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Voiceplay | |
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 (top: Layne Stein, Eliezer Jacobson; middle: guest and former member Mykal Kilgore; bottom: Cesar De La Rosa, Geoff Castellucci) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Voiceplay Vocal Band |
| Origin | Orlando, FL, U.S. |
| Genres | A cappella, pop |
| Years active | 2006–present[1] |
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| Past members |
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| Website | www |
Voiceplay is an American pop a capella group of four vocalists (with some recurring guests): Eliezer 'Eli' Jacobson, Cesar De La Rosa, Geoff Castellucci, and Layne Stein. The group has done many shows and tours across America, and many popular acapella arrangements. They even arranged a medley of Disney's Moana, bringing them over 40 million views on Youtube, being their most popular video.
History
[edit]Voiceplay (originally called 4:2:Five) was founded by Layne Stein, Geoff Castellucci, Earl Elkins Jr., Mykal Kilgore, and Scott Porter when they were in high school in Orlando, Florida. Their name at the time, 4:2:Five, was decided since before Scott was in the group as vocal percussion, the group was a barbershop quartet, with the name meaning they went from four to five members. Around the time they started doing shows around the country, three of the members stayed part of the group through it all, that being Geoff, Layne, and Earl. Other members had come and went, but these three stayed part of the group through it.
For a while they were shuffling through many tenor and baritone voices, but has never had one for an very long period of time. James May was a tenor for a few years, but had then left. For some time Matthew Buckner, nicknamed Bucky, was a baritone, but he left as well, but made a re-appearance in the group's version of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". Ryan Reed (baritone) and Danny Alan (tenor) were both part of the group for a few years, but have left since. Eliezer 'Eli' Jacobson joined the group as a rock tenor in 2010 and has stayed since. Tony Wakim joined the group in 2011 as a baritone, and the following year, 4:2:Five changed their name to Voiceplay. Around this they started uploading some of their videos to Youtube. In 2016, Tony Wakim left to pursue his passion of behind-the-scenes camera work. He still helps in the behind-the-scenes with Voiceplay today. During the two-year period between baritones, Voiceplay had two subs they used around this time, Paul Sperrazza and Erik Winger, singing the baritone part, along with J. None, who in 2018, became the group's baritone. Even though J left the group in 2021, as he signed a 5-year contract for the Navy Choir, he still re-appears in many of their music videos, two of the most recent ones as of December of 2024 being "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and "'Zat You Santa Claus" by Louis Armstrong. On July 17, 2021, Cesar De La Rosa became the baritone for Voiceplay, and is the current baritone today.
Mykal Kilgore, the original high tenor, had left the group a few years after it had started to pursue his career on Broadway. He re-appeared in two of the group's music videos "Be Prepared" and "Stand By Me". Scott Porter left the group around the same time to pursue a career in acting. He did re-appear as well for the group's version of the Halo theme. Dave Baumgartner signed up for a cruise tour for six months some time after this. During this time, Geoff teaches Layne vocal percussion, and after Baumgartner left, Layne became the full-time beatboxer. In 2020, the group had announced that founding member and high tenor, Earl ELkins Jr. had left the group for personal reasons. Since then the group has remained a four person group with a guest in many of their videos.
Popular songs
[edit]Songs
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| Moana Medley |
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| Oogie Boogie's Song |
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| This is Halloween |
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| My Mother Told Me |
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| Valhalla Calling |
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| Frozen 2 Medley |
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| We Don't Talk About Bruno |
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| The Phantom of the Opera |
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| The Little Mermaid Medley |
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| I Knew You Were Trouble/ As Long As You Love Me |
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