The Players

	Character	Played by
Brother Grypweade Played by Wayne Humphrey	At 16 years of age, Brother Grypweade (pronounced: Gryp - weade) found God after a very long night's search. Good fortune found him one day when the final monastery on his wish list took him in, thus avoiding the draft. Today, the good friar spreads musical joy throughout the land at the Lord's expense with this extraordinary troupe of minstrels.	Wayne Humphrey (Brother Grypweade) has been a prominent member of the Boston music scene 30 years. Joining Diabolis in Musica in early 2008, he brings his guitar, vocal, and songwriting skills to the renaissance stage. Expect intricate fingerings and high energy rhythm patterns on guitar and percussion during performances. Wayne also plays with the Boston based, BoneDance.
Minstrel Krampf Played by David Irish	Minstrel Krampf learned to play the bagpipes, much to the dismay of his fellow townspeople, who insisted that he go further and further into the field to practice. He received encouragement in the form of donations from the townspeople, who gave him money to go further and further away to practice, until he found himself several towns away from where he had started! It was the beginning of his wandering minstrel career. Several years and several countries later, he finally learned to play the pipes, and instead of paying him to go away, people started paying him to stay in town and play at their festivals!	David Irish first got the idea to start a medieval band after hearing the music of In Extremo and Corvus Corax. Inspired by the bold new sound of these German bands, he learned to play the bagpipes, and found some friends to play music with at local renaissance faires. After a few shows, they decided to create Diabolis In Musica. This is the first band Dave has been in, and he plays Bagpipes, Recorder, crummhorn, rauschpfeife, bass marimba, and occaisionally drums. He inherited his singing talents from his mother and grandfather, who both sang opera.
Black Bart Played by Brian Harper	Black Bart: Highway-man, Ladies-man. Looks good in tights. Black Bart comes from parts unknown and he likes it that way.	Brian Harper's experience covers Shakespeare, sword play and a variety of musical instuments. Primarily a rock drummer, Brian branched off into medieval music roughly 5 years ago. A one time music director for the Salem Pirate faire, Brian has brought his experience in entertaining to audiences throughout New England. Brian plays a variety of instuments but his main love is always for drums of any kind. When not banging on a drum, Brian spends his time building wooden model ships and cycling.
Lady Jocelyn Played by Jocelyn Demuth	Lady Jocelyn is English aristocrat who has fallen on hard times. Due to a scandal too scurilious to divulge, she was thrust out of the refined circles she used to inhabit. Armed with only a few frocks, instruments and her loyal maid, Suzette, she was forced to join this low company of minstrels. Nevertheless, her passion for music and fine wine has helped to soften her fall from grace and sustained her dignified demeanor.	Jocelyn Demuth is a classically trained violinist who has been playing renaissance music for the past 15 years with various groups. Seven years ago, she took up the hurdy-gurdy and five years ago discovered how to coax music from the instrument. She has also recently added rauschpfeife, recorder and gong to her repetoire. Jocelyn also plays fiddle with the Lowell based Irish group, Aiden's Clan.
Suzette Malette Played by Sioux Gerow	Suzette Malette, the daughter of a French blacksmith, is Lady Jocelyn's loyal servant. She goes wherever lady Jocelyn goes, and tries to keep her out of trouble. She got her musical career in the kitchen, where she played pots and pans with such proficiency, instead of cleaning them, that she was removed from the kitchen and spent time in the conservatory helping lady Jocelyn practice her music.	Sioux Gerow plays recorder, Shruti box, drums, and anything else she's called upon to play.