Local composer Jim Territo will be premiering “The Daedalus 2 Mission: A Space Opera” on August 10 at the The Crofoot in Pontiac. The 12-song, sci-fi-inspired rock fantasy (Music by Jim Territo, Lyrics by Jim and Joe Territo) tells the story of a team of robot probes who meet their ends in the galaxy’s distant future. Along the way, they consider what it really means to live. The songs span genres including rock, reggae, opera, electronica, and hip hop, with thought-provoking lyrics, charged vocals, and brilliant instrumentals.
“Daedalus 2 Mission has been over two years in the making – and I think we have nailed it!” said Jim Territo. “We have a wonderful group of talented musical artists that are breathing life into this fantasy opera. I am anxiously awaiting our Pontiac debut to introduce the public to this unique, rockin’, production!”
The evening begins at 8 pm with a performance by The Paco Higdon Band (https://pacohigdon.com/). The Space Opera begins at 9 pm, featuring some of Southeast Michigan’s finest musicians: Jim Territo of Clarkston; Kim Alley of Redford; Amy Blevins of Waterford (Choral teacher at Marian HS); Gui Cavichioli of Troy (Brazilian born guitarist)r; Paco Higdon of Royal Oak (Paco Higdon Band); Takashi Iio of Ferndale (Detroit Music Award Outstanding Jazz Instrumentalist); Kyndal McAlister of Waterford (Kyngpin Music); Thom Monks of Farmington Hills (Main Street Soul); Joe Territo of White Lake (co-author); and Phil Treais of Waterford (Philly and the Flipsters).
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Thursday, August 10
Doors open 7 pm, Paco Higdon Band 8 pm
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Deadalus 2 Mission 9 pm
Crofoot Ball Room, 1 S. Saginaw St, Pontiac, MI
Tickets $15 in advance $20 at the door
About Jim:
Jim earned a degree in composition from the University of Michigan School of Music in 2001, and has been an active composer since. Noteworthy accomplishments include performances of his works by: The National Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, The James Logan Wind Ensemble at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, bands at the Universities of Hawaii, Southern California, Michigan, and Miami of Ohio, Envision Chamber Consort at the Leonard Nimoy Chamber Music Series, and the Neomoto string quartet at the Musica Nigella festival in France. He has a number of published concert pieces, and wrote the soundtrack for the award-winning local independent film “Love Succinctly” (Anna Fleury, Dir.).
In 2012, Jim’s first original musical, “Justice in Dusty Junction”, a western comedy, premiered in Clarkston, MI. The show was published in 2013, and has enjoyed subsequent performances around the country. In 2015, while living and working in New York, he produced “New Standards” at 42West, a cabaret of his songs for the stage, performed by Broadway artists. Later that year, his second musical, “The Other Direction”, which chronicles a boy band’s comic rise and fall, was premiered at the storied cabaret venue, 54 Below. “The Daedalus 2 Mission” will be his 3rd theatrical premiere.
Jim taught music at Detroit Country Day School, worked as a musician and composer in New York, and now teaches music at the Roeper School. Since 2002, he has been an active rock, jazz, and theatre pianist and music director. Visit: jimterrito.com