Max Q (quartet)
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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.
The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature documentary American Harmony
.
, 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.
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).
Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...
International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center is a multi-purpose arena in Denver, Colorado, United States. The building is home to the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League...
July 7, 2007.
The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature documentary American Harmony
American Harmony
American Harmony is a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Aengus James, produced by Colin Miller, and edited by Kate Amend.American Harmony, the documentary, was initially screened at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 2008 International Convention in Nashville.The film is a tribute to the...
.
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!, RealtimeRealtime (quartet)
Realtime is a barbershop quartet that won the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Quartet Championship in 2005. They finished seventh-place the previous year . Lead singer John Newell is the first Australian-born international champion...
, and Vocal Spectrum
Vocal Spectrum
Vocal Spectrum is a barbershop quartet from St. Charles, Missouri. In 2004, Vocal Spectrum won the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Collegiate Quartet Contest, and on July 8, 2006, they became International Champions, winning the society's International Quartet Contest...
in consecutive years. In 2007, Max Q won by a 286 point margin, over OC Times
OC Times
OC Times is a barbershop quartet affiliated with the Barbershop Harmony Society; they received second place silver medals at the International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center on July 7, 2007, and won the International Quartet Championship on July 5, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee...
in second place with Storm Front
Storm Front (quartet)
Storm Front is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2010 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Discography:* Storm Watch * Storm Warning...
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
Joe Connelly (musician)
"Awesome Joe" Connelly is a successful barbershop quartet lead singer, competition judge, and full-time coach for various barbershop quartets...
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 MajorityVocal MajorityThe Vocal Majority is a Dallas, Texas-based men's chorus of over 150 singers, billed as "America's Premier Pops Chorus." The VM is part of the Dallas Metro chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society...
barbershop chorus, participated in all 11 Vocal Majority gold medal victories - Tony DeRosa – lead, former two-time gold medalist singing baritone with 1992 champions Keepsake and 2000 champions PlatinumPlatinum (quartet)Platinum is a barbershop quartet, created in 1998 and the 2000 SPEBSQSA international quartet champions. They are famous for their long posts , particularly in their adaptation of the song Be Our Guest and in Clay Hine's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, which is on Platinum's CD of the same...
- 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
- Jeff Oxley – bass, former two-time gold medalist with The RapscallionsThe RapscallionsThe Rapscallions, formed just four years earlier by four Bowling Green State University students, amazed the barbershop world when they won the 1984 international quartet championship in St...
in 1984 and AcoustixAcoustixAcoustix is a Texas-based quartet that won the 1990 International Quartet Championship of SPEBSQSA . They have all, at different times, been members of the Dallas-based Vocal Majority chorus....
in 1990, current associate director 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 HarmonyMasters of HarmonyThe Masters of Harmony are a 135-member men's barbershop chorus, based in Santa Fe Springs, California. They are the current SPEBSQSA International Chorus Champions. Founded in 1986 with a few dozen men, they rose to stardom under the tutelage of director Dr. Greg Lyne...
chorus
Jeff Oxley and Tony DeRosa were recently elected to the Westminster Chorus Fantasy Gold Quartet as bass and baritone along with lead Joe Connelly
Joe Connelly (musician)
"Awesome Joe" Connelly is a successful barbershop quartet lead singer, competition judge, and full-time coach for various barbershop quartets...
(Old School 2011, Platinum 2000, Keepsake 1992, Interstate Rivals 1987) and tenor Tim Waurick (Vocal Spectrum 2006).
See also
- Barbershop musicBarbershop musicBarbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era , is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture...
- Ambassadors of HarmonyAmbassadors of HarmonyThe Ambassadors of Harmony is a 160+ member men's barbershop chorus, based in St. Charles, Missouri. The chorus won International Championship gold medals in 2004 and 2009, each time singing two arrangements by David Wright, under the direction of Jim Henry...
- Barbershop Harmony SocietyBarbershop Harmony SocietyThe Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...
- List of quartet champions by year