There are many instruments in the midwest we know much about, however fiddling is not a kind of instrument that’s heard of nowadays. 

Fiddling originated in the Middle East near Italy and ultimately traveled through the US, evolving to the basic violin or fiddle in the present. 

The leader of the new fiddling club, senior Alyanne Jones, knew from the age of six that she wanted music to be in her life forever. 

“I started taking classical violin lessons when I was seven, when I went to my first summer camp and there they had a fiddling instructor, and every single time I’ve had the opportunity to go back into the world of fiddling,” Jones said. 

From then on, she followed fiddling and began learning new instruments along with finding her voice. 

“Violin is my main instrument, I also sing in the Madrigals, and I can play heart and soul on the piano if I need to,” Jones said. 

In the early days of Jones’s career, she wanted to bring more acknowledgement to fiddling and the violin in general. 

“During the summer, I had the idea, what if I started the fiddling club here, that way other people could have the opportunity to experience fiddle music because it’s not something that’s typically taught,” Jones said. 

Another participant following in the musical path is Serenity Strunk. 

“My goal is to have fun, we do a whole bunch of different techniques that we wouldn’t learn in regular orchestra, ” freshman Serenity Strunk said. 

A newly found member in the club explained how opposite types of fiddling widely changes her perspective on the instrument as a whole. 

‘We get to play music from different cultures and different backgrounds and some of them really inspire me to play,” freshman Serenity Lashinski said, 

“I felt like I had a lot of skills to offer,” Jones said. “There’s just a wide range of music out there, and I’m so excited to be able to have that as my career and just have all of those opportunities and options.”

Music is very important to Jones because it keeps her doing the thing she loves and she can express herself through her notes. 

“I want to be a very well-rounded person because you know people think of others as like ‘oh, they’re just the choir kids’ or ‘oh, they’re just the jocks,” Jones said. “But for me, I’ve never really felt like only one of those labels has applied to me because I love running, I love working with different people and taking in the knowledge from the people around me. And by doing all these different clubs and cross country and things, I have the opportunity to continue growing from all of it.”