Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson

PRINCIPAL: North Bay Philharmonic Orchestra; UC San Diego Chamber Symphony; Sibelius Academy Chamber Orchestra; University of the Pacific Symphony; Berkeley Chamber Orchestra; Merced Symphony Orchestra

SECTION MEMBER: Napa Symphony (Assistant Principal); Modesto Symphony; Stockton Symphony

CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES: Napa Valley Symphony Chamber Players (string quartet); Paris Trio (flute, guitar, cello); Sound Dynamics (guitar and cello); Moderna Trio (piano, violin, cello)

PERFORMANCES WITH: James Newton, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Lytle, Carol Plantamura, Henri Pousseur; Johnny Mathis, Vinko Globokar, Anthony Newley, Beverly Sills, Mark O'Conner, and Ed Kelly

SOLO/ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES FOR: President Gerald R. Ford, Geena Davis & Renny Harlin (Wedding); Sylvester Stallone, Pete Wilson, Eddie Murphy, Julio Gallo; Joseph Phelps (60th birthday), John & Janet Trefethen; Marcus Moller-Racke, Tom Petty, Thomas Kinkade; Woodland Opera House, Jeffrey Jaeger; Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mrs. Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss

AWARDS: San Diego Friends of Music String Fellowship Competition-University of California, San Diego; Biographical inclusion in Who's Who in Music and Musician's Directory, Cambridge, England; Vaino Hoover Foundation Scholarship-Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland; California State Scholarships-University of the Pacific, Stockton, California

EDUCATION: University of California, San Diego (M.A.); Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland; Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California (B.M.); California State University, Sonoma (M.S./Single Subject-Music Credentials); TEACHERS; Berndt Bohman -Tokyo Symphony, Princ. Cello (Sibelius Academy); Arto Noras - Tchaikovsky Competition Winner (Sibelius Academy); Stephen Kates - Tchaikovsky Competition winner; Colin Hampton; Peter Farrell and Bertram Turetzky (University of California, San Diego); Ira Lehn and Joan Garvin (University Of the Pacific); COMPOSITION; Bernard Rands (Pulizer Prize - Music), Joji Yuasa, Nicholas Slonimsky, Stanworth Beckler

Jazz/Avant-garde cello improvisation, Composition/Arranging, Conductor

Engineer of a solid-body electronic cello prototype, Author

CAD/CAM computer operator, Bonsai gardening, Cycling