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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As a performer, nothing after a performance is more meaningful & personal than an audience member presenting me with a sketch from the performance they just witnessed. #MoreOfThisPlease
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
As a performer, nothing after a performance is more meaningful & personal than an audience member presenting me with a sketch from the performance they just witnessed. #MoreOfThisPlease
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The angst never ceases. Teen angst only leads to constant & permanent metamorphosis - I've currently transfigured into my existential angst music phase...
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The angst never ceases. Teen angst only leads to constant & permanent metamorphosis - I've currently transfigured into my existential angst music phase...
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#TheEntertainer by Scott Joplin (1867-1917) arr. by @phillipwserna.com for solo #Viol/ #ViolaDaGamba - download & play it today on #IMSLP imslp.org/wiki/The_Ent...
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM
#TheEntertainer by Scott Joplin (1867-1917) arr. by @phillipwserna.com for solo #Viol/ #ViolaDaGamba - download & play it today on #IMSLP imslp.org/wiki/The_Ent...
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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
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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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Sunday vibe: Uruk-hai...
January 25, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Sunday vibe: Uruk-hai...
New Philharmonic bassists Phillip Serna & Michael Meehan performing at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage. #DoubleBass #BassGuitar #Bass
February 2, 2026 at 6:21 AM
New Philharmonic bassists Phillip Serna & Michael Meehan performing at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage. #DoubleBass #BassGuitar #Bass
Still trying...
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Still trying...
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It ys a moost terrible tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum unpredicted moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir, that doth helpe you thrugh. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It ys a moost terrible tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum unpredicted moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir, that doth helpe you thrugh. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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i think about this garfield minus garfield comic a lot
November 23, 2024 at 8:18 AM
i think about this garfield minus garfield comic a lot
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40 years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
40 years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
I vividly remember watching the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger on television at school in 4th grade. Horrific.
Forty years ago, today, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in mid air after being launched, killing all 7 crew members; one was a school teacher. It was a sad day for space travel & history.
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The Challenger shuttle disaster that killed 7 crew members was 40 years ago. What happened and how they're being remembered.
The diverse 7-member crew included a teacher who was going to teach lessons from space.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
I vividly remember watching the launch of Space Shuttle Challenger on television at school in 4th grade. Horrific.
The days of CD music worked pretty well.
Those with money bought the CDs. Those who didn't downloaded them. Music industry peeps got rich and artists got paid a decent amount and poor people still got music.
Now artists get nothing. But streaming is brilliant, apparently
Those with money bought the CDs. Those who didn't downloaded them. Music industry peeps got rich and artists got paid a decent amount and poor people still got music.
Now artists get nothing. But streaming is brilliant, apparently
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Another performer withdraws from the Kennedy Center.
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM
#HappyBirthdayMozart Enjoy the Quaerite primum regnum Dei à4, K.86/73v by #WolfgangAmadeusMozart - born #OTD in #Music #History ffm.to/mozartk8673v Performed by @phillipwserna.com @ #Midweſt415. #Mozart #MusicHistory #Classical #ViolaDaGamba #Viol #ViolConsort #HistoricalPerformance #HIPP
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
#HappyBirthdayMozart Enjoy the Quaerite primum regnum Dei à4, K.86/73v by #WolfgangAmadeusMozart - born #OTD in #Music #History ffm.to/mozartk8673v Performed by @phillipwserna.com @ #Midweſt415. #Mozart #MusicHistory #Classical #ViolaDaGamba #Viol #ViolConsort #HistoricalPerformance #HIPP
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
#HappyBirthdayMozart Per Questa Bella Mano, K.612 by Wolfgang Amadeus #Mozart, born #OTD in #History youtu.be/FeZEpA-TmCQ Performed by @phillipwserna.com w/ Ralph Klapis & Emily Jane Katayama at Department of Music @ #ValparaisoUniversity in Feb.2015 #Music #MusicHistory #Classical #DoubleBass #Bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Per Questa bella mano for Baritone, Double Bass & Piano, K.612
YouTube video by Phillip W. Serna
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January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
#HappyBirthdayMozart Per Questa Bella Mano, K.612 by Wolfgang Amadeus #Mozart, born #OTD in #History youtu.be/FeZEpA-TmCQ Performed by @phillipwserna.com w/ Ralph Klapis & Emily Jane Katayama at Department of Music @ #ValparaisoUniversity in Feb.2015 #Music #MusicHistory #Classical #DoubleBass #Bass
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Maybe time to have SWAT teams out in force to PROTECT & SERVE the protesters - the actual Minneapolis citizenry. #EnoughIsEnough
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Maybe time to have SWAT teams out in force to PROTECT & SERVE the protesters - the actual Minneapolis citizenry. #EnoughIsEnough
Sunday vibe: Uruk-hai...
January 25, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Sunday vibe: Uruk-hai...
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Look at the exceptional quality of DOOM these days! #Doomscrolling
Lately, I keep half expecting to look out of the window and see this instead of a sunset:
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Look at the exceptional quality of DOOM these days! #Doomscrolling