- PERFORMANCE POET
- HOST
- ACTOR
Terry Moore has featured with and opened for some of the world’s top entertainers. He has won eight Best Spoken Word Poet awards, one Best Live Performer award, one BMA Image award, appeared on the world famous Showtime at the Apollo and BET, won multiple competitions, hosted numerous events and appeared in movies. He is most known for his captivating crowd-pleasing style that awes audiences. This multi-published, multi-talented poet is nationally recognized. He has dominated the English language through his masterful organization of words that sets him in a class of distinguished spoken word artists and scholars.
Has Shared the Stage With
The Temptations, Maya Angelou, Kirk Franklin, Mary Mary, Rahsaan Patterson, Dr. Cornel West, Freddie Jackson, CeCe Winans, Lalah Hathaway, Zapp, WAR, Marvin Sapp, Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire), Bilal, Howard Hewitt, Gerald Albright, Raphael Saadiq, Raheem DeVaughn, Iyanla Vanzant, Norman Brown, Lenny Williams, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler, Pieces of a Dream and many more! He has hosted concerts featuring Anthony Hamilton, Eric Benet, Ledisi, Faith Evans, Danny Boy and Blackstreet f/ Teddy Riley.
Awards and Achievements
2001 Spoken Word Artist of the Year- Sounds of Soul Awards
2004 Nominated for Best Spoken Word Performer-
Los Angeles Black Music Awards
2004 Appeared on the world famous Showtime at the Apollo
2005 Best Male Spoken Word Performer- Sounds of Soul Awards
2007 Best Poet-Sac Cultural Hub Choice Awards
2009 Unsung Hero – People Helping People Awards
2010 Best Spoken Word Male Performer- Sounds of Soul Awards
2010 Chosen as one of the Bay Area’s 1 of 4 Kings of Poetry
2010 Best Poet (Best of Sacramento) –Sacramento News & Review
2012 Best Spoken Word Poet Male – H.O.P.E. Awards
2012 Best Male Spoken Word Performer – Sounds of Soul Awards
2012 Best Live Performer – Sounds of Soul Awards
2012 Performed at the Potter’s House (Bishop T.D. Jakes) in Dallas, Texas
2013 Helping Others Pursue Excellence Award – H.O.P.E. Awards
2014 BMA Image – Sounds of Soul Awards
2014 Nominated for Entertainer of the Year – Sounds of Soul Awards
Author of seventeen books
Website: www.terrymoore.info