Gimme Four
Gimme Four is the Barbershop Harmony Society's 2018 Mid-Atlantic District Champions and 2023 International 7th Place finalists.
Quartet Members
- Tenor: Paul Franek
- Lead: Dave Ammirata
- Bari: Joe Servidio
- Bass: Will Downey
Contest Placement
International - Open
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40th | 19th | 24th | 16th | 14th | 14th | 7th | 7th |
Recordings
| Gimme Four: Volume One (2018) |
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| Rhythm Is Our Business |
| Come Dance With Me |
| Wonderful Tonight |
| I Get a Kick Out of You |
| Where am I? (Am I in Heaven?) |
| Killer Queen |
| Blame it on My Youth |
| Oh! Look at me Now |
| Humble and Kind |
| Five Minutes More |
| Moonlight Cocktail |
| My Sugar is So Refined |
Extended History
Gimme Four is an International Finalist barbershop quartet based in Caldwell, New Jersey. Paul, Dave, Will, and Joe have been singing together since 2011. The quartet was formed out of a mutual love for barbershop harmony, friendship, and a burning desire to reach the highest level possible. Gimme Four has had the tremendous privilege of spending the last decade touring the country competing, performing, teaching, and making lifelong friends. All four quartet members sing in the Dapper Dans of Harmony, based in Caldwell, as well as East Coast Sound, a youth-focused chorus which draws membership from NJ, NY, PA, and beyond.
The quartet is heavily involved in youth outreach and music education through barbershop singing, having 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 enormous 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, which are only a few of the long string of unique and extremely fulfilling ventures the quartet has been honored to undertake. In 2018, the quartet was very proud to release their first album, "Gimme Four: Volume I", which is available now on this very website. Volume II is currently in production.
The quartet loves to compete, loves to teach, loves to coach, loves to work, and loves to make friends, but more than anything else, loves to make music that leaves a lasting impression - one that changes someone's day, and maybe even their life.
External Links
- Official Website
- Barbershop Music Database: Contest scoring history