During his career as a piano teacher, Lyell Gustin often arranged musical events highlighting composers in their significant years and on special anniversaries.  Gustin House, joining with the musical world in marking 2006 as the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, presented an evening program celebrating the words and works of Mozart.

Henry Woolf, Saskatoon's "dean of the stage," read selected Mozart letters written between 1770 and late 1791 to family members and friends. Pianist Zsuzsanna Takáts, a graduate of the Franz Lizst Academy in Budapest, and Gregory Schulte, a Gustin graduate, performed one of Mozart's sonatas for piano, four hands; Mr. Schulte performed a set of variations; and Carissa Klopoushak, Principal Second Violin of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, joined Mr. Schulte in a sonata for piano and violin.  Both music and letters richly revealed the warmth and humour, the love of life, and the creative brilliance of one of the greatest composers the world has known.