Frank van Essen is a drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 and violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist who plays in celtic folk themed band Iona

Iona (band)

Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....

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Biography

Born in The Netherlands in 1967 and from a musical family. He took up drumming at the age of 15. Married with Marlou.

Musical career

Frank's first band was called Judah. He joined Dutch worship band Ronduit Praise Band.

Frank has been a session and live musician with numerous artists who include Margaret Becker

Margaret Becker

Margaret Becker is an American Christian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She has had twenty-one No. 1 Christian radio hits, won four Dove Awards, and been nominated for four Grammy Awards.-Biography:...

, Rick Cua

Rick Cua

Rick Cua is an American Dove Award and Grammy Award-winning Christian rock singer, songwriter, bassist, author, and ordained minister...

, Marcel McArthur, Jessy Dixon

Jessy Dixon

Jessy Dixon was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist, with success among audiences across racial lines. He garnered seven Grammy nominations during his career....

, Billy and Sarah Gaines, Joanne Hogg

Joanne Hogg

Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...

, Susan Ashton

Susan Ashton

Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning American Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s...

, Timothy Boyd, Julie

Julie Miller

Julie Miller is a songwriter, singer, and recording artist currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Buddy Miller in 1981...

 and Buddy Miller

Buddy Miller

Buddy Miller is a country singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee...

, Nina Åström

Nina Åström

Nina Åström is a Finnish gospel singer and songwriter, who represented Finland in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. She started performing in the 1980s, and published her debut album in 1991. She currently lives in Kokkola and she is married...

, Adrian Snell

Adrian Snell

Adrian Snell is an English pianist, keyboard player, singer and composer.-Biography:Classically trained at the Leeds College of Music and with a music diploma to his name , Adrian's musical career spans twenty-five years. During this time he has produced six major concept works and thirteen solo...

, Chris Eaton, Ralph van Manen, Dave Fitzgerald

Dave Fitzgerald

Dave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...

 and Barry & Batya Segal.

Van Essen in 1989 met Dave Bainbridge who was touring with Adrian Snell's The Passion.
He eventually joined Iona

Iona (band)

Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....

 in 1990. He left for a time later in the 1990s but returned regularly to add his music to the band's live and studio work. He eventually rejoined on a more permanent basis for the recording of Woven Cord

Woven Cord

Woven Cord is a live progressive rock album by Iona with All Souls Orchestra. Released in 1999, it was recorded on 29 May 1999 at the Royal Festival Hall in London...

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Solo recording

• Heer hier ben ik (1987)
• De Heer Regeert (1989)
• Opwekking (1994-present) annually issued CD
• Classic Gospel Festival (1997-present) - 2 live & 1 studio CD
• Bouw Uw Troon (1997-present) four unknown Dutch worship releases - with his wife Marlou
• Immanuël (2002)

External links

• Dew Worship. Website of Frank and Marlou van Essen