Known for their entertaining videos, Backtrack has garnered more than nine million views and 105,000 followers on YouTube. The five members of Backtrack, Mallory Moser, Melissa Jordano, Mike Hinkle, Andrew John Kim, and Johnny Buffalo, are all individually accomplished musicians and performers. "I really loved the interactive addition to their performance," said sophomore Anya Sastry, who attended the Friday evening event. The audience joined in a "Mad Libs"-style musical improvisation of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" with random lyrics provided by the audience, and a sing-along version of the Motown standard "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." The performance also featured a "beatbox battle" between Logan and Backtrack vocalist Andrew John Kim. Seniors Logan Katz, Alexa Kim, Cameron Purdy, Josh Ryu, and Noah Yoon, all of whom are leaders in student music organizations at Loomis, contributed their voices to renditions of "Sweet Caroline" and "Beat It" to the delight of the near-capacity crowd in Hubbard Performance Hall.īacktrack's 90-minute set featured a range of genres and eras and included a compilation of songs by popular artist Sia as well as a compilation of Beethoven compositions. They also presented a performance of popular and holiday music for the community on Friday evening.ĭuring their high-energy performance, Backtrack welcomed several students to the stage to join in two of the musical numbers. The five Backtrack musicians coached students involved in the A Cappelicans, Musical Revue, and a new student a cappella group, Take Five worked with the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers and lent their expertise to the Digital Music class. QCMA is celebrating its 92nd season and in 2019 will bring the Russian National Ballet and Russian String Orchestra to the Tri-State area.Backtrack Vocals, a New York City a cappella group that has amassed a worldwide fan base, worked with student singing groups and performed in concert last week during a two-day visit to Loomis Chaffee.
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The event was sponsored by the Quincy Civic Music Association (QCMA) and was free to Culver-Stockton College students and staff. Backtrack Vocals soprano Mallory Moserīeatbox artist Johnny Buffalo demonstrated his skills that won “Best Beatbox” at an a cappella competition last year, and bassist Jojo Otseidu was recognized as an “Outstanding Bass” at the 2017 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Finals. The group impressed with their tight harmonies during the show, and entertained the crowd with oldies ranging from “Stayin’ Alive,” “Stand By Me,” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” to modern “No Tears Left to Cry” by Ariana Grande.Īlto Melissa Jordano showed off her songwriting skills with the original number “Driftwood,” written at a time in her life when she felt she was searching for direction.Īccording to soprano Mallory Moser “Something we like to do in our shows is to show you how we do it, how we arrange (songs) with the beat, then bass, then background and lead.” Her original composition “Number 2” is based on relationships.
Mary Ann Klein stated before the show “This is their first trip to Quincy, and we are delighted they are here.” Quincy Civic Music Association President Dr. Backtrack Vocals has been together for 5 years.
This is their first trip to Quincy, and we are delighted they are here.”Īccording to the New York group’s website, the quintet got its start on YouTube, where it has over 10 million views and 110,000 subscribers.
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