Paul Cienniwa
Paul Cienniwa is an American harpsichordist, organist, and choral conductor. He performs regularly with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, where he is also Chorus Master. He is on the faculties of UMass Dartmouth, Framingham State University, and Stonehill College, and he is Director of Music at First Church in Boston. His solo and ensemble recordings are on Albany Records and Whaling City Sound. He has collaborated with uilleann piper Jerry O’Sullivan, recorder player Aldo Abreu, and violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
Life
Cienniwa was born in Niles, Illinois in 1972. He completed his undergraduate at DePaul University in 1994. He then attended the Yale School of Music, where he earned a M.M. in 1997, a M.M.A. in 1998, and a D.M.A. in 2003. His principal teachers were harpsichordists Roger Goodman and Richard Rephann and organist Jerome Butera. He currently lives in Fall River, Massachusetts[1].
Recordings
- Harpsichord Music for a Thin Place (Whaling City Sound, 2012)
- Larry Bell: In a Garden of Dreamers (Albany Records, 2012)
- O’Sullivan Meets O’Farrell (2010)
- Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (Whaling City Sound, 2009)
Publications
- By Heart: The Art of Memorizing Music (2014)