Phillip W. Serna, Double Bass, Baryton & Violas da Gamba
@phillipwserna.com
#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
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!
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)
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
Wonderful reuniting with Robert Hasty & an honor to collaborate with bassists Ava Perez & Duo Chen at the opening concert of the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra!
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wonderful reuniting with Robert Hasty & an honor to collaborate with bassists Ava Perez & Duo Chen at the opening concert of the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra!
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
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot...
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot...
Mike Meehan, Phillip Serna & John Tuck - Our #NewPhilharmonic #DoubleBass section for Carl #Orff's Carmina Burana @ the John Belushi Performance Hall, Harold D. McAninch Arts Center @ the College of DuPage.
October 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Mike Meehan, Phillip Serna & John Tuck - Our #NewPhilharmonic #DoubleBass section for Carl #Orff's Carmina Burana @ the John Belushi Performance Hall, Harold D. McAninch Arts Center @ the College of DuPage.
Based upon a post about practicing/ rehearsing minimalism:
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October 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Based upon a post about practicing/ rehearsing minimalism:
My brain will explode
My brain will explode
My brain will explode
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Will explode
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Jerry Fuller & Phillip Serna laying down the #Baroque #Bass for Bella Voce's presentation of #LostObjects opening the 2025 #EarTaxi Festival at the Logan Center at the University of Chicago facebook.com/events/s/ear... #EarTaxiFestival #NewMusic #ContemporaryMusic #PeriodInstruments
October 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Jerry Fuller & Phillip Serna laying down the #Baroque #Bass for Bella Voce's presentation of #LostObjects opening the 2025 #EarTaxi Festival at the Logan Center at the University of Chicago facebook.com/events/s/ear... #EarTaxiFestival #NewMusic #ContemporaryMusic #PeriodInstruments
Time for my 2025 Fall #MourningCoffee™ ...
September 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Time for my 2025 Fall #MourningCoffee™ ...
Really grateful to play 6-part consorts by Gibbons, Ferrabosco & Lawes with all my favorite #Viol players because of a surprise visit of my 'Gamba-Mama,' Mary Springfels - the finest #NorthwesternUniversity faculty I studied with while in grad school! #ViolaDaGamba #EarlyMusic #Grateful
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Really grateful to play 6-part consorts by Gibbons, Ferrabosco & Lawes with all my favorite #Viol players because of a surprise visit of my 'Gamba-Mama,' Mary Springfels - the finest #NorthwesternUniversity faculty I studied with while in grad school! #ViolaDaGamba #EarlyMusic #Grateful
Some photos from our September 20th #ChicagoWindSymphony program at DePaul University's Mary Patricia Gannon Concert Hall featuring music by Rossano #Galante, Percy #Grainger, Robert #Jager & David #Maslanka!
#DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass #WindEnsemble #WindSymphony #SymphonicBand
#DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass #WindEnsemble #WindSymphony #SymphonicBand
September 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Some photos from our September 20th #ChicagoWindSymphony program at DePaul University's Mary Patricia Gannon Concert Hall featuring music by Rossano #Galante, Percy #Grainger, Robert #Jager & David #Maslanka!
#DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass #WindEnsemble #WindSymphony #SymphonicBand
#DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass #WindEnsemble #WindSymphony #SymphonicBand
ffm.to/gaillardefar... #NowAvailable - Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 recording of Gaillarde Faraboscho (1646) by #AlfonsoFerrabosco (ca.1578-1628) in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/gail... #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #ViolaDaGamba #Viol #Lute
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
ffm.to/gaillardefar... #NowAvailable - Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 recording of Gaillarde Faraboscho (1646) by #AlfonsoFerrabosco (ca.1578-1628) in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/gail... #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #ViolaDaGamba #Viol #Lute
In Chicago, we are no strangers to the biting chill of winter. Yet, the events of this week should strike a deeper, more unsettling cold in each & every one of us.
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In Chicago, we are no strangers to the biting chill of winter. Yet, the events of this week should strike a deeper, more unsettling cold in each & every one of us.
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 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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.
Our Fall 2025 Low Strings Methods Class at @wisconsinlutheran.bsky.social! #DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass
September 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our Fall 2025 Low Strings Methods Class at @wisconsinlutheran.bsky.social! #DoubleBass #StringBass #Bass
Don't miss the #ChicagoWindSymphony at the Gannon Concert Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center at #DePaulUniversity! Featured music by Galante, Grainger, Jager & Maslanka!
📅 Saturday, 9/20/2025
⏰ 7:00 PM
🎟️ Admission is FREE!
Reserve your tickets now at events.depaul.edu/event/chicag...
📅 Saturday, 9/20/2025
⏰ 7:00 PM
🎟️ Admission is FREE!
Reserve your tickets now at events.depaul.edu/event/chicag...
September 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Don't miss the #ChicagoWindSymphony at the Gannon Concert Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center at #DePaulUniversity! Featured music by Galante, Grainger, Jager & Maslanka!
📅 Saturday, 9/20/2025
⏰ 7:00 PM
🎟️ Admission is FREE!
Reserve your tickets now at events.depaul.edu/event/chicag...
📅 Saturday, 9/20/2025
⏰ 7:00 PM
🎟️ Admission is FREE!
Reserve your tickets now at events.depaul.edu/event/chicag...
ffm.to/leonoraduarte #NowAvailable - Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 recording of the Complete Sinfonias à5 by #LeonoraDuarte (1610-1678), in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/duar... #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #ViolaDaGamba #ViolConsort #Viol
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
ffm.to/leonoraduarte #NowAvailable - Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 recording of the Complete Sinfonias à5 by #LeonoraDuarte (1610-1678), in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/duar... #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #ViolaDaGamba #ViolConsort #Viol
ffm.to/thomastomkin... Turning my thoughts to our own perilous times, here's Midweſt415's #Remastered release of A Sad Paven à5 for These Distracted Tymes (1649) by #ThomasTomkins (1572-1656). #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #HistoricallyInformedPerformancePractice #ViolaDaGamba #ViolConsort #Viol
September 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
ffm.to/thomastomkin... Turning my thoughts to our own perilous times, here's Midweſt415's #Remastered release of A Sad Paven à5 for These Distracted Tymes (1649) by #ThomasTomkins (1572-1656). #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #HistoricallyInformedPerformancePractice #ViolaDaGamba #ViolConsort #Viol
ffm.to/claudiafranc... #NowAvailable - Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 recording of the Canzoni Francesi à4 by #ClaudiaRusca (1583-1676), in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/rusc... #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #ViolaDaGamba #ViolConsort #Viol
September 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ffm.to/claudiafranc... #NowAvailable - Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 recording of the Canzoni Francesi à4 by #ClaudiaRusca (1583-1676), in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/rusc... #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #ViolaDaGamba #ViolConsort #Viol
ffm.to/dolmetschcap... #NowAvailable: Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 release of the Caprice for Solo #ViolaDaGamba by #RudolphDolmetsch (1906-1942), available exclusively in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/capr... #Viol #ViolConsort #PremiereRecording
September 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ffm.to/dolmetschcap... #NowAvailable: Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 release of the Caprice for Solo #ViolaDaGamba by #RudolphDolmetsch (1906-1942), available exclusively in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/capr... #Viol #ViolConsort #PremiereRecording
Our OPUS #ChamberMusic camp #DoubleBass ensemble (8 #Basses & #BassGuitar) performed my arrangement of #BlackSabbath's IRON MAN honoring the late #OzzyOsbourne! 🤘🤘🤘🤘 Rest in power #Ozzy, PRINCE OF DARKNESS! #StringBass #Bass #RIPOzzy #RIPOzzyOsbourne #Metal
Follow me @ ffm.bio/phillipwserna
Follow me @ ffm.bio/phillipwserna
September 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Our OPUS #ChamberMusic camp #DoubleBass ensemble (8 #Basses & #BassGuitar) performed my arrangement of #BlackSabbath's IRON MAN honoring the late #OzzyOsbourne! 🤘🤘🤘🤘 Rest in power #Ozzy, PRINCE OF DARKNESS! #StringBass #Bass #RIPOzzy #RIPOzzyOsbourne #Metal
Follow me @ ffm.bio/phillipwserna
Follow me @ ffm.bio/phillipwserna