North Central College

• State: Illinois
• Private School
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Dr. Phillip Serna, bass faculty

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General Statistics

• US News Ranking: #10  in Regional Universities Midwest
• US News Overall Score (out of 100): 74
• Tuition & Fees 2017-18: $37,749
• Room & Board 2017-18: $10,650
• Total Enrollment: 2,948
• Acceptance Rate (from 2016): 59%
• Student – Faculty Ratio: 15:1
• 4 year graduation rate: 56%
• % of undergrads receiving Financial aid: 78%
• Average Financial Aid: $20,954

Double Bass Statistics

• Average number of undergraduate bass students: 2
• Studio Class, Orchestral Repertoire Class, Bass Ensembles, Mixed Chamber Ensembles

What Alumni Are Doing

Perspectives from the Bass Faculty

About The Bass Faculty

PHILLIP W. SERNA performs on double bass with Illinois Philharmonic, Southwest Michigan Symphony and others as well as on viols with ensembles including Black Tulip, Burning River Baroque, Harmonie, New Comma Baroque, the Newberry Consort of Viols, the Secret of the Muses, the Spirit of Gambo, and many others. Phillip has appeared on Chicago’s 98.7FM WFMT, Wisconsin Public Radio, Milwaukee Public Radio and WUIS NPR and can be heard on CD releases from Clarion, Cedille, Soundbyte and Varèse Sarabande Records.

Holding Masters and Doctoral degrees from Northwestern University, Phillip teaches double bass and viola da gamba at Valparaiso University, double bass at North Central College, viola da gamba and viol consort at the Music Institute of Chicago, and is assistant director and sponsor of viol consorts and Illinois’ first public-school period-instrument Baroque ensemble and viol consort at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, and is music director of the Early Music outreach program Viols in Our Schools – which earned him Early Music America’s Outreach Award for 2010 and their Early Music Month prize for 2016.