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:
Aug 21 2018
Mar 14 2018
Palm Beach Symphony gives glorious concert at Bethesda
By Mark Aliapoulios - Special to the Palm Beach Daily News
Posted: 4:01 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The Palm Beach Symphony’s performance Monday night was vibrant and glorious.
Maestro Ramón Tebar led the orchestra in…
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Mar 1 2018
St. Paul’s marks 30 years of music
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…
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Oct 10 2017
The X Commandments
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…
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Aug 5 2017
Former student performance
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!
Jun 17 2017
A nice mention from Charleston Classical Guitar
Writer Chadwick Becks gave a nice mention of By Heart on the Charleston Classical Guitar blog:
FYI: If you would like an interesting read about playing "from the heart," then you might want to pick up By…
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May 4 2017
Finding Faith: Music brought organist to God — and Delray Beach
Finding Faith: Music brought organist to God — and Delray Beach
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…
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Apr 11 2017
Playing Bach in Boston
Last week, I played a short Bach program for Emmanuel Music's Lindsey Chapel Series in the stunning chapel. Photographer Steve Dunwell was there to document the pre-concert excitement:
Apr 3 2017
Couperin's Kyrie
Back in the very early 2000's, I arranged the first Kyrie couplet from François Couperin's organ "Mass for the Convents." My arrangement, originally for organ alone, is a verbatim setting of Couperin's excellent part-writing with the addition of the text…Read more
Feb 12 2017
Leaving New England
I will be leaving New England to begin a new position as Director of Music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, Florida. The position begins on June 1, so I will be moving at the end of May.…Read more
Dec 30 2016
A very nice book review
New Zealand logger Mike Crowl wrote a very nice blog post about my book, By Heart: The Art of Memorizing Music. He writes, "This has been the most helpful book I've come across in a long time, in terms…Read more
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…
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