New Members Wanted
The Augmented 8 is looking for all four TTBB voice parts for our 2022-23 season and beyond. Here’s a link […]
Remembering Scott O’Gorman
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.
Sing Out for Shelter 2020
Tickets On Sale Now!
Saturday, February 22, 2020 – 8:00 pm
28th Annual “Sing Out for Shelter”
The Augmented 8 welcomes:
The Princeton University Katzenjammers
Venus D Minor
Maret School Grace Notes
Award-Winning A Cappella Concert for the Homeless
Celebrate an A Cappella New Year
Augmented 8 Opening for The Doox of Yale.
Sunday, January 5, 2020, 5-6:30 PMSt.
Columba’s Episcopal Church (Tenleytown)
4201 Albemarle Street, Washington, D.C. 20016
Originally founded at an all-male Yale in 1952 as the Duke’s Men of Yale, Doox is the university’s first all-gender tenor/baritone/bass a cappella singing group, with a repertoire that is an exciting mix of old favorites and contemporary hits (from Rodgers and Hart to Queen to Rihanna).
Augmented 8 Co-Founder, Wilfred “Bill” Koplowitz, Dies at 94
We celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Bill Koplowitz, who died peacefully at home on September 26th. Loving husband of the late Maria Albanese Koplowitz, a cherished brother, father, grandfather and friend to many, we were graced with Bill’s intelligence, wit, humor and generosity for 94 years.
Augmented 8 recognized by Christ House
Christ House observed June 12, 2019 as the Augmented 8’s official Partner Day and displayed this certificate in their front […]
Augmented 8 Sings at Gala Honoring Justice Kennedy
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.
Remembering Johnnie Hanes
On June 9, 2018, John Wesley Hanes, Jr. age 93, departed this world peacefully at his own home with his […]
A cappella singers support community through singing
Article by Hai Yu, George Washington University, May 2017 In 1992, D.C.-based economist and a cappella singer Bill Cline was driving […]
Sing Out for Shelter turns 25, Whiffenpoofs cast their spell
The flu benched concert headliners, the Princeton Tigertones, leaving a potentially large gap in the anniversary program. But by divine providence, the Whiffenpoofs were between a Saturday afternoon concert in Baltimore and a Sunday concert in Alexandria amid a 29-concert,19-day tour.