Serena Tideman is considered minimalist and new wave, and also composes melodramatic popular songs. She has toured with múm, an experimental Icelandic music group. She issues recordings on a self-founded record label, Serendipity Musik.
Tideman's appearances include:
1999 - Played on Satisfact's CD "The Third Meeting At The Third Counter" alternative rock.
April 2001 - Played at SIL2K (Strategic Improv Laboratories) in a Cello Trio with Brent Arnold and Lori Goldston, Seattle.
October 2002 - Played for "White Girls", d9 Dance Collective's 10th Anniversary Performance Seattle, Music composed by Amy Denio, Velocity Dance MainSpace Theater.
November 2002 - Played with the Icelandic band múm, a two men and two women baroque-techno pop quartet.
September 2003 - Appears in Jason Pappariella's "places in pieces vol.1" in a segment titled "an alternative to shopping".
January 2004 - Played The Stranger: Classical cellist Serena Tideman matched with jangly post-punks
April 2004 - Played the space needle yuri's night world space party performance as member of plan b with musician/composer m.evans.
May 2007 - Played in New York City with Kría Brekkan - piano and voice
September 2007 - Performed solo cello compositions and improvisations at the Rendezvous Jewel Box Theatre, Seattle.
Works
Selected works include:
Secret Musik: The most recent release, 11 songs recorded live in a haunted Victorian built of old-growth wood, CD recorded in June 2009 and released July 31, 2010.
Kalakala: Songs From a Parallel Universe & Underwater Dreams (blue EP)
Underwater Dreams: An EP featuring piano, cello, vocals and guitar