Turkish Delights
Sunday, April 19, 2026
3:00 pm
Hosted by Carol Ferris & Sarah Peyton
20 guests • $100
Savor an afternoon of rich musical flavors as the incomparable cellist Diane Chaplin explores the vibrant soundscapes of Ahmet Adnan Saygun and other composers inspired by Turkey’s folk traditions—including a captivating set of variations on a beloved Turkish tune. Paired with delicious themed appetizers and drinks in this beautiful home in SW Portland, you’ll delight in a tapestry of Turkish sound and flavor.
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Diane Chaplin is a world-class cellist and nurturing music educator who lives in Portland, Oregon. She appears often as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber music artist, and tours around the US as a featured member of the Portland Cello Project. For the 2024-25 season she was the Cello Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara; she also has a large class of private cello students, both in-person and on zoom, and teaches students all over the world through the Cello Refinery.Diane moved from New York City to Portland, Oregon, in 2009. Before taking up residence on the west coast, she spent 21 years as the cellist of the Colorado Quartet and with them had an international career which took her around the globe. Diane has held teaching positions at many prestigious institutions of higher learning, including Oberlin College-Conservatory and Swarthmore College, and taught for several years at Bard College in NY State. More recently she taught at both Linfield University and Lewis and Clark College in Oregon. As a member of the Colorado Quartet, she was visiting chamber music faculty at Yale University in 2009.
Diane performs often in concerto appearances in the Portland area including with the Salem Philharmonia, Oregon Sinfonietta, Beaverton Symphony, Sunnyside Symphony, Clark College/Community Orchestra, Tualatin Valley Symphony, Jewish Community Orchestra, Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamelan at Lewis and Clark College. Diane was a founding member of Northwest New Music, is often featured on Cascadia Composers concerts, and was a member of the Free Marz String Trio. From 2010-2015 Diane was the conductor and Director of Youth Orchestras for the Oregon Pro Arte organization, and from 2015-2019 she was director and conductor of the Rose City Youth Orchestras. She was the Program Coordinator and conductor of the Advanced Chamber Orchestra at the Chamber Music Camp of Portland from 2010-2020, and the Director of the Soundfest Quartet Institute and Festival on Cape Cod for twenty years before that. Diane is an eclectic musician, with interests that range from traditional great works of the western musical canon to ... things that are not. A prolific arranger and composer, she produces many reworkings of chamber music repertoire, writes brilliant arrangements for the Portland Cello Project, and has published many of her arrangements and student cello music.
