Marten Van Eyk - Fiddle
I played all through High School, as well as several years in the orchestra at Calvin College, where I was a student. I did cause some immense pain to my orchestra Professor at Calvin when several of us were given a chance to play a genuine Stradivarius and I played “Yackity Sax” instead of something from Beethoven! I continued with mostly classical music, in various groups and also performing in weddings and at Church, I started feeling an urge to play a different style of music.
In 1999 I met a young high school student, Luke Lenhart, who is a most gifted bluegrass instrumentalist! He coached me in the fine art of how to play bluegrass style. I traded my violin for a fiddle! I played with Luke's band for many years and now have the privilege of being part of the Calabogie Road Bluegrass Band.
My wife Dianne and I have three wonderful sons, three wonderful daughter–in–laws, and eight fantastic grand children! After I retired from my job as a P. O. With the Dept. of Corrections I opened up a coffeehouse, Mocha–N–Music, where over 2,700 music events were played! Now that the coffeehouse is closed, I get to play even more music!