Artist profile: Bluegrass music captivates Marcel Ardans

Marcel Ardans, 24, grew up on a city farm in Phoenix and later in northern Arizona. His family moved to Bellingham when he was a teen and he attended Sehome High School.

After graduating, he started performing professionally in stage productions and musicals in the pit orchestra in productions at Western Washington University, Bellingham Theater Guild and Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth.