Virtual Medieval Festival- Paul Butler- Bray Harp

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Paul Butler started off as a classically trained musician on violin and viola, and developed a strong interest in early music, especially music of the medieval period. A multi-instrumentalist concentrating primarily on bowed stringed instruments, he has dabbled in a number of styles ranging from filk to Near Eastern to Japanese, but most of his concentration has been in historical performance of the medieval and renaissance music of Europe. He researches, creates and performs on early instruments such as the rebec, citole, vielle, bray harp and shawm. As a solo artist, he has appeared at Renaissance faires, museums, and schools performing and demonstrating historical music. He has also performed and recorded with the SCA dance band the Branslers, the RenFolk band Burlap Lute, Celtic Fusion band Rabbit Stampede, taiko ensemble Kyodaiko, and the Eastern European themed Karpathos. Paul resides in Collingswood, NJ with his ancient historian wife Stephanie Budin and rabbits Velvet Shadow and Ms. Poppins.
Any questions may be directed to email [e-mail], and if individuals want to see more about the instruments and how some of them were made, they can go to the website crab.rutgers.ed....