The group also placed third at the 2013 SoJam Competition. With the group, Melissa appeared multiple times at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) semi-final rounds. She continued singing a cappella in college, where she sang with Johns Hopkins University’s premiere a cappella group, Octopodes. During this time, she had the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall and served as Soprano I Section Leader. ![]() Melissa has been singing a cappella since high school, where she sang with Ridge High School’s award-winning A Cappella Choir in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. She has since expanded her creative pursuits into filmmaking Mallory wrote, directed and edited her own short film through the Manhattan Film Institute and has her own family video business called FamFlix. After college, Mallory completed the highly selective 9-month professional training program at Actors Theatre of Louisville during its 14/15 season and has performed in several NYC new play readings and workshops. During her time at NU she performed in numerous musicals and plays, directed a site-specific production, and served as a four-year member and Show Producer for X-Factors A Cappella. in Theatre with both musical theatre and marketing concentrations at Northwestern University. She went on to pursue acting and singing throughout middle and high school in Fort Worth, TX where, as a senior, she won the Betty Buckley Best Actress award for her role as Katharine in Kiss Me Kate. Mallory got the performing “bug” at the age of four when her parents enrolled her in classes and shows at an NYC hole-in-the-wall theater called New Media Repertory. They made a splash in the a cappella community by headlining at the Boston Sings festival and Camp A Cappella. Notable venues include Carnegie Hall, BB&T Pavilion and Beacon Theater. Their repertoire includes covers of past and present pop music, original compositions and unexpected genres such as classical and electronic music.īacktrack has taken the stage at venues across the nation, including concert halls, festivals, corporate events, schools, private functions and more. They infuse heart and humor into every performance and enhance their vocal-driven performances with guitar and vocal looping elements. They were recently featured in an episode of HBO's "PAUSE with Sam Jay" in July 2022.Backtrack is an award-winning, five-person vocal group based in New York City that explores the power of the human voice through unique vocal arrangements, tight harmonies and world-class beatboxing. They also won New York's Got Talent Season 6 in 2019 and made their movie debut in “A Ring for Christmas” in December 2020. Backtrack has appeared on NBC, FOX, PBS, Steve Harvey's daytime show STEVE!, and Broadway's Kinky Boots. Since then, they have taken their music worldwide with national and international performances. They infuse heart and humor into every performance, and their versatile repertoire, including Top 40, Motown, classical, show tunes, original music, and more, ensures that there is something for everyone.īacktrack got their start on YouTube in 2013, where the group has now amassed over 100k subscribers with a staggering 10 million views across their channel. The group takes the stage around the nation at performing arts centers, corporate events, music festivals, schools, and more. ![]() Their exciting arrangements transform familiar tunes and showcase the top-notch vocal and beatboxing abilities of all of the members. ![]() Backtrack Vocals is a 5-person a cappella group based in New York City.
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