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Max Q 
Max QBackground information Years active 2002 – present Website Official site Members Greg Clancy—Tenor
Tony DeRosa—Lead
Gary Lewis—Baritone
Jeff Oxley—BassMax Q is the barbershop quartet that won the gold medal Barbershop Harmony Society International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center July 7, 2007.[1] The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature documentary American Harmony.[2]
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Background
Max Q formed in 2002 and began competing in the International Barbershop Quartet Contest in 2004. In each year from 2004 to 2006, Max Q finished in second place to Gotcha!, Realtime, and Vocal Spectrum in consecutive years. In 2007, Max Q won by a 286 point margin, over OC Times in second place with Storm Front in third.
Max Q is specifically notable in that all four members have prior experience in championship-level quartets and choruses. With their 2007 win, DeRosa and Oxley join Joe Connelly as the only singers with three or more first place finishes.
Members
- Greg Clancy – tenor, former associate director and lead section leader of the Vocal Majority barbershop chorus, participated in all 11 Vocal Majority gold medal victories[3]
- Tony DeRosa – lead, former two-time gold medalist singing baritone with 1992 champions Keepsake and 2000 champions Platinum[4]
- Gary Lewis – baritone, 2 time former gold medalist singing tenor with Platinum and the Collegiate Quartet "The Real Deal" He is also director of the Sweet Adelines Chorus "Pride of Toledo" and has sung as replacement bass for 1992 champs Keepsake[5]
- Jeff Oxley – bass, former two-time gold medalist with The Rapscallions in 1984 and Acoustix in 1990, current associate director[6] and bass section leader of the Vocal Majority, participated in 6 Vocal Majority gold medal victories, and one gold medal as musical director of the Masters of Harmony chorus[7]
Jeff Oxley and Tony DeRosa were recently elected to the Westminster Chorus Fantasy Gold Quartet as bass and baritone along with lead Joe Connelly (Old School 2011, Platinum 2000, Keepsake 1992, Interstate Rivals 1987) and tenor Tim Waurick (Vocal Spectrum 2006).
See also
- Barbershop music
- Ambassadors of Harmony
- Barbershop Harmony Society
- List of quartet champions by year
References
- ^ "Max Q wins international barbershop quartet contest" (press release) Barbershop Harmony Society
- ^ Joe Leydon "American Harmony (Documentary)" Variety
- ^ MaxQ [Bio: Greg Clancy]
- ^ MaxQ [Bio: Tony DeRosa]
- ^ MaxQ [Bio: Gary Lewis]
- ^ Vocal Majority - Assistant Director Jeff Oxley
- ^ MaxQ [Bio: Jeff Oxley]
External links
Preceded by
Vocal SpectrumSPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions
2007Succeeded by
OC TimesCategories:- Professional a cappella groups
- Barbershop quartets
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