sentences:  He performed violin recitals with David Garvey, who was the pianist for the great soprano, Leontyne Price, and he also performed in the same string quartet with the violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman when they were both teenagers at the Meadowmount School of Music .Music remains an important part of his life.Steere has been married for 50 years to Margaret Mercer Steere, and they have four grown children, all of whom now have their own families.