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Faculty Member

Dr. Cherilyn Worthen

Biography

Cherilyn Worthen is an associate professor of choral music education at Utah Valley University where she conducts the UVU Women's Choir and is the music education coordinator.

Dr. Worthen holds choral conducting and music education degrees from Brigham Young University and a PhD in music education from the University of Utah.

She directs the Choir School for the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and is an active guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States for school, church, and community choirs. Her research has been featured at domestic and international conferences including NAfME, ACDA, and the 2016 and 2018 Oxford Conducting Institute.

Education

PhD, University of Utah, 2014

Major: Music Education

MA, Brigham Young University, 2002

Major: Choral Conducting Performance

BS, Brigham Young University, 1999

Major: Choral Music Education

Teaching

MUSC 4220

Choral Literature and Methods, Fall 2025

MUSC 3280R

Emerald Singers-Soprano/Alto Choir, Fall 2025

MUSC 2350

Fundamentals of Conducting, Fall 2025

MUSC 1800

Introduction to Music Education, Fall 2025

MUSC 4780

Pre-Service Student Teaching, Fall 2025

MUSC 1450R

Private Lessons I, Fall 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Fall 2025

MUSC 4785

Student Teaching Seminar, Fall 2025

MUSC 4221

Advanced Choral Literature and Methods, Spring 2025

MUSC 328R

Emerald Singers-Soprano/Alto Choir, Spring 2025

MUSC 4780

Pre-Service Student Teaching, Spring 2025

MUSC 245R

Private Lessons II, Spring 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2025

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2025

MUSC 4785

Student Teaching Seminar, Spring 2025

Presentations

Worthen, Cherilyn , Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Program_ October 2025, "Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Program Onsite Training", The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT. (October, 2025)
Worthen, Cherilyn , Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Program_ April 2025, "Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Program Onsite Training", The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT. (April, 2025)
Worthen, Cherilyn , Rehearsal Clinic & Workshop, "Choral singing strategies for amateur singers", Intermountain Choral Artists, Mapleton, UT. (December, 2024)
Worthen, Cherilyn , Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Program_ October 2024, "Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Onsite Training", The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT. (October, 2024)
Worthen, Cherilyn , Tabernacle Choir Annual Inservice Meeting, "Annual Inservice Training", The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Sqiare, Salt Lake City, UT. (September, 2024)
Worthen, Cherilyn , Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Program_ April 2024, "Tabernacle Choir Global Participant Program Onsite Training", The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT. (April, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Worthen, Cherilyn , "Array" .
Worthen, Cherilyn , (2024) "Hymns for Home and Church_ Advance Releases 2, 3, 4, and 5" (vol. 2-5). Salt Lake City: Intellectual Reserve. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/music/collections/hymns-for-home-and-church?lang=eng
Worthen, Cherilyn , (2024) "Hymns for Home and Church_ Digital Release 1" . Salt Lake City, UT: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/music/collections/hymns-for-home-and-church?lang=eng

Awards

Faculty Excellence Award

UVU - April 15, 2022

Faculty nominated and voted award that represents excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship.

Bonnie Baliff-Spanvill Fellowship

Research Institute at the UVU Women's Success Center - May 1, 2021