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Give Healing Live Music to Patients In Need
No-Cost Live In-Person and Zoom Professional Musical Performances for Hospice, Hospital, Memory Care & Rehab patients of all ages.
HEALTHCARE music charity
Healing Music For Patients of All Ages and Their Loved Ones
Harmony & Healing artists deliver professional live musical performances via Zoom or in-person for patients and their loved ones wherever they may be in the world!
Harmony & Healing performances lift spirits and take patients’ and their caretakers’ minds off their challenges with music. Anyone who is invited can share in a Harmony & Healing “Virtual Visit” via Zoom. We can even provide a recording of the event for posterity.
Harmony & Healing is not formal “music therapy“, but rather a soulful, connective journey into the most pleasant memories and associations of patients’ lives. Music lowers stress levels, brings about positive associations, speeds healing, and brings happiness to patient’s lives and the lives of their loved ones.
Patients and families are never charged for these services; we are entirely supported by corporate donations, private donations and planned giving.
We regularly work with the Martinez VA Hospital, the George Mark Children’s House and a variety of assisted living and memory care facilities in the United States. The organization has performed visits at Doctor’s Hospital in Modesto, CA, The Ronald McDonald House in Palo Alto, CA, the Walnut Creek Cancer Support Group, San Ramon Regional Hospital and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
Harmony & Healing was founded by former BOSTON guitarist and co-lead vocalist, David Victor.
If you have a loved one or friend in need, schedule a Harmony & Healing Musical Visit today!
Upcoming Musical Visits by Harmony & Healing
- Ivy Park - San Ramon
- Discovery Commons San Ramon
- Valley Oak Respite Center
- VA of Martinez
- Merrill Gardens at Brentwood
- VA Hospital Menlo Park CDL
- Carlton Senior Living
- Sunrise of Danville
- VA of Martinez
- Merrill Gardens at Lafayette
How Does It Work?
Facility submits a musical visit request for regular monthly visits
Harmony & Healing contacts requested or appropriate musician for each virtual visit
Musician contacts facility to schedule a convenient time for the visit
Your Harmony & Healing visit happens.
Harmony & Healing and its founder, local Bay Area musician, David Victor, were featured on NBC Bay Area, in a segment on anchor Garvin Thomas’ “Bay Area Proud”. Thank you, Garvin for your support of one of the best music charities around!
Harmony & Healing Founder David Victor
Harmony & Healing founder David Victor is a San Francisco Bay Area musician and performer, formerly of the multi-platinum band BOSTON. David manages the charity and delivers performances, along with a talented stable of world-class musicians and vocalists.
Harmony & Healing works with professional, performing musicians who have high-quality studio access and carefully screens them to ensure sensitive, caring and professional-quality patient and family interactions.
For more information about Harmony & Healing or to connect with David, please visit our Contact page.
Where do the donations go?
Our talented healing musical performers are paid for their services, and patients and their families are never asked to pay for our live musical performances. When you’re considering charities for donations in the Bay Area, we ask that you show your support by donating to allow us to continue to provide the most fragile among us with the healing power of music.
Give the gift of healing, live music today!
Partners In Kindness
Harmony & Healing is proud to work with companies that share our commitment to brighten the lives of patients in need as well as their families.
Virtual Musical Visits Available Too!
Harmony & Healing’s mission is to deliver live musical visits to patients, families and caretakers at facilities. During COVID, we switched our primary method of delivering our service to virtual visits. As of 2026, we are back to doing 90% in-person visits, though Zoom is a great option for bringing in musicians who’d otherwise not be experienced by patients.
Virtual visits can include anyone, anywhere in the world and are primarily done via free services including Zoom or similar systems. Let us know your requirements.
- Kyle AmslerGeorge Mark Children's Foundation
"Thank you so much for providing such amazing music for our patients & families. I am so grateful for our partnership and look forward to continuing our work together."
- Karen Stephan
"Harmony & Healing music charities bring so much comfort and healing to so many."
- Janet Lundquist
"I was literally moved to tears realizing he was bringing his calling to me. His music brought me right back to my college years and lifted my spirits to the sky!"
- Jill Scheidel
"So much healing love to our friend and the rest of us who joined in an amazing virtual performance. Harmony & Healing is such a wonderful organization."
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