New Workshop on the Sacred Music of St. Hildegard of Bingen Set for May

The Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music, St. Meinrad, IN, will host a new workshop titled “The Sacred Music of St. Hildegard of Bingen” on May 17-22, 2026.

Spend a week learning the music and monastic theology of St. Hildegard of Bingen, the first named composer in the West, Doctor of the Church, Benedictine abbess, visionary, healer, and preacher.

Led by expert scholars and performers of Hildegard, Dr. Alison Altstatt, Dr. Rosemary Heredos, and Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB, participants will engage her music within the context of her extraordinary and novel musical theology and within the daily rhythm of liturgical prayer with the monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey. The focus of this immersive week will be on applying Hildegard’s music to contemporary Catholic liturgy. The workshop will culminate in singing a special Mass based on Hildegard’s music at the historic German parish of St. Boniface in Fulda, IN, followed by a festive dinner.

The workshop fee is $1,150 for a single reservation and $1,400 for double. Accommodations and meals are included. The commuter rate is $400.

The workshop begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 17 and concludes shortly before noon on Friday, May 22. All times are Central time.

A limited number of individual voice lessons are available with Dr. Rosemary Heredos on the Sunday before and Friday after the workshop (available on a first-come, first-serve basis).

For more information or to register, visit www.saintmeinrad.edu/sacred-music/event-calendar/ or call (812) 357-6336.