Background
His father was a violinist who had returned to his family"s farm during the Depression, and his mother held a variety of jobs to finance their only child"s musical education.
His father was a violinist who had returned to his family"s farm during the Depression, and his mother held a variety of jobs to finance their only child"s musical education.
He was encouraged almost from birth to play music His family settled in Philadelphia, where Steck studied at the Curtis Institute of Music. He graduated from the Philadelphia Musical Academy in 1952 and received a master"s degree in music from the University of Texas in Austin in 1957.
