Tricoastal: the songs of Selda Sahin and Derek Gregor at The Loft

Tickets will be $25 Day of Show

Selda Sahin
and
Derek Gregor
are a NYC-based songwriting team-they wrote the original songs for the upcoming feature film “American Reject”, in which their songs were sung by Keala Settle, Angelica Hale, Rebecca Black, Annaleigh Ashford, Juvenile and Billy Ray Cyrus. Their song “Filling Space” recieved a single-song publishing contract with Ole in Nashville, and their song "The Storm" was a finalist for the Great American Song Contest. They co-wrote Eric Michael Krop's (Broadway:
Godspell
) debut pop album "Greater Things" (also available on iTunes). Their film GRIND starring Anthony Rapp and Claire Coffee (NBC’s “Grimm”) received awards at the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival, SENE Film Festival, Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, and FilmOut San Diego (among others). Album available on all platforms. Their musical “Modern”, about a group of Amish teens on their Rumspringa will be presented in the Steven Schwartz ASCAP workshop this fall, and was a finalist for NAMT and the O’Neill. Derek (with collaborator Sam Carner) is the recipient of the Richard Rogers award, a NYMF “Best Of Fest” award, the John Wallowitch, and MAC award. Selda was selected for the ASCAP Songwriters Collective and ASCAP Country Music Workshop. She received an Emmy for her work on “Passion” at Lincoln Center. www.seldaandderek.com