Bob P.'s Page

Well, folks, this is my first attempt at a Web page. I'll have to learn HTML and all that. I hope to include something about my interests, which are pretty varied:

Music: (hence the "Bourbon Street" URL)

I play the violin (classical) and piano (all kinds of things)

I have been known to compose music - perhaps I'll post MIDI files of some compositions eventually

I have been studying ragtime, stride, novelty piano, and all sorts of early jazz piano styles for something like 25 years now (egad!)

Mountains: I have been engaged in mountaineering related activities since grad school (that is, since about 1983). I'm using this in the most general possible sense, to include such activities as

Hiking in the mountains, deserts, and even in the city

Peak-bagging

Technical rock climbing

Skiing (both alpine and nordic)

Links to other sites on the Web

Warren Trachtman's Page
Mike Meddings's Page
Alex Hassan's Page
Fusion Research at General Atomics
Primeline's Ragtime MIDI Page
The Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra of San Diego's Webpage
Orange County RagFest Webpage
Skiing in Southern California
Los Alpinistas
Richard Carey's Peakbagging Page
The Red Hot Jazz Archive

My page on "Notating Swing"

My page of Stride Piano in Real Audio and MP3 Formats

Photos of myself with various music people around the world.

If you'd like to see an image of me on the summit of Mt. Massive (14,421'), near Leadville, Colorado, or me playing the piano (both taken some years ago), click here.

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