Quartets
Gimme Four is an International finalist barbershop quartet ensemble based in Caldwell, New Jersey. The quartet was formed out of a mutual love for friendship, barbershop harmony, and a burning desire to reach the highest levels of competition possible.
Paul, Dave, Will, and Joe have been singing together since 2011. Gimme Four has had the privilege of touring the country competing, performing, teaching, and making lifelong friends over the last decade. All four quartet members sing in the Dapper Dans of Harmony, based in Caldwell, as well as East Coast Sound, a youth-focused chorus that draws membership from the tri-state area of NJ, NY, and PA.
The quartet is heavily involved in youth outreach and music education through barbershop harmony singing. Members of Gimme Four have coached students across the tri-state area in multiple different venues.
The quartet has achieved great success in barbershop contests as 2018 Mid-Atlantic District Quartet Champions and finishing as high as 7th internationally. The quartet also had the privilege of being featured at the legendary Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in NYC alongside James Langton’s New York All-Star Big Band in 2015. Gimme Four continues to sing with the Big Band, appearing on The Intrepid, at the Algonquin Arts Theater, and at the Cutting Room in NYC. In 2017, Gimme Four opened for Jay Leno at The Freeman Stage at Bayside in Delaware and toured St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2018, the quartet released their first album, “Gimme Four: Volume I”, which is available now on their website.
This quartet loves to compete, teach, coach, work, and make friends. More than anything else, they love to make music that leaves a lasting impression – one that changes someone’s day, and maybe even their life.
Paul Franek, Tenor
Dave Ammirata, Lead
Joe Servidio Jr, Baritone
Will Downey, Bass
Gimme Four Quartet MAD Champions
2017 MAD district winners with an average score of 82.1.
Performed “Five Minutes More” and “I Get A Kick Out Of You”.
International Placements
2022 BHS International Quartet Finalist placing #7 with an average score of 87.1.
Performed “Dream On” and “Five Minutes More”.