Paul Cienniwa

Nov 15 2016

Messiah community singalong

I will be leading a community singalong Messiah in New Bedford, MA on Sunday, November 27 at 4pm. This charity event will be made up of singers from across the community, and you are cordially invited to come sing or just listen--all…

Oct 24 2016

Singalong with Automne!

Towards the end of the summer, I was asked to participate in a demo recording for Les Enfants d'Orphée. Little did I know that it was a video demo! The end result is here: https://youtu.be/oG2-NO8FaGA

(Feel free to…

Aug 27 2016

Editing Telemann

Back in June, baroque violinist Dorian Komanoff Bandy and I recorded Telemann for a new CD to be released on Whaling City Sound. I blogged about that then (http://paulcienniwa.com/news/blog/preparing-to-record-telemann), and now Dorian has blogged about the editing process.…

Jul 29 2016

Old songs presented in a new way is an ALLISON treat

SouthCoast Today
Posted Jul. 28, 2016 at 2:01 AM

LITTLE COMPTON — ALLISON will perform music from their debut CD, “Volume One,” featuring songs of Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Graham Nash, and more on Aug. 4 at St. Andrews…

Jun 24 2016

Musical Chairs

Those who keep up with my news will remember that I was hired as Director of the Collegiate Chorale at Stonehill College back in 2014, just in time to start teaching the 2015 spring semester (http://paulcienniwa.com/news/blog/paul-cienniwa-appointed-director-of-the-collegiate-chorale-at-stonehill-college).

On a different…

Jun 15 2016

Preparing to record Telemann

Last week, Dorian Komanoff Bandy and I gave a preview performance of the Telemann sonatas that we will be recording at WGBH studios this week. Some of the sonatas made it to YouTube:

Sonata No. 2
https://youtu.be/xCb0_mnouBg

Sonata No. 3 …

May 5 2016

The Candy Store

Singer/songwriter Peter Neuendorffer is a member of the congregation at First Church in Boston. He has played for services on occasion, and his song "The Candy Store" has always struck me as something I'd like to set for choir.

I…

Apr 20 2016

Performers Who Listened To Their Audience

By Paul Bubluski | Newport Mercury | April 19, 2016

Boasting over 40-years of combined performing experience, it’s difficult to imagine a scenario in which career-musicians Allison Messier and Paul Cienniwa would be caught off guard onstage. That is…

Apr 7 2016

Folk rock and classical fare find a match

MANCHESTER — Think Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Graham Nash-meets-Elizabethan composers. Mezzo-soprano Allison Messier teams up with harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa in a CD-release concert at 4 p.m. Sunday at The Derryfield School Performing Arts Auditorium, 2108 River Road.

The duo…

Apr 5 2016

Paul Cienniwa on SoundCloud

I don't really use SoundCloud for audio uploads. (I tend to use YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/pcienniwa)

When SoundCloud came up in a Google search, however, I saw that I was on a number of different recordings. It's quite a diverse list: …

Mar 23 2016

'Twice the Fun'--outstanding in every respect

EastBayRI.com

by Jonathan F. Babbitt

LITTLE COMPTON--On Sunday afternoon the 6th of March, Little Compton was treated to a program, as beautifully executed as it was creatively conceived. Performers Paul Cienniwa (organist and choirmaster at First Unitarian Universalist Church in…

Mar 8 2016

Little Compton’s ’Allison’ releases first CD — baroque meets rock

EastBayRI, March 8, 2016

Under the name of “Allison,” Little Compton resident Allison Messier and Fall River resident Paul Cienniwa have released their debut CD, “Allidson: Volume One.” The recording is a collection of songs by Joni Mitchell, Cat…