Dulci-More to host The Fiddle Section Saturday
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SALEM -- Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians will host The Fiddle Section (The Mom Family) at 7 p.m. Saturday in the meeting room of the Dale Shaffer Research Library of the Salem Historical Society, 239 S. Lundy Ave. Parking is available in the municipal lot across Lundy. The building is handicapped accessible. Admission is $10 with an additional $5 covering all children in a family with a responsible adult. Since the family includes three college students who have been playing violin/fiddle since they were young, this concert is highly recommended for students of any age who are learning or playing instruments.
The Fiddle Section, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, features the Mom Family. They started playing on the stage at the Original Dulcimer Players Club FunFest in Evart, Michigan, in the Youth Concerts. Their name is a nod to their classical roots and is also their nickname in the Squirrels' Nest Ensemble at the same festival, with whom they have performed each year since 2013.
Sherese Bultman Mom is an accomplished violinist and pianist and teacher of both. She learned her first fiddle tunes as a young girl. When she followed the moonlit path from Thompson Park in Evart to the Rabbit Barn porch in the Osceola Fairgrounds (in Evart) in 2005, she wondered where this place had been all her life.
Liesl Mom has served as concertmaster of the Grand Valley State University Symphony Orchestra for the past three years. Jeffrey Mom is also a violinist in the GVSU Symphony. He is an accomplished hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer and guitar performer as well. They founded the GVSU Folk Music Club in 2021, Liesl serving as president and Jeffrey as vice president for the past two years. The Fiddle Section is rounded out by multi-instrumentalist David Mom on fiddle, mandolin and banjo, and about anything else with strings. Expect to hear some originals from Liesl and Jeffrey during their concert.
This is the first appearance by the Mom Family for Dulci-More and one of their first appearances outside of Michigan. Bill Schilling has really enjoyed hearing them (and watching Liesl, Jeffrey and David grow up) while he has played jug in the jam sessions at the Squirrels' Nest and on the stage at Evart for many years and managed to put together Ohio performances for them to share the beauty and joy of their music with a new audience.
Since its founding in January of 1993, Dulci-More has met twice a month to enjoy playing and singing. The group occasionally performs for festivals, fairs, schools, churches, clubs, nursing homes and others. The group also presented its Dulci-More Festival for 25 years featuring national, international, regional and local musicians. The Dulci-More Fall Concert Series will continue with Cincy Harris and Rebecca Heath from Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 30, Claudia Schmidt from Connecticut Oct. 6, Bob and Jeanne Zentz from Norfolk, Va., Nov. 5 and a Performance Song Circle Nov. 25.
No advance tickets or reservations are needed for the concert series. Free refreshments are available during the intermission. Everyone is welcome to attend. For information or directions, contact Schilling at 234-564-3852 or bill@dulcimore.org or check on the web at www.dulcimore.org for information about the club.