The Augmented 8 Turns 75!

Aug 8 Co-Music Director Tom Bulleit is a big Tom Petty fan.  The group has kindly indulged his appreciation with two arrangements in the last two years, “Learning to Fly” and “End of the Line”.  In November of 2024, (our) Tom was privileged to be a Guest DJ on Tom Petty Radio, Sirius Xm.  This is a copy of that broadcast…

The Colgate 13 will appear at 9:45 AM on Friday, March 28th on WTTG-Fox 5; be sure to watch for a preview of their performance at SOS on Saturday night.

The Augmented 8’s “Sing Out for Shelter” annual benefit concert will be held at 7:30 PM, Saturday, March 1, 2025 at the National United Methodist Church on 3401 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016.

Most of us in the Augmented 8 are refugees from college a cappella, several of us from Yale (others representing Stanford, Princeton, Colgate), and several alums of the Whiffenpoofs.

Production by Johnny Del Toro (audio), Amber Schmiesing (video) and Raise Your Voice Labs [logo], and Tom Bulleit […]

Seasons Greetings! Welcome to our 2nd Annual Holiday Video Montage.  Please watch this space for an announcement about our 30th annual Sing Out For Shelter concert, to benefit two of D.C.’s worthiest charities supporting people experiencing homelessness.

Rainy days keep us all inside, not totally unlike a pandemic, but music helps to make it better.  With that in mind, the Augmented 8 present Oak Thorne’s arrangement of “Here’s That Rainy Day.”

Christ House observed June 12, 2019 as the Augmented 8’s official Partner Day and displayed this certificate in their front […]

News Flash. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy met with a group rumored to be candidates to succeed him on the Court, and tested their mettle by challenging them to a singing contest.