Jim Sindelar

Jim Sindelar of Hopkinton is a retired professor of Electrical Engineering Technology, which he taught at NHTI in Concord for 26 years. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he played clarinet in the UW concert and marching bands, and was an honorary member of the tuba section.
He currently plays his antique Cerveny Eb tuba in the Carter Mountain Brass Band; clarinet, soprano, alto and tenor sax in his Dixieland band, the Fountain Square Ramblers; clarinet and soprano sax with the Hopkinton Town Band; bass clarinet with the Upper Valley Community Band; and tenor sax with the Nevers Band of Concord. He inherited his love of music from his father, who played in several bands in Wisconsin during the Big Band era and beyond.
He is especially interested in antique brass instruments of which he owns several. Another of Jim's avocations is whitewater boating, which he began as a grad student at UW, continued during three years at Berkeley, Calif. in the 60's, and still enjoys today. He was part of a 5-man team that explored the headwaters of the Amazon in Peru by kayak in 1975 (see Cal Giddings' book Demon River Apurimac, the First Navigation of the Upper Amazon Canyons).