Maureen C. Hearns
E-mail: hearns@att.net
Maureen Hearns is a board-certified music therapist in private practice and currently serves as the president of the Utah Association of Music Therapists. She holds a Bachelor's of Music Degree in Music Theory and Composition and a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and an Equivalency Degree in Music Therapy from Utah State University. Her Master's of Arts Degree in Diverse Education was obtained from the University of Phoenix with her thesis being on “The Effectiveness of Drum Talk as a Music Therapy Intervention for Increasing Socialization, Communication, and Leadership Skills Among At-Risk Adolescents Enrolled in an Alternative High School.” She is presently completing advanced training in Guided Imagery and Music through the Therapeutic Arts Institute based in San Francisco, California. She has also completed Level I of the MARI Mandala Assessment and is a Reiki Master.
Maureen entered the field of Music Therapy following twenty-three years as a public educator teaching science and math in secondary schools and alternative high schools for at-risk adolescents in both Las Vegas, Nevada and Provo, Utah. She served in numerous leadership positions within the Provo City School District during her seventeen-year tenure as a contracted educator. Following the completion of her formal academic training in music therapy she completed a six-month internship at Twin Valley Forensic Behavioral Health Unit in Columbus, Ohio. In addition to her association with the Utah Association of Music Therapists, she is a member of the American Music Therapy Association and the Association for Music and Imagery. As adjunct faculty personnel with Utah State University, she provides clinical supervision for music therapy practicum students and gives private instruction in functional guitar skills. Currently she contracts with Utah State Hospital providing music therapy services in their Substance Abuse program and for their geriatric patients. She also provides music therapy services to residential Alzheimer's centers in the Salt Lake valley and to individuals through private contracts. Recently she served as research assistant to Dr. Elizabeth York throughout her yearlong qualitative research project to study the effects of music therapy interventions and the creative arts “to elicit self-expression and empowerment of battered women.” The ethnographic performance piece entitled “Finding Voice: The Music of Utah Battered Women” has evolved from this research project and has now been presented in eight public venues to a cumulative audience of over one thousand viewers. Maureen has served as the Music Director for these performances.
As a twenty-year member of the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Maureen has traveled to over thirty countries to perform with the Choir in addition to performing for the weekly broadcasts of “Music and the Spoken Word,” originating from Salt Lake City, Utah. Maureen is also a Certified Pharmacy Technician, fluent in Spanish, and has lived in Guatemala, El Salvador and Spain for a total of three years. An outdoorswoman at heart, she loves to connect with nature. She enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, horseback riding and blessing the lives of our four-legged friends. < Return to Therapists List |
