Max Q (quartet)

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Max Q
Max Q
Max Q
Background information
Years active 2002 – present
Website Official site
Members
Greg Clancy—Tenor
Tony DeRosa—Lead
Gary Lewis—Baritone
Jeff Oxley—Bass

Max 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]

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[edit] 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 and 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 three-time winners in this contest.

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  • Greg Clancy – tenor, associate director and lead section leader of the Vocal Majority barbershop chorus, participated in all 11 Vocal Majority gold medal victories[2]
  • Tony DeRosa – lead, former two-time gold medalist singing baritone with 1992 champions Keepsake and 2000 champions Platinum[3]
  • Gary Lewis – baritone, 2 time former gold medalist singing tenor with Platinum and Bass with the College Quartet "The Real Deal" He is also director of the Sweet Adelines Chorus "Pride of Toledo"[4]
  • Jeff Oxley – bass, former two-time gold medalist with The Rapscallions in 1984 and Acoustix in 1990, 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[5]

Jeff Oxley and Tony DeRosa were recently elected to the Westminster Chorus Fantasy Gold Quartet as bass and baritone along with lead Joe Connely (Platinum 2000, Keepsake 1992, Interstate Rivals 1987) and tenor Tim Waurick (Vocal Spectrum 2006)

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Preceded by
Vocal Spectrum
SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions
2007
Succeeded by
Incumbent