Happy 2012!

We wish you a very happy and musical 2012!!

Nico and Willeke Dezaire

News december 2011

Recordings/Demos of "De Haske String Orchestra" on the site of "de Haske Publications"

Since several months new editions of the "De Haske String Orchestra Series" can be heard by listening demos on the site of publisher de Haske Hal Leonard. Read more 

New projects for the season 2011-2012

-Violin Position 1 -Violin Position 6-7-8 -Classcial Highlights 2 -Concertinos Kuchler op. 12 en Portnoff op. 96 -Double Stops (in 4 different versions) For more information click here

Disney for String has been released
In De Haske String Orchestra Series are 2 new books published. English composer Rachel Jennings published her "Carnival of Strings" and Nico arranged 4 popular Disney songs for String Orchestra in his new book "Disney for Strings". The titels of the Disney songs are:
- It's a small world (Disneyland Park Theme)
- The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Lion King)
- The Medallion Calls (Pirates of the Caribbean)

The release of 6 new books in 1 day
July 27 is a memorable day for Nico. Today his publisher De Haske Hal Leonard BV released 6 new books on 1 day.

Klezmatic Duets 10 Klezmer songs for 2 string instruments. Very special about this serie is that all the books can be combined so you can use a violin book and a cello book together if you want to play the songs with 1 violin and 1 cello. DHP 1115171-401 (violin) DHP 1115172-401 (viola) DHP 1115173-401 (cello)
Christmas Favourites 5 populair Chritsmas songs for String Quartet or Recorder Quartet. DHP 1115200-070 (String Quartet) DHP 1115202-070 (Recorder Quartet)
Joy of Christmas 5 tradition Christmas songs for String Quartet. DHP 1115201-070 (String Quartet)

Recording of "Double Stoppings" tuesday 12 july
The 12th of july recording sessions will take place of the first part of the double stoppings-method called "Double Stoppings". The recording will take place in the studio of de Haske Hal Leonard , the violin part will be played by Jo Vercruysse and Nico Dezaire will lead the recording session. De Haske Hal Leonard will publish the book in their summer-catalogue. In this first part almost all possible double stoppings within the first position can be learned by 38 exercises and 37 songs. The songs can be played with cd-accompagniment or as a violin-duet.  The violin-duets will be published as pdf-files on the play-along cd. In the near future in a second book  double stoppings will be learned in combination with playing in positions.

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TV-performance  Nadia ten Kate on Dutch Television  SBS-6 "Mijn man kan alles" May 20 th. 20.30 h.
One of Nico's youngest violin-pupils,  Nadia ten Kate (11) will perform the Tune of the TV-series "Sex and the City" in the TV-show by SBS-6 "Mijn Man kan alles" ("My husband is capable of anything"). It's her TV-debut. 

Performance of "Sinbad and his Spanish Lady" at the EMJ-festival in Neerpelt (Belgium) 1 May 2011
Youth-Symphony-Orchestra "Parnassos" (coming from Eindhoven/Veldhoven, Holland) conducted by Guus Dohmen has reached a second prize at the European Music Festival for Young People (EMJ-fetival) in Neerpelt (Belgium) on the first of May 2011. The orchestra played music of Grétry, John Williams but also a special version for this orchestra of "Spanish Lady" named "Sinbad and his Spanish Lady". Infuences in the piece are: French Impressionism, Spanish music and castagnet-rythms but also modern popular Dance Music. All orchestral-groupes have their "solo" moments in the pieces, which makes it very attractive to play for the orchestra. "Sinbad and his Spanish Lady" is based on 2 songs from one of Nico's books, "Position 3-2-0,5", namely "Sinbads Ship" and "Spanish Lady".  

Concours artistique de Epinal (F)
Nico has been asked to sit on the jury during the "épreuves de violon" of the music competition in Epinal, France.