Paul Cienniwa is an American

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, organist, choral conductor, and arts administrator. He is the Executive Director of the Binghamton Philharmonic. Previously, he was a Music Director at

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and Chorus Master at the

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. He was on the faculties of the Music School at the

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Conservatory of Music,

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, and

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. He has recorded for

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and

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. He has collaborated with uilleann piper Jerry O'Sullivan, recorder player Aldo Abreu, baroque violinist Dorian Komanoff Bandy, and violinist

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Life

Cienniwa was born in

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in 1972. He completed his undergraduate at

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in 1994. He then attended the

Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...

, 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.

Discography

* ''Telemann Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord: Frankfurt, 1715'' (

, 2018) * ''Allison: Volume One'' (2015) * ''Harpsichord Music for a Thin Place'' (

, 2012) * ''Larry Bell: In a Garden of Dreamers'' ( Albany, 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)

References

External links

artist's website

St. Paul's Episcopal Church website

First Church in Boston website

UMass Dartmouth faculty page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cienniwa, Paul American classical organists American male organists American harpsichordists Yale School of Music alumni DePaul University alumni People from Niles, Illinois Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century organists 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American keyboardists Male classical organists