Phillip Serna:
CLASS OF 1995
Performing & Visual Arts High SchoolClass of 1995
Houston, TX
Northwestern UniversityClass of 2007
Evanston, IL
San Francisco Conservatory of MusicClass of 1999
San francisco, CA
Albert Sidney Johnston Middle SchoolClass of 1991
Houston, TX
Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary SchoolClass of 1989
Houston, TX
Phillip's Story
Phillip Serna performs on double bass with the 5th Wave Collective, EChO – the Evanston Chamber Opera Company, Illinois Philharmonic, Illinois Symphony, Lake Forest Symphony, New Philharmonic, Northwest Indiana Symphony, South Bend Symphony, the Southwest Michigan Symphony, and many others. Over the last decade, he has emerged among the nation’s leading advocates of the viol – the viola da gamba. Co-founding Black Tulip, New Comma Baroque, ViolMedium and the Spirit of Gambo - a Chicago Consort of Viols, he’s collaborated with a myriad of distinguished historical-performance ensembles, most notably the Bella Voce Sinfonia, Burning River Baroque, the Chicago Early Music Consort, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Les Touches and the Newberry Consort. He can ...Expand for more
be heard on WFMT Chicago, Wisconsin Public Radio, Milwaukee Public Radio, and on releases from Clarion, Cedille, and Varèse Sarabande Records. Holding degrees from Northwestern University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Phillip teaches at Valparaiso University, North Central College, the Music Institute of Chicago and served as co-director Illinois' first public-school period-instrument program at Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Furthermore, he serves as music director of Viols in Our Schools, an education initiative that earned him Early Music America's 2010 Laurette Goldberg Award for Early Music outreach. Phillip’s online virtual viol consort project - Consorts-Minus-One - has been recognized in major string music publications the world over.
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