Paul Cienniwa

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…

Mar 1 2016

ALLISON's debut album now available!

ALLISON: Volume One, featuring songs of Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, John Dowland, Phil Ochs, Neil Young, Billy Joel, Henry Purcell, and Graham Nash, is now available. Click here for purchasing options.

Feb 1 2016

So Nat, A Sonata

Yesterday at First Church in Boston, 'cellist Leo Eguchi and I performed Ellie Miller's So Nat, A Sonata:

https://youtu.be/Y8U9I34mVuM

Ellie is also the composer of the It's Elementary, profiled here: http://paulcienniwa.com/news/blog/tribute-to-sandy-hook-victims-set-to-obama-s-words

Also in that same service (a…

Jan 22 2016

Via Spector and serendipity, the harpsichord invaded pop

By Matthew Guerrieri BOSTON GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JANUARY 22, 2016

On Jan. 24, ALLISON — mezzo-soprano Allison Messier and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa — performs at Quincy’s Thomas Crane Public Library. The duo’s raison d’être, re-interpreting rock and popular repertoire with Baroque…

Jan 11 2016

Paul Cienniwa featured on the "Secrets of Organ Playing" podcast

http://www.organduo.lt/podcast/sop-podcast-24-paul-cienniwa-on-the-art-of-memorizing-music

Dec 23 2015

ALLISON interviewed on QATV

https://youtu.be/o8gj_7OtjDU

Dec 15 2015

Tribute to Sandy Hook victims set to Obama’s words

By Stratford Star on December 14, 2015

Former Newtown resident Eleanor Miller composed a piece to pay tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings on Dec. 14, 2012. It uses text extracted and…

Dec 8 2015

"By Heart" reviewed in The Diapason

By Heart: The Art of Memorizing Music, by Paul Cienniwa, reviewed December 2015, The Diapason

"...the skills and techniques [the author] describes in memorizing are important for all performers, regardless of their instrument. Cienniwa writes in a direct, conversational…

Nov 27 2015

The Choir of First Church in Boston knocks it out of the park!

I'm in the midst of the best choral year I've seen in my ten years at First Church in Boston. This particular piece is a bit out of the scope of our regular repertoire, but it's sung so well, particularly…

Nov 11 2015

Warming up the choir

This photo was taken from the pre-concert warmup for Mendelssohn's Elijah with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra in October 2015.