Van Django is an acoustic string ensemble made up of four extremely talented and eclectic musicians. Their music is well-rooted in the gypsy jazz of 1930's Paris France, but beyond that it's all pure blue-skying: flights of dazzling fancy, driving rhythms and boundless creativity. Experience this foursome as they play their original compositions and quirky arrangements in an action packed musical universe they call, "acoustic string hot jazz!"

CAMERON WILSON, Violin
Cameron Wilson is currently a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Radio Orchestra, and the gypsy swing group Van Django. He is also a composer/arranger whose works have been performed by numerous symphony orchestras and ensembles and soloists across Canada and the U.S. He has collaborated with CBC author and storyteller Stuart Mclean and the CBC Radio Orchestra on "History of Canada" and "I Remember Wayne". Both stories were released as a CD last year. Most recently he composed the music for the NFB film "Citizen Sam". The music was nominated for a 2007 Leo Award for best music in a documentary film.

BUDGE SCHACHTE, Guitar
Budge collaborates with a stellar cast of diverse artists including: play-write Thompson Highway, Tango Paradiso, Victoria Symphony, Ache Brazil, Terry Frewer, Brad Turner, Olam, Leora Cashe, and many others...
He is featured on several film soundtracks: Head In The Clouds, Eulogy, Sisterhood Of TheTravelling Pants and recently he composed, played and recorded his first feature film soundtrack for the film, "Love And Other Dilemmas".

His work as a performer, producer and composer can be found on numerous recordings including Tango Paradiso, Ache Brazil, Sarah Marshall, Leora Cashe, Olam, Gypsalero ....

Currently Budge is on the faculty of Guitar Worshop Plus where he taught a "Gypsy Jazz Seminar" along with John Jorgenson, at UBC summer 2006.

FINN MANNICHE, Guitar & Cello
Finn is a versatile and passionate musician with a Music degree fron UBC and a penchant for playing anything and everything, whether on guitar or cello. He plays Swing and New Music, Bach to Bacharach, Surf and other worldly sounds. He can be heard playing live and on CD with: the Armadillo String Quartet, Ensemble Symposium, the Jazzmanian Devils, Soul Crib, the Paperboys, Denzel Sinclair, 54/40, Murray McLauglin, Mae Moore and Cam Wilson’s varying orchestral extravanganzas.

LAURENCE MOLLERUP, Double Bass
Laurence Mollerup is on the music faculty of Vancouver Community College and Capilano College. He has performed with Alan Matheson, Adama, Tango Paradiso, Vancouver New Music, and as an extra with the Vancouver Opera, and the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras. He also performs regularly in musical theatre and records for radio, television, and feature film soundtracks including “The French Guy”, “Emile”, “Live Bait” and “A Place Called Chiapas”.