My favorite part of this video is Jeremy glancing at Kate and shaking his head whenever she hits one of those C-sharps. I have to admit that I've never been a fan of the soprano voice until I heard Kate. I cry every time.
Love your reviews Lauren! Most of the Voctave members perform at Disney World in the Voices of Liberty. Up until the pandemic, they did their numbers in the Rotunda surrounded by the audience, and it was up close and personal. I remember facing Kate Lott (the soprano) and JC Fullerton (the bass) and they were just glorious. Sadly JC has left the group but Kate. Tiffany and the rest are going strong! I personally love their Showstoppers Medley and Poor Unfortunate Souls featuring Rachel Potter, but you can't go wrong with *any* Voctave song!
Great reaction. I saw that you did a reaction to Home Free's Mary Did You Know. Voctave has a great arrangement of this song as well. It's worth checking out. I also love You Will Be Found video from Voctave. All their Christmas music is amazing too. Can you tell they're one of my favorites? :) (If you already reacted to any I've listed, forgive me...I may have missed it when I was looking through your videos)
Lauren, that last chord being held was dissonant until it was resolved at the very end. It demonstrates the arranger's (i.e. Jamey Ray) use of dissonant chord resolution to give the listener satisfaction.
In late 2015, when "Disney Love Medley" was recorded (it was released in early 2016), there were only 8 members of the Voctave ensemble present. In May of 2017, Voctave had expanded to 11 members. They added an alto, a baritone/bass and a bass. They have settled on 11 members and have just completed a U.S. tour in early April of 2023.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE react to pentatonix cover of The Prayer. I’m pretty confident it’ll get them a nomination if not win, their FOURTH Grammy ! I’ve been to see them in concert nine times and had the pleasure of going to their Christmas concert in November…. Nothing has touched me like this cover. Blow s Hallelujah out of the water Kirstin’s belting in The Prayer is so strong and powerful- she’s finally come into her own
Thank you Lauren. Voctave is normally 11 members, but at times they have 9 , but in this instance, they had 8.A great song for your students to listen to for a showing unique sounds voices can make, is The Great Movie Medley ( an ode to the great John Williams) It has 9 members and only one of the movie theme songs has lyrics.Also a virtual video they did Nov 2020, of You Will Be Found and features people from 55 countries joining in.
They started out with 9 (Kate, Tiffany, Ashley, Sarah, Jamey, EJ, Tony, Kurt, JC), and then became 11 when adding Chrystal and Karl. Tony and JC then left, after which Drew and Aaron joined to keep the # at 11. They actually had the original 9 for the album recording of this song but Kurt was missing on the day this video was filmed because he had a Broadway audition that same day.
Hello lovely Lauren!Very beautiful voices!I'm touched.Thank you dear for the excellent reaction! Please listen to Dina Veles from Russia!It will be interesting for you as a professional.🌹👏😇🇷🇺
Ok, let’s stir the pot here. First off, Voctave, I’ve heard, is named that for V(for 5) and Octave. (5 octave) secondly, this video is the one that pretty much brought Voctave into the forefront, because of the PTX connection. That being said, there’s plenty of examples one can take from this video, to learn or teach vocal techniques. Unfortunately, Kirstin can be used as the examples of what NOT to do. Her being the most famous of the crowd, has the worse singing posture, tension, closed mouth, annunciation and chin forward singing. All the others, even Jeremy, can be highlighted as proper techniques.
Jeremy Michael Lewis gave Jamey Ray the idea for the name Voctave. Jamey Ray said in interviews that he pitched the musical term "8Va" to Jeremy, who immediately rejected it. When Jamey told Jeremy what 8va means, Jeremy said to put a V in front of octave to form "Voctave", then advised Jamey to get both the trademark and URL. As for technique, your assessment is 💯% correct, and I wish more people realized this. Not a knock against Kirstin, but a testament to just how great Voctave is. 👍
@@jasonkim2739 I’ve been a fan of Voctave for years. Even pre-Voctave when they were “Magic of Voices” Like any other great group, Voctave had a few incarnations, and different members. The only unfortunate thing, is that I’ve felt the age of Voctave’s members has kept them from being a bigger sensation. A lot of reactors are slowly catching on to them, which will show more people what great music sounds like.
@@Jsman525 she has since taken some lessons from vocal coaches which has helped a little. But then she got her lips botoxed or something, which makes her unwatchable to me.
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My favorite part of this video is Jeremy glancing at Kate and shaking his head whenever she hits one of those C-sharps. I have to admit that I've never been a fan of the soprano voice until I heard Kate. I cry every time.
The final sopran tone is not C# but F#
I was about to mention it, but saw your comment.
It's might not be so easy to hear, with all the beautiful harmonics at the end.
Yep, she starts on the C# but then jumps last sec to an effortless F#6. 😍😍
O' Come All Ye Faithful ... Princess Medley ... Prince of Egypt ... Just a few that show incredible skill levels
Lauren, Voctave has 5 women and 6 men. At the time of this recording Kristin and Jeremy were together but they are not still together. 🎶👱♀️👗👠👠💓
Love your reviews Lauren! Most of the Voctave members perform at Disney World in the Voices of Liberty. Up until the pandemic, they did their numbers in the Rotunda surrounded by the audience, and it was up close and personal. I remember facing Kate Lott (the soprano) and JC Fullerton (the bass) and they were just glorious. Sadly JC has left the group but Kate. Tiffany and the rest are going strong! I personally love their Showstoppers Medley and Poor Unfortunate Souls featuring Rachel Potter, but you can't go wrong with *any* Voctave song!
Great reaction. I saw that you did a reaction to Home Free's Mary Did You Know. Voctave has a great arrangement of this song as well. It's worth checking out. I also love You Will Be Found video from Voctave. All their Christmas music is amazing too. Can you tell they're one of my favorites? :) (If you already reacted to any I've listed, forgive me...I may have missed it when I was looking through your videos)
I would like to 2nd You Will Be Found and Mary Did You Know with Mark Lowrey who wrote the words to the song.
Lauren, that last chord being held was dissonant until it was resolved at the very end. It demonstrates the arranger's (i.e. Jamey Ray) use of dissonant chord resolution to give the listener satisfaction.
He's smiling alot cos he's in love with her
In late 2015, when "Disney Love Medley" was recorded (it was released in early 2016), there were only 8 members of the Voctave ensemble present. In May of 2017, Voctave had expanded to 11 members. They added an alto, a baritone/bass and a bass. They have settled on 11 members and have just completed a U.S. tour in early April of 2023.
Can you do some reactions to VoicePlay please. They are an absolutely amazing acapella group xx
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE react to pentatonix cover of The Prayer. I’m pretty confident it’ll get them a nomination if not win, their FOURTH Grammy ! I’ve been to see them in concert nine times and had the pleasure of going to their Christmas concert in November…. Nothing has touched me like this cover. Blow s Hallelujah out of the water
Kirstin’s belting in The Prayer is so strong and powerful- she’s finally come into her own
Posted! :)
Please react to Pentatonix's version of the Prayer. It's great.
Thank you Lauren. Voctave is normally 11 members, but at times they have 9 , but in this instance, they had 8.A great song for your students to listen to for a showing unique sounds voices can make, is The Great Movie Medley ( an ode to the great John Williams) It has 9 members and only one of the movie theme songs has lyrics.Also a virtual video they did Nov 2020, of You Will Be Found and features people from 55 countries joining in.
They started out with 9 (Kate, Tiffany, Ashley, Sarah, Jamey, EJ, Tony, Kurt, JC), and then became 11 when adding Chrystal and Karl. Tony and JC then left, after which Drew and Aaron joined to keep the # at 11.
They actually had the original 9 for the album recording of this song but Kurt was missing on the day this video was filmed because he had a Broadway audition that same day.
I would love to see you react to Voiceplay singing “the Wicked Medley” they are in my opinion the best a cappella group out there!
Wow!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hi Ms. Lauren, may l suggest you react to Charice Pempengco singing "Note to God" on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Powerful performance. Thank you
Can you react to Heathertraska’s One Woman Disney Medley
Hello lovely Lauren!Very beautiful voices!I'm touched.Thank you dear for the excellent reaction! Please listen to Dina Veles from Russia!It will be interesting for you as a professional.🌹👏😇🇷🇺
Please pause in musically coherent places! 😂 You have me carrying all sorts of tension from pausing mid-phrase!
Nice analysis though. Brava. 🙂
Ok, let’s stir the pot here. First off, Voctave, I’ve heard, is named that for V(for 5) and Octave. (5 octave) secondly, this video is the one that pretty much brought Voctave into the forefront, because of the PTX connection. That being said, there’s plenty of examples one can take from this video, to learn or teach vocal techniques. Unfortunately, Kirstin can be used as the examples of what NOT to do. Her being the most famous of the crowd, has the worse singing posture, tension, closed mouth, annunciation and chin forward singing. All the others, even Jeremy, can be highlighted as proper techniques.
Jeremy Michael Lewis gave Jamey Ray the idea for the name Voctave. Jamey Ray said in interviews that he pitched the musical term "8Va" to Jeremy, who immediately rejected it. When Jamey told Jeremy what 8va means, Jeremy said to put a V in front of octave to form "Voctave", then advised Jamey to get both the trademark and URL.
As for technique, your assessment is 💯% correct, and I wish more people realized this. Not a knock against Kirstin, but a testament to just how great Voctave is. 👍
@@jasonkim2739 I’ve been a fan of Voctave for years. Even pre-Voctave when they were “Magic of Voices”
Like any other great group, Voctave had a few incarnations, and different members.
The only unfortunate thing, is that I’ve felt the age of Voctave’s members has kept them from being a bigger sensation. A lot of reactors are slowly catching on to them, which will show more people what great music sounds like.
I'm going to stick up for Kirstin. It obviously works for her.
@@Jsman525 she has since taken some lessons from vocal coaches which has helped a little. But then she got her lips botoxed or something, which makes her unwatchable to me.
@@bigragu6828 sounds like a you problem. She sounds and looks amazing.