In the Lake house, there’s always been music. It’s a family tradition — one in which the youngest members of the Lake family, Marteka and William, are making a name for themselves.

Saturday night, the brother and sister will play at the Arts of the Pamlico’s Turnage Theatre in downtown Washington. It’s not the first stage they’ve been on: the West Virginia duo have played their sets of traditional bluegrass on “The Wheeling Jamboree USA” in Wheeling, W.V., the second-longest running radio stage show in America, and have appeared onstage with bluegrass greats J.D. Crowe and Buddy Griffin.

They come by their talent naturally, Marteka said.

“We’ve just always been a musical family. We’ve always listened to music,” she said. ”When we started learning how to play I was excited because I could actually play music and not just listen to it. That’s a big deal for both me and William.”

Marteka, 18, and William, 15, have only been playing together for a short time, with Marteka on banjo and William on guitar, with their father accompanying them on bass.

“At the end of August, it will be five years. That was the first time we picked them up. We tried to play a long time ago but our hands were too small,” Marteka laughed.

Not any longer — especially when industry-leading Stelling Banjo Works custom made a banjo for Marteka, allowing her to help design and now markets the line as the “Marteka Challenge.”

It’s the music and giving new life to old traditions that’s the best part of performing traditional bluegrass songs like “Sally Gooden” and “Shortnin’ Bread,” currently two of Marteka’s favorite instrumentals.

“I just love it — it’s like a feeling that you get — I just like it and knowing that I’m playing old traditional stuff and watching (the audience’s) reaction. They say it brings back old memories and it makes me happy to make them happy,” Marteka said.

While Marteka graduated from high school two years ago — being homeschooled allowed her to double up on classes for early graduation — college is on the wait list for now, she said.

“I’m going to wait awhile and see how the music turns out. So far it’s turned out good and ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’” Marteka laughed.

Saturday’s concert is sponsored by the Beaufort County Traditional Music Association with Arts of the Pamlico. Tickets are $15 and are on sale at the theatre box office, 150 W. Main St., Washington. For more information, visit artsofthepamlico.org or call 252-946-2504.