User:DavidMBarton

Born 1939 Live in: San Jose, CA Married, two grown sons Occupation: none (retired physicist/engineer) Ed: BA Physics/Math Linfield College, 1961, post-grad engineering study, Oregon State U. 1961-64. Music: played violin/fiddle since 3rd grade, classical orchestra and trad. fiddle music since 1993, studied classical guitar in late 1960s, sang in chorus of Palo Alto's West Bay Opera in late '60s, sang in California Bach Society chorus in 1970s, attended more than one summer fiddle camp every summer since 1995 (Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Montana FC, Rocky Mountain FC, Valley of the Moon Scottish FC.) Took up viola and acoustic bass recently. Teach kids violin privately and at San Jose's Free Music School. Vacations preferences: road travel with RV trailer in the American West, visiting national parks; small-ship cruises, with 50 passengers or fewer,) most recently around the tip of Baja California, to see (and touch!)gray whales. But also in Galapagos and Alaska.