Described by the Los Angeles Times as “compellingly, vehemently virtuosic,” Derek Stein is a cellist whose active performance schedule knows virtually no bounds and is met with the same committed abandon he brings to his playing.

Instagram: @dereksteincello

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INSTAGON is a term coined to describe the SPONTANEOUS FACTOR, the essence of Chaos Theory... everything that happens in this universe changes instantaneously upon its creation... nothing stays the same... everything changes, and is gone in an instant... hence INSTAGON.

INSTAGON has performed LIVE, unrehearsed, no practice, fresh on the stage... just as much an experience for the BAND, as well as the AUDIENCE... for over 800 shows in the past 30 years, and has NEVER been the same group of people, or ensemble on stage ever... NEVER repeating... always changing... once it happens it is GONE... yesh, INSTAGON.

Joshua Hill is an award-winning songwriter, violinist, and dementia caregiver crafting multimedia stories at the intersection of arts and health in the forms of stage, screen and song. He received a Canadian Screen Award for co-writing the song “The Crown Sleeps” in the Academy Award nominated film THE BREADWINNER. Funded by an Arizona Commission on the Arts grant, Joshua apprenticed The Wooster Group in NYC to study their theatrical devising process. As a composer, Joshua has scored two feature films, and worked with Michael Krassner (Boxhead Ensemble) and Tim Rutili (Califone) on films that have premiered at Sundance and SXSW. In 2020, Joshua became a dementia caregiver for his father and created SONG CYCLE, a multimedia performance piece which explores the powerful connection between music and dementia, and its personal impact on his family. Joshua performed SONG CYCLE at REDCAT, The Amargosa Opera House, and The Tank Center For Sonic Arts.

improvised soprano saxophone and other projects.

Bassist // Composer // Educator // Audio Engineer - Masters in Commercial Music, BM Jazz Studies/Music Technology
Electric 6 string Bass, Upright bass, composing/arranging, recording and mixing. 

Other groups:
Jonny Wartel 4tet: jw4.wartel.se 
free jazz:  urgentcall.wartel.se 
Gothenburg Saxophone Quartet:  gbgsax4.wartel.se
Indie rock:  sunsetdistrict.wartel.se


(Saxophones, flute, clarinets)
Originally from the SF Bay Area, living in Phoenix, AZ: creative musician, improviser, composer, teacher, coffee snoot, bay area sports fan.  

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