Paul Cienniwa is appointed executive director of the Binghamton Philharmonic, Binghamton, New York. Cienniwa was most recently director of music ministries at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Delray Beach, Florida. Prior to that, he was music director at First Church, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chorus Master of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra.
Cienniwa began his undergraduate studies as a pianist in the studio of Michael Ruiz at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois. After completing his bachelor’s degree at DePaul University with harpsichordist Roger Goodman and organist Jerome Butera, he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in harpsichord from Yale University, where he was a student of Richard Rephann. He has also studied harpsichord with Peter Watchorn, John Whitelaw, and David Schrader.
He has been awarded Belgian American Educational Foundation and Fulbright grants, and his musicological articles and reviews have appeared in American and European journals, including Early Music, Ad Parnassum, and Early Music America. As an educator, he has taught at the Yale University School of Music, Lynn University Conservatory of Music, Salve Regina University, Stonehill College, Framingham State University, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Mount Ida College, and the Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic.
For information: www.paulcienniwa.com and https://www.thediapason.com/artists/paul-cienniwa.
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