Back in December, I interviewed with Rev. Jeff Kellam for Encounter, a local TV show put on the the Broome County Council of Churches. Jeff gave me much opportunity to talk about of the the COVID-related goings on at the…

Coping with COVID: BPO scrambles to preserve season 

https://broomearts.org/coping-with-covid-bpo-scrambles-to-preserve-season/

By George Basler 

The Binghamton Philharmonic’s 2020-21 season began with a whimper when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of a BPO Beethoven Cycle concert, set for Nov. 14  at the…

Excerpted from Democrat & Chronicle:

The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra planned to hold three concerts in churches in the fall, but were later told by the state that the church’s exemption to re-open did not apply to non-religious activities. But…

Binghamton's WBDY interviewed me about the Binghamton Philharmonic's Wallenberg Legacy. This fun interview got me talking about some of the BPO's future projects, including an exciting one based on Rod Serling's "Walking Distance."

Binghamton, NY – The Binghamton Philharmonic announces the hiring of new full-time Executive Director, Paul Cienniwa. Effective, April 16th, 2020, Mr. Cienniwa will replace acting director Andrea Carey, who is relocating to Pennsylvania. Mr. Cienniwa holds a Doctorate of Musical…

One of the things that excited me about taking the position at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, FL was the opportunity to create a youth music program from scratch. There was nothing in place! Now at the end…

While not a review, Strings Magazine featured a nice profile of my violinist/collaborator Dorian Komanoff Bandy with a good discussion of the source materials for our October 2018 CD release. Click here to read it.

St. Paul’s music director bids 2018 farewell with ‘Goldberg Variations’ 

December 29, 2018 By Greg Stepanich for Palm Beach Arts Paper

It’s said that the insomniac Count Hermann von Keyserling, an ambassador from Russia to the royal court…

Telemann 
Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord 
Frankfurt, 1715 
Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Paul Cienniwa 

Telemann (1681-1767) was one of music’s great mavericks, an aesthete with a restless mind and cosmopolitan tastes. During his nearly seven-decade career, he sampled…

On August 19, 2018, I performed Karl Henning's Plotting (y is the new x), Op. 116 with excellent violinist Mei Mei Luo. The performance was recorded for YouTube, and you can view it here:

by The Coastal Star 

Paul Cienniwa will play Bach’s Art of the Fugue on the harpsichord at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Photo provided 

By Janis Fontaine 

Music at St. Paul’s will celebrate its 30th season with a…

In late summer, I created an edition of "The X Commandments," John Farmer's 1592 setting of a versified Ten Commandments that appeared in "The Whole Booke of Psalmes, With Their Wonted Tunes, As They Are Sung In Churches, Composed Into…

A former high school student from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School studied Brahms' Second Rhapsody with me this past spring. This YouTube video is of her playing it at Eastman a few weeks ago:

Fabulous!

Finding Faith: Music brought organist to God — and Delray Beach 

by The Coastal Star 

Paul Cienniwa, who starts June 1 as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church’s music ministry director, says ‘music can touch people who aren’t religious. It’s…

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…

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…

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…