John Wykoff is a Chancellor's Fellow in music composition at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He also teaches music theory at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where he earned his M.A.

John's music has been performed by such groups as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Second Instrumental Unit, and the Cygnus Ensemble. In 2006, John was awarded the George Perle Prize in Composition, a distinction all the more meaningful to him because he has a keen interest in Perle's music.

John's wife Evangeline is an organist. They are members of the Presbyterian Church in America.