SALEM — Dulci-More: Folk and Traditional Musicians will host Colin Beasley at 7 p.m. Monday in the meeting room of the Dale Shaffer Research Library of the Salem Historical Society, located at 239 S. Lundy Ave. in Salem.

As a thank you from the Dulci-More, admission to this year’s summer concert series is free.

Beasley is a musician who specializes in hammered dulcimer, steel pans and percussion and is known for his unique style of playing and mixing elements from a variety of genres, including classical, jazz, Irish folk, African, Brazilian, Cuban and Caribbean. Beasley picked up the hammered dulcimer in November 2013, using his growth as a musician to grow as a player. After winning his first hammered dulcimer contest at the Southern Strings Dulcimer Festival three months after he began playing, he has accumulated a plethora of hammered dulcimer awards, including the 2015 and 2017 Southern Regional Champion, the 2014 and 2016 Deep South Champion, the 2016 Texas State champion, and the 2016 Mid-East Regional Champion.

In September 2018, Beasley competed in and won first place in the National Hammered Dulcimer Contest at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kan. He performed at Dulci-More Festival 25 in 2019.

Beasley plays a variety of percussion instruments, including pandeiro, congas, cajon, djembe and various auxiliary instruments, including shaker, shekere, Brazilian triangle and guiro. Along with his own recordings, the most recent featuring music from the “Legend of Zelda” video game he arranged, he has recorded as a percussionist on “Somewhere,” the most recent CD by the Hired Hands, some of Dulci-More’s favorite local musicians from Lisbon, featuring their Celtic harps.

No advance tickets or reservations are needed for the concert series. Free refreshments will be available during intermission. Everyone is welcome to attend.

For information or directions, contact Bill Schilling at (234) 564-3852 or bill@dulcimore.org. Visit dulcimore.org for club information.