Music Teacher Reacts: VOCTAVE - Disney Princess Medley 

Hey DJ! It's me Kurt....from Voctave! THANK YOU for this awesome reaction video. I appreciate not only the moments where you intelligently break down what's going on musically, but I also love the moments where you geek out over the arrangement and the vocals. We are NOT multimillionaires unfortunately, so please feel free to start that petition! We would LOVE to provide the soundtrack for a Disney film! Thanks again! Keep up the entertaining videos! (And PLEASE, by all means, react to more VOCTAVE. :0)

I'm obsessed with reaction videos of Voctave. They all live here in Orlando. The leader and arranger is Jamie Ray. He formed the group. As someone mentioned, most of them have been a part of the Voices of Liberty at Disney. The group actually got its name from Jeremy Michael Lewis, who was featured on the Voctave Disney Love Medley with his ex girlfriend, Kirstin Maldonado from Pentatonix. I know that one has been suggested. You must resist binging them without reacting. I really enjoyed your reactions. So much, I joined your channel. Now go down that Voctave rabbit Hole!

Kate (the high soprano) is an absolute assassin. She is just incredible.

Welcome to Voctave world!! Next Medley to check: Disney Showstoppers Medley!! I'm sure you'll love it!!

Most, if not all, have worked for Disney performing in the Park as the Voices of Liberty.

Christina A did the studio release of Reflection, Lea Salonga is the original singer who did the song in the MOVIE. You're welcome.

You have to react to more of their work. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and Voctave is probably the most skilled vocal group I've ever heard. So you won't be disappointed with any of their pieces.

I love Voctave! I have had the privilege of seeing them live a few times. I’m not gonna lie. I may have shed and tear or two because it was so beautiful!

Haha, welcome to Voctave. Saw them live doing a Christmas Concert back in 2019, and it sounded exactly like their CD. So incredible.

You really should look at their version of Mary did you know, with Mark Lowrey who actually wrote the song. One of the best versions to exist

Voctave is just AMAZING!!

In addition to being connected to Disney, several of the members are big in the barbershop world. Tony DeRosa, the guy who was conducting, has won gold medals as both a quartet member and a chorus director, and the girl who sang Mulan is a Sweet Adeline quartet gold medalist. Also, I know Kate blows everyone away with the high notes, but please don't miss the insane lows those basses are hitting!

His "Holy crap" and wide eyed look at the camera was my entire reaction the first time I watched them singing.

You have GOT to check out their Medley from The Prince of Egypt! Well, all their stuff actually.

It's not Christmas but you should react to Oh Come All Ye Faithful- EJ Cardona does all the lead singing. Then react to Oh Holy Night, Tiffany does all the lead singing. Both of their voices are awesome. I don't think I have heard anybody hold a note for as long as they both do.

Thank you very much for your videos with musical reactions. RU-vid is full of garbage in this segment. Nothing but "oh" and "wow" reactions. So I very much appreciate quality, clear, inspiring and informative videos like yours. I like to learn something from video responses. I don't just want to see the birth of another pentaholic or voctaveholic. I appreciate it when someone with a much deeper knowledge and experience of music uncovers things that may have remained hidden to me.

Unbelievably beautiful....about as near perfect as earthly possible.

DJ welcome to Voctave. Super immersive vocals. Tiffany the high soprano has the whistle tone on lock. If I was to recommend another song would be Mary did you know with Mark Lowery. Perfection. So glad you geeked out on this one, I always do. You're amazing at the breakdown on the sounds, please do more. I can send you a crap ton of stuff to check out. Watch it go brother ✌

Please check out their Great Movie Medley. It’s basically your entire childhood in one video :)

The gentleman on the far left (Tony De Rosa) and the lady in the middle of the group of three ( Ashley Espinosa) are acapella medal winners - Tony in the Barbershop Harmony Society and Ashley in Sweet Adeline International quartet competitions.

This is such a different version of acapella and I always love it. It takes me a moment to remember that they do not have a beatboxer, because I love beatboxing in the other groups adding so much to their arrangements and yet I never even miss it with Voctave. Have you reacted to their "Disney Love Medley" with Kirsten Maldonado or their rendition of the "Great Movie Medley?" Both are noteworthy. I'd also second the suggestion below for "Disney Showstoppers" where the men get a chance to shine.

This is my first time seeing your channel. You are absolutely correct that is a major master class. The first time I listen to them my reaction was very much like yours, and I sat for hours going through videos of their material. Their sound just tickles my soul. Thank you so much for your commentary. I agreed with everything you said. Are used to belong to an a cappella group and it thrilled me to be in the middle of all that harmony. Thank you for your reaction because I had the same one.

Now please watch/listen to their Prince of Egypt medley. Your mind will be blown

You need to fall down the Voctave rabbit hole! My favorites from them are : "Mary Did You Know" with Mark Lowery (the song's writer) and "Come All Ye Faithful".

If there were any justice in this world, they'd all be multi-millionaires. They are simply the best a capella group on the planet. Each of the eleven of them is a genius and Jamey (the arranger) is a double genius.

"Original Disney movies from the 60's and 70's." A bit older than that: Some Day My Prince Will Come - Snow White 1938 Once Upon a Dream - Sleeping Beauty 1959 Part of Your World - Little Mermaid 1989 Reflection - Mulan 1998 Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas 1995 Upon reflection, we missed the 60's and 70's completely. Of course, I get what you mean there.

I can’t remember if you have already, so if you have, my apologies. But if you haven’t already seen Voctave’s performance of Mary Did You Know, featuring Mark Lowry, you simply cannot wait until Christmas to do so. It’s literally the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard (and I’m old - I’ve heard a lot - lol).

Yeahhhh more Voctave!!! Love from Uruguay

Voctave is the purest of the pure in vocal quality. BTW, David Phelps is another amazing singer, a high tenor who makes it look effortless. He sang with Voctave one: Being Alive. Also, just to let you know, he just put out a cover of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" that is incredible.

Voctave has a way of immersing you in their magic. Every reactor I've watched gets sucked in and it's just incredible, I cry so much when watching them sing. They sound like literal angels on Earth. ♥ Great reaction btw.

Hey DJ, thank you for pulling this one apart. Of course, it was as masterful as the performance itself. Let me offer you a little insight. Many of these folks work at Disney in Orlando. Quite a few are involved with the Voices of Liberty in Epcot. The conductor was/is involved with the barbershop quartet on Main Street in Magic Kingdom. EJ Cardona was just involved in a collab with Voice Play that you reacted to, "Go the Distance." As stated below, Jamie Ray is the founder, and is incredibly gifted himself. Each and every one of them have been involved with or are currently involved with mainstream artists on the radio. Voctave is the cream of the crop for sure. As another stated, I would love for you to go down the Voctave rabbit hole in reactions, but I know you have to keep a variety of things out there. Will enjoy whatever you put out and break down. Good to see you my friend. Be well.

I think Kate hit and held an F6 at the end of the Reflections part. They have some amazing arrangements!

This was awesome! Very beautiful! They are so good that they ignored the guy trying to conduct. They didnt need him - they are that good!

Disney Love Medley with Kirstin Maldonado and Jeremy Michael Lewis is my absolute favourite

You have now been exposed to to best harmonies in a Capella and the most amazing soprano voice I’ve ever heard. How she can hit those high notes without sounding shrill is beyond my comprehension. Great reaction, I hope you will continue to follow and react to them.

welcome to the Voctave rabbit hole... I like their 'Impossible Dream' and 'Mary Did You Know'.... so many great performances!

Great reaction! I absolutely cannot wait to see your reactions to Voctave's arrangements of "Mary, Did You Know" (superior volume and breath control), "O Come All Ye Faithful" (EJ Cardona's blistering tenor lead), and for another studio cut "Disney Showstoppers Medley" (because the gents need a minute to shine, too!) Honestly, there's nothing in their releases - either here or on their albums - that I wouldn't recommend... I definitely put "Feed The Birds" from their "Broadway & Main Street" album on repeat a couple times!

I saw your reaction to Voiceplay’s cover of Go The Distance featuring EJ and I KNEW you had to dip into Voctave. They are so technically sound and tight. I figured you’d get a real kick out of their precision

For some reason, the sound of Voctave is pitched one half note down in your video. It changes the timbre of their voices quite a bit. I noticed it right away, but I was not entirely sure, so I played the original video for a bit, and then the reaction video for a bit, and indeed, there was a half note drop.

Just a note, most of these people who sing in Voctave are singers in the Voices of Liberty which is a Disney Production Group. Also please note that the female voices in order were Kate Lott - High Soprano, Singing Snow White, then Tiffany Coburn - Sleeping Beauty, then Sarah Whitmoore - the Little Mermaid, then Ashley Espinoza - Mulan and finally Chrystal Johnson who does - Pocahontas. The arranger for the group is Jamey Ray who is the gentleman 2nd from the left. He does all the arrangements for the group and writes specfically each part for that individual persons voice. This group is PHENOMENAL. I love these guys and gals.

Voctave is my favorite group! I agree, Disney Showstopper Medley!!

You probably won't see this but you completely taught me things about music,singing,sounds everything and then you went further and explained yourself with the example in the song. I never knew or understood what you spoke about and now I have a completely new way of enjoying music. You are a very good teacher that has the follow thru. Thank you I am definitely a new subscriber for sure.

The Mario water level!!! You killed me with that one 😂😂😂

They almost all work at Disney as singers in the themepark. I know one of the singers. And if you didn’t notice, they went from high voice down to low voice. So beautiful.

wow! what an incredibly talented chamber choir. From bottom to top these octaves have my vote!

Love your reactions. I'm a trained musician, church choir conductor, and love watching others react to some of the stuff I love, but even more for reactors reacting to stuff that I know is so hard to make it sound and feel as seamless as some of these groups do. And Voctave is one of the absolute best. Please pin them for Christmas season (if you wait until then), especially with the "Marry did you know?" arrangement, featuring the lyrics writer himself, a good baritone Mark Lawry leading them. P.S. I have a great ONKYO A/V receiver, that is capable of sounding as good as my best headphones, but I did try them on, and while on the main speakers I didn't picked it up, in the headphones I could hear the (I suppose American) 60Hz HUM from your audio equipment. For best listening enjoyment, work with your new hired crew and find a way to eliminate it and make this a better listen (DI-box / EQ / electrical connections). Best of luck and see you next time I look for your reactions.

"I think I need a cigarette..." It never clicked that was the feeling I got after listening to this for the first time.

The only word I can think of for this arrangement is "perfection". And Kate is just re-dam-diculous, living in the rafters like she does. The Disney love story medley is excellent and features Kirstin from Pentatonix and her boyfriend (fiance?) at the time.

‘Colors of the Wind’ is the first song I ever sang in an actual chorus and performed in front of an audience in 3rd-grade chorus. That was when a truly fell in love with music. ♥️ It is my absolute favorite Disney song by far. 😍

#LateToThePartyAgain Yo DJ, yes I'm late but that gives me the perspective to discern that your reaction to this medley is top notch, easily one of the best 5 on YT. Way to go!

I love their Fly Medley

Members have done Disney work at various times including live performances under the Disney organization.

All of there videos are outstanding. They are the absolute best.

Man. You have the best a cappella reactions I have found. I’ve listened to Voctave from the start and I’ve wanted people to actually notice their insane talent. Jamey Ray actually arranges the songs to fit perfectly for each particular person’s voice. He does it intentionally. I’ve never heard of someone arranging like that. He’s utterly brilliant. Look him up.

Same here man. Just discovered Voctave a few weeks ago. This Disney Princess Medley is the most beautiful song I have ever heard. I cried the first few times I heard it. Kate gets me every time with those high notes. You should also check out their version of Someday. That's my second favorite song by them.

Love Voctave! So many good choices to check out further. Showstoppers Medley, Movie Medley, Love Medley, endless Christmas songs, take your pick. Thanks for the reaction, hope to see more! 👍

Jamie the second guy from the left is their arranger. If you ever get a chance to see them live. Do it. You won’t be sorry

When I ( was a singer) listen to this it fills my whole self up and i explode with tears.....This is so beautiful i can't take it all in.

This is amazing, how is there so much talent in 1 video?

Thank you, DJ, for an excellent and informative reaction. Your insights are very much appreciated. It's amazing to see the reactions of people, even musicians such as yourself, the first time they hear Voctave. It's such a unique a cappella group. With their size, 11 members, they can fully cover both the treble and bass clefs, and their arranger Jamie Ray (the guy standing next to the fellow directing in this video) takes full advantage of that fact. Jamie is the genius responsible for ALL of Voctave's arrangements. In an interview, he said that he does not arrange generically for tenors, baritones, basses, sopranos and altos. Instead, he arranges for each individual member in the ensemble, sometimes employing as much as 7, 8, and 9-part harmony. Sorry to be so long winded. In any event, please continue with more Voctave reactions, as you are able. I would recommend (in no particular order) Mary, Did You Know (featuring Mark Lowry, the original lyricist), Disney Showstoppers (which features several of Voctave's male voices), This is My Wish/Let There Be Peace on Earth, The Disney Love Medley (featuring Kirsten Maldonado of Pentatonix), Impossible Dream, and any of their Christmas offerings. And that really only scratches the surface. Onward into the void!!!

My favorite movie also is Emperor's new groove,, especially YZMA ,, may she rest in peace 🕊️

You'll be happy to know that Jamey Ray ( second guys by the left, the arranger of all the Voctave songs) is a music teacher!

Thank you for this great reaction. Found you by chance.....already subscribed and cannot wait to watch more. I was fortunate to work at Disney World for many years as a singer/actor. Several of these folks are friends of mine and they have formed an AMAZING group. You clearly try to educate while you react and that is MUCH appreciated. Cynthia Erivo will be singing When You Wish Upon A Star in the upcoming live action Pinnochio.

Great reaction as usual DJ!

Lea Salonga was the original Disney Mulan singer (as well as Jasmine from Aladdin)

They are the gold standard in a cappella, no doubt. Now that you went into the rabbit hole, react to their, arguably, best song "Prince of Egypt Medley" . Go get your mind blown!!!!

Great Reaction! I hope you'll do more reactions to Voctave video's. They really are amazing!

I love this group and love your break down of the song/voices. You are one of my favorite reactors. Keep up the great work😁

I absolutely adore this medley. Thank you so much for your reaction and review!

Great reaction, that one's pretty amazing! I suggest you listen to their Price Of Egypt Medley, in my opinion it has one of their most impressive displays of harmony. You'll be blown away :)

My hands-down favorite from their COVID-time recordings was ‘Remember Me’ from the movie ‘Coco’ with members of Epcot’s Mariachi Cobre. Phenomenal!! Released on Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) 2020. Make me tear up, it’s so beautiful. (Especially if you’re familiar with the film.)

Have to say, your commentary and reaction were also "ridiculously amazing"! First time watching and subscribing now. Thanks.

This is perfection.

DJ, Voctave is really perfection.

Voctave Disney Showstoppers, please.

0:43 “...I have a very resounding knowledge of Disney Princess parts” Me after accidentally falling down the wrong rabbit hole on phub

Christina Aguilera did the pop version that's in the ends credits, Lea Salonga did the movie version

Filipina legend, Lea Salonga, sang for Fa Mulan to compliment the badash Ming Na-Wen's voice acting in the film. The single, "Reflection", was pre-released as part of the promotion, using an (at the time) unknown vocalist by the name of Christina Aguilera. At 17, this was her debut release, and the song was a perfect forecast gor her future success as it wasn’t written by her or for her, features a strong emotional lyric that she didn’t relate to, and includes a perfectly average note for a mezzo-soprano that she was able to make seem harder than it was.

Disney NEED to hire Lin-Manuel Miranda to write the music for (another) movie, hire Jamey Ray to write the arrangement of the songs, and all the members of Voctave to perform the songs... THAT would be the best music in Disney history :-)

I would LOVE to see you react to more of Voctave's stuff. They are INSANE!!!

My husband has the pain of having his own major Disney fan. Lol

One of my requests...thanks for the review. They make dissonance sound good, yes a little "uncomfortable " but in a good way. Had to laugh at your, "I need a cigarette " comment. Another Voctive review request...O Come All Ye Faithful. They shine in a whole different light in their arrangement. Thanks again for doing this one.

You gotta do Voctave, Mary Did You Know, featuring the writer, Mark Lowery.

loved the video dude!!! hope the sound's a little louder tho, barely can hear the music! Thank you

Hey King! I love your reaction! You seem like someone I would just love to share my singing playlist on Spotify with! voctave is truly the best a capella group out there. PTX a very close tie for first or second. Both groups focus on melodies and counter melodies so much. You call it a separation of sounds but it’s just melodies and counters balanced with the perfect mix of BGVs. Would love to send you some amazing videos that u know you would love. Voctave, glee, the voice, broadway, regular singers. A doobie and a playlist of singing videos!

lea solanga did both mulan's singing voice as well as princess jasmine's in aladdin. she also played eponine in les miserables when she was young then also played fantine when she was older. i saw as both....amazing!!!

You are 100% correct - this is much better than the original(s). Voctave (and Voiceplay) should be hired by Disney. Paying wealthy pop stars when Orlando has such a deep pool of talent (that they willfully ignore) is obscene.

FYI... The name Voctave came from Jeremy Michael Lewis, Kirstin Maldonado's [of Pentatonix] former fiance from when the were featured in 1 of Voctave's 1st RU-vid videos. The name represents Roman numeral V 5, as in the groups 5-Octave range = Voctave. Check out that video - Disney Love Medley - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zLMeDUBKmBs.html As you watch, pay attention to poor Jeremy often smiling and shaking his head in disbelief of Kate's [soprano] high notes, particularly the further into the medley they go

You should definitively check out their Disney Love Medley, my personal fave of their works

welcome in the Voctave word... love your reactions!

Great reaction! You have a charismatic quality lol earned a sub from me!

I am assuming you pitched it down in the video for copyright correct?

You should just check out their channel. There are a lot of amazing videos they make. Their Christmas music is sooooo awesome. Among other songs, of course

Yes!!! THANK YOU! 100% agree just get them to sing, just stop with people who can’t sing

“Hell yeah” Same dude. 😅

Voctave does not have any bad songs, no matter what you choose please believe I will be watching and I hope you will be reacting to many, many more Voctave songs! It may not be the most requested but my personal favorite by them is the Christmas Waltz Medley/Once Upon a December that they do. It's breathtakingly incredible, everything they touch turns to gold! Thanks for an amazing reaction, I have subbed because of Voctave, please keep em coming!!

DJ, you really, REALLY, need to listen to Peter Hollens feat. Avi Kaplan "Black is the color of my true love's hair". It will blow your mind!!! ❤️❤️

We all would LOVE to watch your reaction and input for Voctave's Great Movie medley... Will move you to your core.....

"I need a cigarette"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Reaction you need to do & wont be sorry: - Prince of Egypt Medley -Someday -Heroes & Villains Medley -Movie Medley -O Come All Ye Faithful