{"id":142586,"date":"2021-11-03T17:04:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T21:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=142586"},"modified":"2022-02-09T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T20:46:51","slug":"contented-says-the-bates-student-cellist-rehearsing-for-his-senior-recital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/03\/contented-says-the-bates-student-cellist-rehearsing-for-his-senior-recital\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Contented,’ says the cellist, rehearsing for his Bates senior recital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arie van Vuuren \u201922, an economics major and standout alpine skier from Boulder, Colo., has played the cello since the second grade when his parents chose it for him so he could perform duets with his sister on the violin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He’s asked how playing the cello makes him feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cContented. Is that a word? Content. Fulfilled. It\u2019s almost like a warmth, a feeling of warmth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After four years of cello lessons with Christina Chute at Bates \u2014 and two and a half years of piano lessons with collaborative pianist Chiharu Naruse \u2014 van Vuuren performed his senior recital on the evening of Oct. 27, 2021, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few hours before the concert, van Vuuren and his teacher rehearsed the program together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s awesome,\u201d he says of playing with Naruse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe just follows me wherever I go. I can mess up and she will just follow me.\u201d The duo have been working on this performance for a month and a half; they practiced maybe five times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Naruse says that what she enjoys most in working with Bates students is their \u201cenergy and enthusiasm.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, it\u2019s also a longstanding teacher-student relationship. \u201cI know who he is. We know who we are. It\u2019s collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Naruse is a well-respected music teacher, chamber music coach, music competition adjudicator, and accompanist. Many of her students receive competition prizes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has participated in several international piano competitions, and won the silver prize in the Hyogo Piano Competition in Japan. Since moving to Maine in 2002 to study with the late pianist Frank Glazer, she has performed throughout the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The recital showcased their talents with a program of Edward Elgar\u2019s Salut d’Amour<\/em>, op. 12; Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s \u201cApr\u00e8s un r\u00eave\u201d; Francis Poulenc\u2019s \u201cSerenade\u201d; and Beethoven\u2019s Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, op. 69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Watch the recital here.<\/p>\n\n\n

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