richard Carson Steuart continues to record regularly in a wide variety of musical venues such as the State TV-, Radio-studios in Germany, Swizerlandand So lovenia as well as in studios thoughout Europe and can be heard on prominent Hollwood Film- Music scores of such famous film composer as the Michael Legrand and Hans Zimmer.

He has aswell performed and recorded with Artists and Ensembles as diverse  as the St. Peterburg Baroque Ensemble and the Russian Brass Quintet, Gary Brooker (of the legendary English Rock Band, Procol Harum), the controversial German "Lieder Macher" and European Film-Music Composer Konstantin Wecker, the Pan-European Jazz-Educator, Big- Band Leader and Composer-Arranger Peter Herbolzheimer. He has recorded with top Hollywood Film- Music Composers and Oscar Prize- winners including the "grand" master Michael Legrand and the currently hugely successful (i.e. with Disney Films), the German-born Hans Zimmer.  

Mr. Steuart's extensive "Research and Development" initiatives with regards to the construction of both Modern and Historical Brass Instruments and their repective Mouthpieces is based on decades of co-operations with renowned instrument manufacturers including Yamaha, (Hamamatzu, Japan); KMI / Kanstul, (Anaheim California, USA) and Adolf Egger, (Basel, Switzerland) amoung others and all of which have greatly helped him in the ulimate development and production of his own brand of La Tromba® Trumpets, Mouthpieces and Accessories, manufactured in Germany since 1999. He aswell a highly sought after International Competition Jury -member, Guest- Lecturer and Orchestral and Chamber Music Conductor. He can be found working regularily in top recording studios as well as Conservatories and Universities world-wide and most especially throughout North America, Russia, Japan, China and both East and West Europe. 

Richard Carson Steuart is not only regarded by many today to be the foremost International Classical Solo-Trumpeter of his generation but one of the world's most musically versatile. 
   
As the former Solo-trumpeter of both the German Opera and Bamberg Symphony Orchestras, co-founding Leading-1st- Trumpeter of the prestigeous German Brass, founder and continuing leader of his own Munich Brass and Prince Bishop of Wuerzburg's Wind Ensembles as well as the founder and leader of both the (Modern and Historical) European Baroque and German Chamber Soloists ensembles he has, over the past 30 years performed and recorded in thousands of live concerts Soloist with Chamber, Symphony and Radio Symphony Orchestras throughout both Eastern and Western Europe and North America.
Richard Carson Steuart is the top-prize winner of not only the Canadian National Music Festival and Radio and Television (CBC) Solo Competitions (for all Classical Wind- Instruments) but is also the Top prize-winner of the two most prestigious Classical Solo-trumpet Competitions of our time; namely the International ARD- Munich-Wettbewerb / German National Combined Radio and Television Classical Music Competition and International Swiss Radio and Television Competition / Geneva- Classical Solo Trumpet Competition. This exclusive status he shares with only one other living Classical Solo-Trumpeter colleague, none other than the world renown "King" of the Classical Solo-Trumpet elite, Mr. Maurice André of France. 

However, when asked in a recent interveiw if he considers himself to be "the best" in his field, Mr. Steuart answered:

 "...Music is an Art-form and one of the purest kind! 

...it is not a sport nor a superficial game and therefore cannot be defined through competitions of any sort... 

...it is true that I have won (been the top-prize winner of) virtually every "competition" I have ever entered into...
...but, having said that, it should be clearly understood that I have never (consciously) competed "against" another person in any such events, but rather only ever "competed" with my own personal "highest artistic ideal", while at the same time trying to play more humanly truthful and to utimately to "sing" the very personal story of the "heart of hearts", that we all feel in our quietest moments...

... I was asked in an interview several years ago...
"what does playing the trumpet mean for you?"...
I thought for a few moments and answered,...
"I take the trumpet to my lips and with it, look through the mirror of my mind, into my soul"...

...I believe true music making demands that  one must strive to (humbly) do "his" best to perfect his own "God-given" gifts of musical and humanly artistic expression,... that is, the ones that describe their truest and deepest feelings...,
... one should always remember music is the purtist language, and I sincerely believe one that can best be developed through the generous support of loving parents, generous colleagues and very special teachers... 
...therefore for me, there is no such thing as "best" in any true Art-form, nor can there ever be one in true music making...

...this "ideal" music making is what I always try to impart to my students, colleagues, and concert listeners whenever I lecture and/or perform for and with them... 

...simply put, I believe one should always strive for purity and absolute honesty in music- making and this with what ever musical "gifts", big or small, one may have recieved through the "Grace of God"...

...now, I ask YOU...what could this kind of "music making" possibly have to do with competition and your question: "who is the best?"

(excerpt from an interview in August of 2008)