PERFORMANCES
LIVESTREAMS ~ SOLO CELLO CONCERTS
Usually the first TUESDAY of each month
7pm Pacific Time
Diane Chaplin, Cellist on Facebook
Diane Chaplin, Cellist youtube channel
Cello Refinery youtube channel
Tuesday, May 5th ~ 7:00pm PT
Jewish Heritage Month
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Elena Kats-Chernin: I am Cello
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Serge Kaufmann: Neshama & Tikva
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Gabriela Lena Frank: Khazn’s Recitative: Elu D’vorim
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Erica Lessie: Nayn
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Hugo Kauder: Viola Suite, arr for Cello (1924)
Tuesday, June 2nd ~ 7:00pm PT
Calls from the East
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Bia ke borem ba Mazar (Afghan song arr by Dan Alcott)
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Edward Hines: Suite Yeni Makam
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Zoë Martlew: Salat Babilya (Babylonian Prayer)
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Kian Soltani: Persian Fire Dance
IN-PERSON APPEARANCES
April 2 ~ PORTLAND, OR
Thursdays @ Three radio program
April 11 ~ PORTLAND, OR
Female Gaze @ PSU ~ Petrify the Patriarchy!
April 12 ~ PORTLAND, OR
World premiere of Cello Concerto "Yizkor" by Israeli composer Ayala Asherov
with Jewish Community Orchestra
see flyer below
April 19 ~ PORTLAND, OR
"Turkish Delights"
Friends of Chamber Music house concert
May 8 ~ PORTLAND (noon concert)
Portland Jewish Music Festival
EASTSIDE JEWISH COMMONS - free!
May 8 ~ BEND, OR
Portland Cello Project
May 9 ~ ASTORIA, OR
Portland Cello Project
RECENT - still available to view
on Diane's youtube channel
2026 (link to previous years below)
Tuesday, Mar 3rd ~ Escaping the Darkness: Women's History Month
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Kaitlyn Raitz: Not So Simple
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Reena Esmail: Perhaps
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Persis Parshall Vehar: Two Ways of Being
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Caitlin Foster: Usinien I Mornie ("Escaping the Darkness")
Tuesday, Feb 3rd ~ Black History Month 2026
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Sir Wick Hughes: Suite #1
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Godwin Sadoh: Pastiche of Nigerian Folk Song (World Premiere)
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Carlos Simon: Silence
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Derrick Skye: Hum
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TJ Anderson: Serenade
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Gretchen Yanover: to solve for heart (for cello with Loop Pedal)
Wednesday, Jan 7th ~ A Surreal Start to 2026
Howard Patterson, narrator
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Chaplin/Andersen: The Collar
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Tina Davidson: Lost Love Songs
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Dukas/Erben/Chaplin: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Tuesday, April 7th ~ Turkish Delights
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Emir Efe Doganer: Variations on a Traditional Turkish Folk Song
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Andrés Soto: Seikilos for Solo Cello
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Ilkim Tongur: Quilt and Dawn
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Adnan Saygun: Partita (mvts 3, 4, 5)
Tuesday, July 7th ~ 7:00pm PT
American Birthday
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Peter Schickele: Vermillion Suite
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Augusta Read Thomas: Bells Ring Summer
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Aaron Minsky: New Orleans Jazzman, New Yorker, Flag Waver, Broadway