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TIMOTHY AND THE MAGIC GARDEN

Photos from the

Premiere Performance

Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony Orchestra

The City of Carson Fine Arts & Historical Commission

and California State University Dominguez Hills

present the World Premiere performance of

Timothy and the Magic Garden

featuring the

Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony Orchestra,

Hector Salazar, Music Director and Conductor,

with special guest, Karen Sharp, Narrator.

8:00 p.m. February 7, 2009

at University Theatre, CSU Dominguez Hills
Hector Salazar
Hector Salazar at microphone

Maestro Salazar introduces Karen Sharp

  



            Timothy and the Magic Garden was commissioned by, and is dedicated to Hector Salazar. The 32-minute piece, intended to introduce children to the orchestra, received its World Premiered on February 7, 2009 by the Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony Orchestra with Karen Sharp, radio personality and host of KOST-103.5’s Lovesongs on the Coast narrating and Maestro Salazar conducting. Two days prior to the premiere, the work was performed at three childrens' concerts in the city of Carson, California.

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Timothy and the Magic Garden Childrens' Concerts>
 
Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony Orchestra
  
Hector Salazar

 

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Orchestra members before concert
  
 
Hector Salazar Conducting
Maestro Hector Salazar
Karen Sharp
  
Narrator Karen Sharp and Violinist Rebecca Rutkowski
 

Karen Sharp
Karen Sharp Narrating
  
Karen Sharp reacts to Tony Tomato.

Karen Sharp reacts when Tony Tomato refuses to stop playing.

 

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Cellist Antia Gendler
Cellist Anita Gendler laughs at Tony Tomato's Tuba antics.
Karen Sharp
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Karen Sharp listens to the orchestra
  
Karen Sharp
 
Karen Sharp gets intense.
Karen Sharp
The storm continued to rage! It was worse than the storrm before!
Karen Sharp
Karen Sharp
 
Maestro Salazar
  
 
Karen Sharp
 
Karen Sharp listens to the orchestra.
 Principal Oboist Richard Kravchak
The sun finally came out again!
 
Principal Oboist Richard Kravchak
 
Karen Sharp "It was time for a celebration!"
  
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Karen Sharp
Timothy and his friends march up the hill in triumph!
 
 
It was time for a celebration!
   
   
Karen Sharp
 Karen Sharp
Timothy was happy once again!
Karen Sharp, Hector Salazar and the orchestra
 
Karen Sharp
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Karen Sharp congratulates the orchestra
Karen Sharp congratulates the orchestra as Violinist Val Mitchell looks on.
Karen Sharp and Hector Salazar
Maestro Hector Salazar and Narrator Karen Sharp share a moment after the concert.
Concertmaster Nancy Roth, Hector Salazar, Karen Sharp
Hector Salazar, Karen Sharp, and Violist Anita Gendler
Concertmaster Nancy Roth, Hector Salazar, and Karen Sharp
Hector Salazar, Karen Sharp, and Violist Anita Gendler
 
KOST 103.5 FM Table in the Lobby
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 Karen Sharp signs autographs after the performance.
Composer Philip Westin, Conductor Hector Salazar, and Story Teller Burt Peachy
Philip Westin, Hector Salazar, and Burt Peachy
 
Philip Westin, Hector Salazar, Ellisha Westin, and Burt Peachy
Burt Peachy, Philip Westin, and the Crist Family
Philip Westin, Hector Salazar, Ellisha Westin and Burt Peachy
 
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Burt Peachy, Philip Westin, and the Crist Family (Cindy, Parker, and sons Jackson, and Connor)
Clayton Turner, the Phillips Family, and Karen Sharp
  
Grandmother Ellisha Westin and Jackson Crist
Grandma Ellisha Westin and Jackson Crist
 
Clayton Turner, the Phillips Family (Eddie, Emily, Amber, and Michele), and Karen Sharp
 
 
 
Photography displayed above by Dwicht Ueda.
   
 
 
Dino and Marilyn Karakitsion, Ellisha and Philip Westin
 
Dino and Marilyn Karakitsios (Philip's sister), Ellisha and Philip Westin
   
 
The Westin family gathers before the concert.
 
The Westin Family gathers before the concert.
 
(from left to right) Susie Sharp, Connor, Cindy, and Jackson Crist, Emily and Eddie Phillips,
 
Clayton Turner, Michele and Amber Phillips, Parker Crist, Dino and Marilyn Karakitsios, and Ellisha Westin
       
 
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