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Featuring the World Premiere of Thank You — written for the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble
Features the premiere of Vanishing
John Macfarlane performs Jennifer’s Tigers in a program presented by UChicago Presents.
Presented by the Department of Music at UC Riverside.
Featuring Friday, May 18 at a distance, stream here.
Rules were made (video presentation) performed by Stephen Lilly, Stacey Mastrian, and Kristian Twombly featured in the NMG 2020 Gallery
Performances (as composer)
TBD - Multi-Flute Works by Beth Ratay, YouTube (Music from a Ridged Frame I)
September 2023 - 15 Minutes of Meditation & Contemplation, David Bohn, Facebook (Senza Gliss)
August 2023 - Radiophrenia, 87.9 FM, Glasgow, Scotland
June 2023 - New Music on the Bayou, Black Bayou Wildlife Refuge, Monroe, LA (In the Sea that Separates)
April 2023 - No Success, Vimeo (Entries)
April 2023 - UNK New Music Festival, Kearney, NE (Incantation)
September 2022 - 2022 CMS National Conference, Long Beach, CA (Vanishing)
June 2022 - CURRENTS New Media 2022: Sandbox Series: New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM (Thank You)
May 2022 - SCI Online National Conference, University of Maine, Orono, ME (Friday, May 18 at a distance and Interview)
April 2022 - Prayers for a Feverish Planet - Ann DuHamel, University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN (Vanishing)
April 2022 - UNK New Music Festival, Kearney, NE (Timetrial II)
January 2022 - UChicago Presents: Sound/Sites: John Macfarlane, Chicago, IL (Jennifer’s Tigers)
November 2021 - Audiovisual Frontiers, University of California, Riverside (Friday, May 18 at a distance)
October 2021 - New Music Contemporary Ensemble Interactive Event (Bookbinding)
August 2021 - Facebook Performance (Broken)
July 2021 - ICMC 2021, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (Friday, May 18 at a distance)
April 2021 - Convocation, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota (Friday, May 18 at a distance)
March 2021 - Hot Air Music Festival, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA (Friday, May 18 at a distance)
December 2020 - 100 Days of New Music, Robin Meiksins, YouTube (Blending II)
December 2020 - Realtime Improvisation: Final Concert, Rutgers University, NJ (Paths and Portrait in Song)
June 2020 - New Music Gathering Reimagined, Online Event (Rules were made)
May 2020 - Miniature Month of May, Emily Mehigh, YouTube (Righting a Wrong)
March 2020 - 31 Days of Graphic Scores, Robin Meiksins, YouTube (Paths)
January 2020 - When Morty Met John – Where Are We Going?, Studio Z, St. Paul, MN (Echoes, Existentialism, Rules were made, and The Sixth)
December 2019 - 100-Note Toy Piano Project, Daniel Blitz, YouTube (After Crawford)
December 2019 - Junior Recital, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE (se una notte)
November 2019 - Ecos Urbanos, Tecnológico De Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico (Palette)
October 2019 - 40th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival, Bowling Green, OH (Invisible Lines)
October 2019 - Faculty Chamber Concert, St. State University, St. Cloud, MN (Existentialism)
September 2019 – newCELF, FLUXUS2019, Le Pub, Newport, UK (Rules were made)
September 2019 - Great Plains New Music Festival, USD, Vermillion, SD (Righting a Wrong and a simple game)
September 2019 - Convocation, St. Cloud State University, MN (Righting a Wrong and a simple game)
July 2019 - Gothic Open House, Philip Lynch Theatre, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL (Chronostalgia)
May 2019 - Entries, Radiophrenia, 87.9 FM, Glasgow, Scotland (Background, Entries, The First of May, ...in a shower of all my days..., Palette, and Postcard)
April 2019 - UNK New Music Ensemble Concert, Kearney, NE (Candles)
April 2019 - New Music at Chatham, Pittsburg, PA (Mazed)
March 2019 - UNK New Music Festival, Kearney, NE (Candles)
November 2018 - Casa (Home), Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes, Morelia, Mexico (Shifting Power)
November 2018 - Ecos Urbanos, Tecnológico De Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico (Recursive Variations)
November 2018 - Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL (Divided Attention)
November 2018 - Contemporary Music Ensemble, Southeastern Louisiana University (Delicate)
October 2018 - Private Event, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Columbus, OH (Background)
October 2018 - Graduate Student Recital, Bowling Green State University, Ohio (Invisible Lines)
June 2018 - Oak Bay New Music Festival, Victoria, BC (Blending)
May 2018 - New Music on the Bayou, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, LA (Delicate)
April 2018 - How Things Are Made Podcast—Season Three, Pittsburgh, PA (Bookbinding and Candles)
April 2018 - Water is Life, Ecco Chamber Ensemble, Resonance, Bellevue, WA (Melt III)
April 2018 - INTEGERS: 1, Jackson Dinsdale Art Center, Hastings, NE (se una notte)
April 2018 - UNK New Music Ensemble Concert, Kearney, NE (se una notte)
March 2018 - UNK New Music Festival, Kearney, NE (se una notte)
February 2018 - Seconds at RhizomeDC, Washington, DC (by any other name..., Echoes, Mazed, The Second, and Sie sind allein)
February 2018 - a very small consortium, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (Sonata for the President-Elect)
November 2017 - Playground Ensemble, Mutiny Information Café, Denver, CO (Mazed)
October 2017 - 38th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival, Bowling Green, OH (Mazed)
August 2017 - New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble, Midwest Tour (MN, WI) (Greetings from:)
July 2017 - Binary Solo+, The Royal Room, Seattle, WA (Greetings from:, Mazed, Portrait in Song, Sie sind allein)
June 2017 - Ecco Chamber Ensemble presents Enough is Enough! St. John’s United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA (Shifting Power)
June 2017 - Jack Straw Artist Event, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA (Mazed, Portrait in Song, se una notte, Sie Sind Allein)
June 2017 - New Music on the Bayou, Black Bayou Wildlife Refuge, Monroe, LA (Puzzles and Patterns)
April 2017 - Voices of Resistance!, Christ Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA (Requiem for the First Amendment)
April 2017 - SEAMUS 2017, St. Cloud State University, MN (Sie sind allein)
April 2017 - Sonict Ensemble presents Cosmographie, Light Recital Hall, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Melt 2)
April 2017 - Off the Beaten Path New Music Series, UDC, Washington, DC (Divided Attention)
January-February 2017 - "Wunderkammer of Cognition," Mount St. Mary's University Gallery, Emmitsburg, MD (Chronostalgia)
October 2016 - Livewire 7: Sounds Are Just Sounds, UMBC, MD (Sie sind allein)
September 2016 - Stacey Mastrian, Guest Artist Recital, BGSU, OH (Portrait in Song, Sie sind allein)
August 2016 - Wayward Music Series, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA (Anniversary, by any other name..., Like staring at a word..., Portrait in Song, se una notte, and Sie sind allein)
May 2016 - Forum Wallis #10, Ars Electronica, Schloss Leuk, Switzerland (...in a shower of all my days...)
April 2016 - Fifteen-Minutes of Fame: For Now Chamber Players, UNG, Oakwood, GA (Existentialism)
April 2016 - Sonic Haiku, SEAMUS Records (The First of May)
March 2016 - Ball State University New Music Festival, Muncie, IN (Edgeplay)
February 2016 - 2016 SCI Region III Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, WV (Embark)
February 2016 - SEAMUS 2016, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA (Constructive Feedback)
February 2016 - Music from Every Angle: A Very Small Consortium, UW-GB, WI (a simple game)
October 2015 - Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Colonial Tavern, Fredericksburg, VA (Constructive Feedback)
September 2015 - ICMC 2015, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (statics: congruent)
July 2015 - ink&coda, online publication (Erin)
May 2015 - A Hand of Bridge, Exit 128 Chamber Ensemble, Columbia, MO (Perturbations)
May 2015 - Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Hayk Arsenyan, Jan Hus Presbyterian Church, New York, NY (Eleven)
April 2015 - 60x60 Wave Farm Mix + Amplitude, Pioneer Works, New York, NY (Appulse Redux)
April 2015 - Radiophrenia Shorts: Sine, 87.9 FM, Glasgow, Scotland (...in a shower of all my days...)
April 2015 - UNK New Music Ensemble Concert, Kearney, NE (Perturbations)
March 2015 - UNK New Music Festival, Kearney, NE (Perturbations)
March 2015 - 60x60 Wave Farm Mix, WGXC FM, Hudson, NY (Appulse Redux)
January 2015 - Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Hayk Arsenyan, Brand Center, Glendale, CA (Eleven)
January 2015 - In So Many Words – Ascending, The Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NY (Portait in Song)
November 2014 - CoMA 21st Birthday Celebration, Bristol, EN (Timetrial)
August 2014 - 2014 Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, Toronto, ON (Divided Attention)
May 2014 - 48 Hour Film Project, AFI Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD (Dolt de Leche - score, diegetic music, and sound design)
March 2014 - 2014 SEAMUS National Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (Divided Attention)
March 2014 - 2014 SCI National Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Portait in Song)
February 2014 - Commission for the Wedding of Ben and Jenny Findley, Ambient Plus Studio, Atlanta, GA (by any other name...)
February 2014 - Child of Tree, Gettysburg College, PA (by any other name...; Postcard; Augur)
October 2013 - 2013 SCI Region IV Conference, EKU, Richmond, KY (Divided Attention)
August 2013 - Parma Music Festival, Portsmouth, NH (Augur)
May 2013 - The Experimental Theatre, University of California, San Diego (Portrait in Song)
April 2013 - 2013 SCI Region V Conference, Clarke University, Dubuque, IA (Perturbations)
March 2013 - Sonic Circuits Monthly Experimental Music Showcase, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD (Postcard; Divided Attention)
November 2012 - Voicing Cage, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (a simple game; Sie sind allein)
October 2012 - Voicing Cage, Gettysburg College, PA (a simple game; Sie sind allein)
May 2012 - Devil May Care Duo, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL (Delicate)
April 2012 - 100 x John, Ear to the Earth, online publication (Transportation Frame)
November 2011 - Bay Players Installation, Cultural Arts Center, Frederick, MD (Gallery Piece #2: Negative Space)
August 2011 - Nerd Nite, DC9, Washington, DC (Appulse Redux)
February 2011 - Student Performance, St. Cloud State University, MD (Augur)
October 2010 - 2010 SCI Region V Conference, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL (Being There; Portrait in Song)
October 2010 - Sonic Circuits, Pyramid Atlantic Gallery, Silver Spring, MD (Edgeplay)
July 2010 - Affinity Chamber Players, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA (A Sextet of Seven for Ecstya)
July 2010 - Open Circuits, Pyramid Atlantic Gallery, Silver Spring, MD (Deus est machina)
April 2010 - SEAMUS 2010 National Conference, St. Cloud State University, MN (Deus est machina)
April 2010 - Student Performance, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA (Gallery Piece #5)
March 2010 - 2010 SCI Region IV Conference, UNC, Greensboro, NC (Deus est machina)
March 2010 - Bay Players Concert, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA (Being There, Gallery Piece #5)
January 2010 - Applied Music Performance Lab, American University, Washington, DC (Deus est machina)
December 2009 - 12 Nights Festival, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL (statics: congruent)
November 2009 - 2010 EAJJ Festival, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (Deus est machina)
November 2009 - Bay Players Installation, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA (Gallery Piece #2: Negative Space)
April 2009 - SEAMUS 2009 National Conference, Sweetwater, Fort Wayne, IN (statics: congruent)
March 2009 - Bang on a Can Marathon, University of Maryland, College Park (Being There)
March 2009 - Bay Players Concert, Studio Z, St. Paul, MN (Appulse Redux; Augur; Character Studio No. 1)
March 2009 - Bay Players Concert, St. Cloud State University, MN (Augur; Character Studio No. 1)
February 2009 - Bay Players Concert, Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD (Augur; Being There)
December 2008 - An Evening of Miniatures, University of Hartford, CT (Appulse Redux)
December 2008 - Bay Players at Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA (Deus est machina; Elevator Gnome; se una notte)
September 2008 - Vocal Arts Society Benefit Concert, Alexandria, VA (Portrait in Song)
September 2008 - Bay Players Concert, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (Deus est machina; Portrait in Song)
June 2008 - MD/DC NATS Members Recital, Strathmore Hall Mansion, Bethesda, MD (Portrait in Song)
May 2008 - Arrow Bicycles Reception, Hyattsville, MD (Being There; Deus est machina; Friday, May 18th)
May 2008 - Art Enables Benefit Concert, Washington DC (Appulse Redux; Being There; Deus est machina)
April-May 2008 - Sonic Residues Festival, Stony Brook University, NY (statics: cyclian)
April 2008 - Michael Boyd and the Bay Players, UMBC, Baltimore, MD (Appulse Redux; Being There; Deus est machina)
July 2007 - New Music Salon, American Composer’s Forum, Washington DC Chapter (Portrait in Song)
May 2007 - Art Enables Benefit Concert, Washington DC (Like staring at a word…; se una notte)
May 2007 - Artomatic, Arlington, VA (Friday, May 18th; Like staring at a word… ; se una notte)
April 2007 - A Bit of Nostalgia...College Park Composers Come to UMBC, Baltimore, MD (statics: convergence; statics: cyclian)
February 2007 - Convocation, Residency at St. Cloud State University, MN (se una notte; statics: congruent)
February 2007 - Joint Faculty Recital, Towson University, MD (se una notte; Variations on a Series of Impulses)
January 2007 - New Media: New Works, Residency at St. Cloud State University, MN (Homogeny; Like staring at a word…)
January 2007 - New Media: New Works, Studio Z, St. Paul, MN (Homogeny; Like staring at a word…)
April 2006 - Sonology Concert, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Netherlands (Homogeny; statics: congruent)
September 2005 - Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center Dedication, University of Maryland (Appulse)
May 2005 - New Music Concert, University of Maryland (se una notte)
April 2005 - Electroacoustic Music: A Symposium, College of the Holy Cross, MA (Like staring at a word…)
April 2005 - Take Five: Sound Ideas, University of Maryland (Like staring at a word…)
November 2004 - Imagine 2 Electro-acoustic Music Festival, University of Memphis, TN (Like staring at a word…)
October 2004 - American Composer’s Forum, Washington DC Chapter (Like staring at a word…)
April 2004 - Society of Composers, Inc. – National Student Conference, Iowa City, IA (Like staring at a word…)
April 2004 - New Music Concert, University of Maryland (Like staring at a word…)
March 2004 - Faculty Recital, Towson University, MD (Appulse; E.B. a 4; Like staring at a word…; Rook)
December 2003 - New Music Concert, University of Maryland (E.B. a 5)
August 2003 - Electric Rainbow Coalition Festival, Dartmouth College, NH (Appulse)
April 2003 - New Music Concert, University of Maryland (E.B. a 4; Rook)
April 2002 - New Music Concert, University of Maryland (A Sextet of Seven for Ecstya)
March 2002 - Opus 3 and the Walsum Competition, College Park, MD (Damage)
March 2002 - College Music Society – Mid Atlantic Chapter Conference, Wingate, NC (Jennifers_Tigers)
November 2001 - Resonance 2001@UMBC, Baltimore, MD (Appulse)
November 2001 - New Music Concert, University of Maryland (Appulse)
March 2001 - New Music Concert, University of Maryland (Jennifers_Tigers)
