Sheila McFarland has been active in the Bay Area music scene for 20 years. From D.J.'ing at weekly-all night warehouse parties in the early 80s (the first raves), to mixing sound for local bands at S.F. and Peninsula clubs, Ms. McFarland has paid her dues. To turn her night jobs into a day job, Ms. McFarland attended San Francisco State where she earned her MA in Broadcasting with an emphasis in Music Recording. Along the way she worked at KTVU Channel 2, and produced a talk show at KSFO hosted by the Bay Area's own Noah Griffin. 

After earning her MA, Ms. McFarland worked as a recording engineer at Russian Hill Recording Studios in San Francisco. She has had the pleasure of working not only with world class artists such as David Byrne, Linda Ronstadt, John Lee Hooker, Keith Richards and Dave Brubeck but also with many local legends and first class musicians such as Roy Rogers, Norton Buffalo, Pamela Rose, Ed Bogas,and Scott Mattews. 

Ms. McFarland has recorded many musicians from the San Francisco Symphony and other "first call" classical and jazz musicians. Although music recording gets most of the glory, Ms. McFarland specializes in audio for video and film. At Russian Hill Ms. McFarland created numerous radio and television spots. She was part of a team that produced complete soundtracks for several motion pictures including "True Stories" and "The Thin Blue Line." 

Ms. McFarland came to City College in 1991. She also teaches Broadcast 125 Sound Recording Studio, and Broadcast 124 Digital Audio Production.