eyes of Joel

Boston Globe, December 24, 2006.

A 'Caroling Mob' takes to city streets

Singers spread holiday joy in neighborhood

It's not the first place one would expect to find 50 Christmas carolers -- the produce section of a Stop and Shop -- but that was the whole idea...

Boston Globe, March 20, 2005.

'Churchless church choir'
a portal to heavenly music

Secular-minded singers welcome at JP group

With 60 copies of sheet music in hand and no idea who or how many people might show up, 34-year-old Joel Sindelar optimistically hauled his keyboard and guitar in on his ''modified mountain bike" for the first rehearsal of his Churchless Church Choir on March 6...

Hallmark Channel's New Morning program, November 1, 2005.

Waking Up

Theme of Program: The Church Within

Joel Sindelar was studying molecular biology at MIT when he decided to try singing in the university choir. The voice, they say, is the barometer of the soul and what started as a hobby soon became a passion for Joel. Now he's a choir director himself - and one of his favorite groups is for people who -- no matter what other jobs they have -- find their souls when they sing. They call themselves the Churchless Church Choir...

Jamaica Plain Bulletin, September 30, 2004.

JP-based chorus brings guerilla approach to music

At the JP Open Studios several weeks ago, there was one performance not on the schedule. A group of 16 men and women spontaneously burst into song in the middle of a Unitarian Church, leaving bystanders in awe and wondering what hit them...