HwH has its origins as a Destination Imagination project at Canyon Vista MS and Westwood HS in Austin, Texas aimed at performing for the elderly. After coming to the University of Texas at Austin, one of the founders Victoria Fung decided to continue the club, while expanding its scope to include anyone who could be touched by the power of music. Thus, in the fall semester of 2015, Healing with Harmonies was born!

2026-2027 Elected Officers

President: Ben Crowley

- - Year: Senior
  - Major: Chemistry
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2023
  - Music Role: Saxophonist
  - Favorite Memory: Every single karaoke night that HwH has hosted.
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Playing some new songs and doing more fun profit shares!

Vice President of Philanthropy: Jasmine Chou

- - Year: Senior
  - Major: Neuroscience
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2023
  - Music Role: Violinist
  - Favorite Memory: Playing Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters for Helping Hand Home and having the kids sing along! It’s genuinely a core memory from my time at UT.
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Reuniting with former members and welcoming lots of new musicians!

Vice President of Membership: Kathy Shen

- - Year: Junior
  - Major: Biomedical Engineering
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2024
  - Music Role: Vocalist
  - Favorite Memory: Performing at Brookdale Westlake Hills – the seniors there are so nice and compliment us post-performance 😀
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Finally playing a successful game of mafia with the HwH gang

Music Directors: Suhani Ramesh Kumar & Cindy Nguyen

- - Year: Senior
  - Major: Neuroscience/Psychology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2023
  - Music Role: Bassoonist
  - Favorite Memory: A girl at Helping Hand Home belting Talking to the Moon and mogging us
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Arranging new songs ᕙ ( ˉ͈̀ᗜˉ͈́) ᕗ ´-

- - Year: Junior
  - Major: Kinesiology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2024
  - Music Role: Vocalist
  - Favorite Memory: After all our concerts, all the sweet elderly people say thank you to us while we walk out. It makes me feel like we’re doing something really great for the community 🙂
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: NEW SONGS LESGOOOOOO

Treasurer: Sharanyan Venkataramanan

- - Year: Senior
  - Major: Human Biology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2023
  - Music Role: Violinist
  - Favorite Memory: Playing at nursing homes and children’s homes and having our audience members sing along with us
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Meeting and recruiting more members and spreading joy throughout Austin!

Social Coordinator: Ellen Yin

- - Year: Sophomore
  - Major: Biology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Spring 2026
  - Music Role: Vocalist
  - Favorite Memory: Learning Korean for Golden
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Singing my heart out!

Committee Members

Music Committee: Emily Gu, Langdon Dai, Bree Avila, Sraavani Poluri, Esha Gupta

- - Year: Junior
  - Major: Biology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2024
  - Music Role: Violinist
  - Favorite Memory: All the fun concerts and talking to everyone afterwards
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Hopefully playing new songs and meeting new people

- - Year: Sophomore
  - Major: Biomedical Engineering
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2024
  - Music Role: Vocalist, Guitarist
  - Favorite Memory: Austin Public Library ensemble performances!
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Hopefully adding more pieces to HwH repertoire so we can play a larger variety of songs for our audiences!

- - Year: Sophomore
  - Major: Biology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2024
  - Music Role: Flutist
  - Favorite Memory: Bevo dancing with us during our performance at Dell Children’s
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Seeing kids and seniors smile and sing along!

- - Year: Sophomore
  - Major: Public Health
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2025
  - Music Role: Vocalist/Violinst
  - Favorite Memory: Being a vocalist at Brookdale Westlake Hills because everyone is genuinely so sweet and I’ve received hugs from many of the seniors there which made me feel so welcome!
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Singing different songs and the same songs as last year just to see the glow of happiness and relief in others’ faces!

- - Year: Junior
  - Major: Mathematics
  - Semester Joined HwH: Spring 2025
  - Music Role: Clarinetist
  - Favorite Memory: Hearing the kids freak out when we played Golden for the first time
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Getting to be a part of a chill ensemble and meet people

Fundraising Committee: Victoria Valencia

- - Year: Sophomore
  - Major: Biology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2025
  - Music Role: Clarinetist
  - Favorite Memory: When one of the nursing home residents cried of joy during our performance.
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: New music!

Social Media Committee: Daniel Kim & Kylie Hung

- - Year: Sophomore
  - Major: Computational Biology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Fall 2025
  - Music Role: Arts and Entertainment Technologies
  - Favorite Memory: The kids at Helping Home immediately recognizing Golden.
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Having lots of fun in both music-making and socializing!

- - Year: Junior
  - Major: Psychology
  - Semester Joined HwH: Spring 2025
  - Music Role: Violinist
  - Favorite Memory: All of our Helping Hand Home performances, getting to be a core memory for the children, even if we’re only there for a brief moment.
  - What I’m Looking Forward To This Year: Meeting like-minded individuals who have the same passion for sharing music with others.

Past Officers

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