Joel is an active lutenist and guitarist based in the Chicago area. He has performed extensively with Chicago-area music organizations, including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Music of the Baroque, Ars Antigua, Scholars of Cambrai, Heroic Bard, and Harwood Early Music Ensemble.
In addition to playing for numerous radio broadcasts on 98.7-WFMT, he has appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Chicago Cultural Center's Preston Bradley Hall, the Bach Week in Evanston Festival, and the Handel Week Festival. As a lecturer and performer, he has appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Madison Early Music Festival, and as Guest Artist and Lecturer at Grand Valley State University.
Joel is currently Lute Instructor at the Music Institute of Chicago, and Artistic Director of The Early Music Series at Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake, Illinois.