Paul Cienniwa has been appointed director of music, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Delray Beach, Florida, effective June 1. Along with leading a large music program, he will also serve as director of the “Music at St. Paul’s” concert series.
Cienniwa leaves First Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where for over 11 years he has led the music program in weekly broadcasts on WERS (88.9 FM) Boston. Prior to First Church, he was music director at Trinity Church and St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and St. Peter’s Church in Cheshire, Connecticut. Along with his duties at First Church, he has been serving as chorus master of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford, Massachusetts, directing the chorus at Framingham State University, Framingham, Massachusetts, lecturing at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and teaching piano at the Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, East Providence, Rhode Island.
He also plays organ and harpsichord regularly with the Rhode Island Philharmonic and the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. His recordings as harpsichordist can be found on Albany Records and Whaling City Sound. Following his undergraduate studies at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, with harpsichordist Roger Goodman and organist Jerome Butera, he received the doctor of musical arts degree from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, where he was a student of the late Richard Rephann.
For information: https://paulcienniwa.com
