Stella Kaplan
Stella Kaplan is a musician, performer, film and media composer, and teacher in Los Angeles. A 2022 graduate of Berklee College of Music, where she studied with Joe Walsh, she is a multi-instrumentalist (primarily mandolin and bass) who plays in a wide range of styles (Celtic, choro, rock, pop, punk, r & b, jazz, bluegrass, classical). She is a founding member of the Celtic band SilverTree and gigs with many others.
She released a Celtic album with primalhouse music in 2022, was a co-composer on the Emmy-winning score for Season 1 of Percy Jackson & The Olympians on Disney+, and currently works with composer Mark Orton on various projects, including as a co-composer on the documentary Mall Town and a composer’s assistant on the films On Swift Horses and Miss You, Love You.
Raised in Portland, Oregon, she is a Queen fanatic for the ages.
“I couldn’t be happier with my Italian Spruce and Mahogany Archtop Octave Mandolin. Its rich, deep sound fills the room and works for any style I’m playing, whether it’s Celtic, choro, bluegrass, rock, or classical. The warmth and texture have also been great for my film and media composing.”