A special performance by Scott E. Moore and past performers of the acclaimed Writer's Hang series will be featured at the award-winning DeBaun Auditorium at Stevens Institute of Technology, Saturday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. DeBaun Auditorium is located in Edwin A. Stevens Hall, at the corner of 5th and Hudson Street in Hoboken, N.J. Tickets are $5 at the door; for information, call (201) 216-8937.
The Writer's Hang has featured some of the country's best modern singer-songwriters monthly in the gallery space of Hoboken's Liquid Lounge. Dayna Kurtz, Rebecca Martin, Jessica Schoenberg, Jeff Cohen and Joe Rathbone are just a few of the guest artists confirmed to appear on Oct. 14.
Scott E. Moore is a New Jersey-based singer-songwriter who tours the country and is a consistent performer the New York City music scene. His new CD, "Songs for the Record," is a collection of soulful tunes recorded in an intimate, acoustic setting. Moore has been featured in Performing Songwriter magazine, and "Songs for the Record" was recently chosen as one of the magazine's top 12 independent CDs in the country, the second time he has received this honor. His critically acclaimed debut, "Bridge and Tunnel," was chosen 1997. In 1995, he scored "A Dry Heat," a short film featured at The Cannes Film Festival, directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Susan Skoog ("Whatever"). In 1998, he contributed two songs to the soundtrack of "Flushed," an edgy comedy feature film.
Moore also has worked as a director and producer of various musical video projects. He is a five-time CableACE Award nominee and has won two CableACEs for music specials on VH1. He has worked with artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Daniel Lanois, Gloria Estefan, Take 6 and many others. He has directed videos for Béla Fleck & The Flecktones and The Judybats. His video work has also appeared on TNT, USA, Turner Classic Movies, as well as Japanese television.
Moore's web site can be viewed at wingtip.net.
The award-winning, DeBaun Auditorium, open to the public, hosts a number of theatrical groups and opera companies, professional orchestras and bands. It has received one of the New Jersey Office of Historic Preservation's top awards for historic preservation. The auditorium is the Victorian centerpiece of Stevens Institute of Technology's Edwin A. Stevens Hall.
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