Backtrack Vocals

Biography

Backtrack Vocals is a 5-person multi-genre a cappella group based in New York City. The group takes the stage around the nation at performing arts centers, corporate events, music festivals, schools and more. They infuse heart and humor into every performance and cover genres from pop to Motown to classical, as well as perform original compositions.

The members of Backtrack are Mallory Moser, Melissa Jordano, Mike Hinkle, Jojo Otseidu, and Craig Simonetti. Each brings his or her own unique sound and personality to the group. The members are diverse in other ways as well including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and socioeconomic background. The five musicians celebrate and amplify each other’s differences and individuality and have learned the importance of listening, working together as a team and embracing diversity.

The members of Backtrack are passionate about arts education. Backtrack has conducted educational programs at over 100 schools, offering assemblies, workshops with choirs, and clinics on topics including beatboxing, group vocal improvisation and DIY music video production. Backtrack’s programming is inclusive and aimed to help each student find and develop their own voice. They appeal to the kid who is writing songs on a napkin in the cafeteria, the musical theatre student who has memorized the entire soundtrack to Dear Evan Hansen, and the aspiring beatboxer trying out new sounds in front of the mirror.

Backtrack got its start on YouTube, where the group now has over 10 million views and 110,000 subscribers! They’ve appeared on NBC, FOX, PBS, Steve Harvey’s daytime show STEVE!, Broadway’s Kinky Boots, and in December of 2020, they made their feature film debut in “A Ring for Christmas.”