Biography

Joel is a guitar player and composer living in Boston, MA. As a guitar player, Joel has played in, composed for, and toured with his bands, Big Bear and Beautiful Weekend, as well as other projects including Tyondai Braxton’s Wordless Music Group (in collaboration with the LA Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and The London Sinfonietta), Man Forever, Evan Ziporyn’s Critical Band, MIT’s Balinese Gamelan ensemble Gamelan Galak Tika, Glenn Branca’s 100-guitar ensemble for “Symphony No. 13 Hallucination City,” and Kevin Micka’s Animal Hospital Ensemble.

Joel has composed music for many ensembles, including RAHA Duo, Boston Nonet, Brooklyn Brass, Till By Turning, Evan Ziporyn’s Critical Band, Dedman Country Day School, and Duo Orfeo, as well as several pieces for solo classical and electric guitar. In 2016-2017, Joel released a two-EP set of electronic arrangements of Civic War Songs, Domain Vol. 1 and Domain Vol. 2, followed by 2018’s Day Owl, an album of personally napping music, which was released digitally by Joyful Noise Recordings. Joel’s most recent release, 2019’s Zynthetic Sketches Vol. 1, is an EP of analog-synthesizer sketches.

Joel studied classical guitar performance (BM) at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School and is a visiting faculty professor of media composition at Longy School of Music.

Joel joined Note-worthy Experiences in June 2019.