In the 1970s, four members of the Augmented 8 formed their own quartet. The Ad Hoc Committee consisted of Harmar [...]

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.

SOS 2024, our 32d annual Sing Out for Shelter concert, raised nearly $40,000 to support our constituent charities battling homelessness in the DC Metro area: Friendship Place, Christ House, and the food ministries supported by the National United Methodist Church, also our concert venue since the 1990s.

Jack was also a natural born singer. No doubt he sang in the cradle, but the first formal singing he did was as a choir boy in church, starting at the age of 8 or so. He never stopped. After moving to Washington D.C., he joined the men’s a cappella group The Augmented Eight, and sang with them for 40 years.

Stalwart bass and loyal alum, Lambert “Nick” Heyniger, has died. He was class of 1953 at Princeton and a Nassoon. A memorial service for him was held on June 1, 2024 at the Darrow School in New Lebanon, NY (Hudson Valley).  

Thank you to all of our generous sponsors, donors, ticket purchasers, and guest groups from the Universities of Maryland (DaCadence), […]

The Augmented 8 is always interested in expanding our membership in all four TTBB parts.. Here’s a link to some […]

Scott O’Gorman, who died April 3, 2020 at the age of 87, was a beloved member of the Augmented 8. He sang with the group for over forty years from 1964 to the early 2000’s.