Tony R. Sparks
​Director

Tony has been singing publicly since 3rd grade, performing in choruses and choirs throughout secondary school and into college. At the University of Colorado, Boulder, he studied music
theory and performance. Tony has directed three men's choruses. He developed a particular love for a cappella harmony while in junior high school, and sang in his first competitive barbershop quartet in 9th grade. He eventually went on to sing for nearly 20 years with an internationally-ranked medalist quartet, Bank Street, that performed throughout the U.S. as well as in Canada and England.
 
Today, in addition to directing On Q, Tony is a vocal coach, arranger, and Certified Music Judge for barbershop contests. He is actively involved in promoting a cappella music and arts
collaboration throughout the Albuquerque community, and especially enjoys working with young people to help ignite in them a life-long love of music.

Laura Loewenstein
President

Laura finds great joy in being a part of the music and sisterhood found in the On Q Chorus and barbershop community. She holds a bachelors degree in Social Work. Laura loves to combine her passion for music with community engagement. She is excited to serve and support On Q as president. Outside of the barbershop world, you'll find Laura on the dance floor. ​

Chelsea Swisher
Vice President

Soon after moving to Albuquerque in 2016, Chelsea made friends with a door-to-door Bernie campaigner, who happened to be a singer and a friend of one of our own barbershopping ladies. The rest is history! Chelsea owns an online vintage clothing retail store. In her spare time she has been volunteering for domestic violence/sexual assault awareness for over ten years. She is also a Francophile and a party host extraordinaire.

Kate Page
​Secretary

Kate has been singing and playing music since a young age.  She joined the barbershop world in 2016 when she started with On Q and has loved growing as a singer and learning about a capella music.  She's loves the barbershop community and brings her organization and drive to her role as Secretary.

Naomi Davidson
​Treasurer

Naomi has been involved with music from a young age, including stints in concert band, marching band, church choir and band, bell choir, jazz band, orchestra, and various choirs, not least of which include the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra Chorus. After a hiatus due to small children, she joined On Q Chorus in November 2016 
and quickly discovered the joy of harmony and friendship inherent to barbershop, as well as an enhanced social life thanks to her new friends in On Q.  Outside of the music world, Naomi works in the environmental science field, and enjoys baking, puttering around in the garden, and hiking...when not chasing after her kids, that is.​

Ebonē Garcia
​Director of Membership

She's what you'd get if you mixed wit, vibrant hair color, and a severe love of all things music. 4th grade educator Ebonē S. Garcia joined On Q in August of 2016 and found more than just a great creative outlet. For her, On Q is greatly about friendship and sisterhood. She is supremely glad to belong to the barbershop community.

Nephele Jackson
Member at Large

Nephele joined OnQ in late 2012, after a friend invited her to check out the barbershop scene. She's seen much of the evolution of OnQ and is excited about the growth of the chorus. She's a recent graduate of UNM (Spring 2018) with a Bachelor's of Music. In addition to singing, she is passionate about composing & arranging music. She's also a self-proclaimed techie and enjoys doing electronic music production, digital design work, and film production-- particularly working on film scores (hide your surprise).

Her alter ego is an avid reader, writer, and hiker-- you might find her helping students with the computer or with their English papers in the ACE Tutoring Center at CNM Main Campus. If not there, then you'll find her out on a trail somewhere in the desert, bosque, or mountains, camera in hand... and a book bundled up with a few sweet snacks in her bag, all ready to be consumed during moments of rest.