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
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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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Funny to think that in a world not too different from our own, the US could be racing against China to build the most solar & wind power instead of violently and desperately grasping at the last vestiges of fossil fuels
January 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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January 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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If the feral cats are chanting in Latin, notify security immediately.
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If the feral cats are chanting in Latin, notify security immediately.
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Hahahahahahahahaha!
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New York Philharmoni.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hahahahahahahahaha!
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December 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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It's the monolith!
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It's the monolith!
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December 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The never-ending cycle...
I watched a talk on Vincenzo Galilei (1520–1591) who had written a treatise on all that was wrong with modern music and how much better the previous generations had done.
Nothing changes
Nothing changes
December 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The never-ending cycle...
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Every. Single. Day.
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Every. Single. Day.
2026... our perilous times continue...
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
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
2026... our perilous times continue...
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October 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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...or "in the original Klingon"...
Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
What did Shakespeare’s English sound like to Shakespeare? To his audience? And how can we know such a thing as the phonetic character of the language spoken 400 years ago?
www.openculture.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
...or "in the original Klingon"...
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Tea. Earl Grey. Hot...
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot...
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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
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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
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give me that old time viola da gamba
July 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
give me that old time viola da gamba
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I think my favorite people are artists and librarians.
September 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think my favorite people are artists and librarians.
Now, more than ever...
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.
January 3, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now, more than ever...
2026...
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
2026...
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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
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"Minimalism is a scam by Big Small to sell more less..."
Based upon a post about practicing/ rehearsing minimalism:
My brain will explode
My brain will explode
My brain will explode
My brain will
My brain will
My brain will
Will explode
Will explode
Will explode
Brain explode
Brain explode
Brain explode
Explode...
My brain will explode
My brain will explode
My brain will explode
My brain will
My brain will
My brain will
Will explode
Will explode
Will explode
Brain explode
Brain explode
Brain explode
Explode...
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
"Minimalism is a scam by Big Small to sell more less..."
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Post you from a different era - studying #DoubleBass at #NorthwesternUniversity (ca.1999)
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Post you from a different era - studying #DoubleBass at #NorthwesternUniversity (ca.1999)