Phillip W. Serna, Double Bass, Baryton & Violas da Gamba
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#DoubleBass #Baryton & #ViolaDaGamba | Founder Midweſt415 | Perf. Black Tulip, ViolMedium, et al | Fac. Valparaiso University, Elgin Community College, Wisconsin Lutheran College, et al https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna
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What a wonderful week celebrating the life of composer Orlando #Gibbons (bap.1583-1625) #Gibbons400 & the passing of John #Dowland (1563-1626) #Dowland400 at the 2025 Evelyn Dunbar Memorial #EarlyMusic Festival @ #NorthwesternUniversity! Thank you to my fellow violists da gamba! #ViolaDaGamba #Viol
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It ys Wednesdaye my felawes
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It ys Wednesdaye my felawes
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We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
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The world is engulfed by chaos and horror as the armies of Death arrive to incorporate the Living into their band. Perfect allegory for today from Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
October 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The world is engulfed by chaos and horror as the armies of Death arrive to incorporate the Living into their band. Perfect allegory for today from Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
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Dude is a legend, absolutely phenomenal range.
#Godzilla
#Godzilla
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Had a wonderful time on #Violone in g with the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project @ St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Bloomington, IN performing Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV100 joining #Baroque cellist Macarena Sánchez & organist Anastasia Chin! Thank you to Luke Conklin for having me!
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Had a wonderful time on #Violone in g with the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project @ St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Bloomington, IN performing Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV100 joining #Baroque cellist Macarena Sánchez & organist Anastasia Chin! Thank you to Luke Conklin for having me!
#Schoenberg, #Webern & #Berg giving you the blues? Why not (Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music - #MerleHazard feat. Alison Brown youtu.be/gzodB0Sp6ZI @merlehazard.bsky.social #2ndVienneseSchool
(Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music - Merle Hazard feat. Alison Brown
YouTube video by Merle Hazard
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November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#Schoenberg, #Webern & #Berg giving you the blues? Why not (Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music - #MerleHazard feat. Alison Brown youtu.be/gzodB0Sp6ZI @merlehazard.bsky.social #2ndVienneseSchool
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Time for my 2025 Fall #MourningCoffee™ ...
September 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Time for my 2025 Fall #MourningCoffee™ ...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Makes one wonder how one can play either WITHOUT ARMS! #Bass #Humor #Humour #DoubleBass #ElectricBass
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Makes one wonder how one can play either WITHOUT ARMS! #Bass #Humor #Humour #DoubleBass #ElectricBass
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Did you know? Music learning enhances all learning. And it’s never too late! The brain can form new synapses when learning how to play an instrument, even late in life.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Did you know? Music learning enhances all learning. And it’s never too late! The brain can form new synapses when learning how to play an instrument, even late in life.
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Time for my 2025 #MourningCoffee™ with Pieter Brueghel the Elder...
two women are looking at a large painting with a gold frame that says ' apocalypse ' on it
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October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Time for my 2025 #MourningCoffee™ with Pieter Brueghel the Elder...
My wife had this image in her office. SHE is my #WonderWoman!
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My wife had this image in her office. SHE is my #WonderWoman!
Post you from a different era - studying #DoubleBass at @sfconservmusic.bsky.social (ca.1995-96)
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Post you from a different era - studying #DoubleBass at @sfconservmusic.bsky.social (ca.1995-96)
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What a wonderful week celebrating the life of composer Orlando #Gibbons (bap.1583-1625) #Gibbons400 & the passing of John #Dowland (1563-1626) #Dowland400 at the 2025 Evelyn Dunbar Memorial #EarlyMusic Festival @ #NorthwesternUniversity! Thank you to my fellow violists da gamba! #ViolaDaGamba #Viol
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What a wonderful week celebrating the life of composer Orlando #Gibbons (bap.1583-1625) #Gibbons400 & the passing of John #Dowland (1563-1626) #Dowland400 at the 2025 Evelyn Dunbar Memorial #EarlyMusic Festival @ #NorthwesternUniversity! Thank you to my fellow violists da gamba! #ViolaDaGamba #Viol
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Now we know where all that Spotify money is going. Not to the artists - perish the thought. No, the CEO has invested it all in AI weaponry designed to kill humans. I wish this were a joke.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Spotify boycott: Artists leave 'garbage hole' platform after CEO invests in AI weapons
Daniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal."
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November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Now we know where all that Spotify money is going. Not to the artists - perish the thought. No, the CEO has invested it all in AI weaponry designed to kill humans. I wish this were a joke.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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"rejection of objective reality..."
Current political discourse reflects the cognitive dissonance of George Orwell's motto from 1984...
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
2025 America...
Evil is Good.
Lies are Truth.
Ignorance is knowledge.
Treason is patriotism.
Crime is justice.
Hate speech is free speech.
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
2025 America...
Evil is Good.
Lies are Truth.
Ignorance is knowledge.
Treason is patriotism.
Crime is justice.
Hate speech is free speech.
September 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"rejection of objective reality..."
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Another #DoubleBassDay #Monday at @wisconsinlutheran.bsky.social! I am grateful & humbled by how many of our #WLC students came down to hear the #ChicagoWindSymphony over the weekend! #DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass
Our Fall 2025 Low Strings Methods Class at @wisconsinlutheran.bsky.social! #DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another #DoubleBassDay #Monday at @wisconsinlutheran.bsky.social! I am grateful & humbled by how many of our #WLC students came down to hear the #ChicagoWindSymphony over the weekend! #DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass
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You can't claim we live in a meritocracy when they're all mediocrities...
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September 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
You can't claim we live in a meritocracy when they're all mediocrities...
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Still the absolute BEST season of #StrangerThings IMHO.
Rewatching Stranger Things from the first season. Totally forgot how fantastically unhinged Winona Ryder's character is in absolutely every scene
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Still the absolute BEST season of #StrangerThings IMHO.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The Night When Charlie Parker Played for Igor Stravinsky (1951)
The Night When Charlie Parker Played for Igor Stravinsky (1951)
It thrills to hear of the time in 1951 when Charlie Parker added one more story to the most storied jazz club of all by performing for Igor Stravinsky at Birdland.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The Night When Charlie Parker Played for Igor Stravinsky (1951)
We have entered the ' #LeThemEatNOTHING ' portion of 2025...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We have entered the ' #LeThemEatNOTHING ' portion of 2025...
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On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
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John Jenkins - Pavan à6 in F (ca.1667)
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September 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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