Extraordinary Music Workshop

This is our leading project created for people in love with liturgical music. Join us for this week-long conference in the heart of the ancient capital of Poland, beautiful Kraków. Being aware that music is a vital element of the liturgy, we care both about its traditions and setting new directions for its organic development.

August 15-21, 2022 – Kraków, Poland

Where is it?

This year’s edition, the first ever in English, is happening in the obvious shadow of the most cruel war Europe has seen in decades. In these dark times we all need light. As Christians, we believe there is one true Light that may guide our steps in the ways of peace: Jesus Christ, living and active in His Church.

The Word we embrace and the Bread we break – the sacraments that give us strength – are available for musicians and non-musicians alike; yet there is something uniquely powerful in the universal experience of singing which, when coupled with the Church’s liturgy, allows the body of believers to experience the beauty of Christ’s life even more fully. This summer, when we seek unity and strength to face our world’s fears, you are invited to a week-long conference on liturgical music called Extraordinary Music Workshop.

As it has been exactly 800 years since the first Polish Dominican, St. Hyacinth, brought Friars Preachers to Poland, we want to learn zeal for the Gospel from this powerful Apostle of the North. This edition’s theme is “Engendered By Fire” and here you can learn more about a connection between St. Hyacinth, hyacinth the gemstone, fire, and St. Hildegard of Bingen, an association that inspired this year’s artwork. It is our hope that learning and praying with Gregorian chant, early and contemporary polyphony, as well as with Byzantine liturgical music, will give us a powerful spiritual experience of God’s beauty and will set us on fire for carrying God’s transformative Word everywhere we live.

Why Learn Liturgical Music With Us: a Few Testimonies

Dr. Tim O’Malley of the University of Notre Dame (USA)

Julie Bellefeuille, a PhD student in South Bend, IN

Andrea Baldazzi from Bologna, Italy

Aleksandra Runde from Liepāja, Latvia

Br. Augustinus Aerssens OP from the Netherlands

Fr. Lukasz Misko OP, DLC President, Kraków, Poland

Join us quickly and easily

1. Read the description above. Please remember, all communication and workshops are in English (you can choose another group in Polish).

2. Fill the Signup Form – we need your contact details and decision if you want us to book your stay. Click on the link to confirm your email address.

3. Pay total Participation Fee in EUR/USD/GBP with any kind of card, Apple/Google Pay or PayPal account (you can also make wire transfer).

4. Now you are all set – see you in Krakow this August. If you want to come with another person, you will need to fill the form once again.

7th edition so far

See what the previous editions of Extraordinary Music Workshop looked like! We have been organizing them in Kraków since 2013.

Registration and Participation Rules

Our goal is safety and comfort of all the participants. We encourage you to register early to secure your spot.

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Convenient Lodging

12 €

Price per night in a two person room.


  • Single room 95 PLN per night
  • Individual bathroom, free wifi
  • Electric kettle, refrigerator, TV
  • A 20 minute walk away from the priory

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Participation

150 € August 15-21

A week of workshops with our distinguished faculty in the heart of Kraków.


  • Daily Eucharist and Liturgy of the Hours
  • Daily theology & spirituality talks
  • Evening concerts
  • Pay by card (with Stripe) or PayPal

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Water bottle

10 €

Be eco-friendly, don’t waste plastic cups.


  • With a sticker or engraving (10 €)
  • Volume 0,5 l (17 fl oz)
  • Made of borosilicate glass
  • Dishwasher-safe

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If you still have any questions regarding our program, please feel free to contact the project manager, Fr. Lukasz Misko, OP.

Before you submit your application, please read the Rules of Participation and learn what the Travel Recommendations are in Poland.

Daily Schedule

  • Monday

    Breakfast

    8:30 AM Lauds
    9 AM Introduction to the workshop
    9:15 AM SATB Choir Workshop
    10:45 AM Coffee Break
    11:00 AM Gregorian Chant Workshop

    12:30 PM Lunch 

    2:30 PM Byzantine Chant Workshop
    4 PM Coffee break
    5 PM Opening Mass in Polish (preacher: Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP)
    6 PM St. Hyacinth Triduum talk at the Basilica: Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP & Fr. Lukasz Popko OP

    ~6:45 PM Dinner

    8:15 PM Dominican Jubilee movie screening (optional)

  • Tuesday

    Breakfast

    8 AM Lauds
    8:30 AM Gregorian Chant Workshop
    10:00 AM SATB Choir Workshop
    12 PM Mass in English for international EMW participants only (celebrant and preacher: Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)

    Lunch

    2:30 PM Byzantine chant Workshop
    4 PM Formation talk #1 (Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)
    ~4:45 PM Practice for vespers

    5 PM Free time, dinner

    8:15 PM Gregorian Evening Prayer I for the Solemnity of St. Hyacinth & Matutinum

  • Wednesday

    Breakfast

    8 AM Lauds
    8:30 AM Byzantine Chant Workshop
    10:00 AM Coffee break
    10:15 AM SATB Choir Workshop
    11:45 AM Gregorian Chant Workshop

    1:15 PM Lunch, Free time

    3:30 PM Music practice for Mass with the Polish group
    5 PM St. Hyacinth Solemn Mass in Polish (preacher: Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP)
    6 PM St. Hyacinth Triduum talk at the Basilica: Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP & Fr. Lukasz Popko OP

    Dinner

    8:15 PM Flamenco night (optional)

  • Thursday

    Breakfast

    8 AM Lauds
    8:30 AM SATB Choir Workshop
    10:15 AM Gregorian Chant Workshop
    12 PM Mass in English for international EMW participants only (celebrant and preacher: Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)

    Lunch

    2:30 PM Byzantine Chant Workshop
    4 PM Formation talk #2 (Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)
    ~4:45 PM Practice for vespers
    5 PM Vespers @ St. Giles

    Dinner

    8:15 PM Eucharistic adoration

  • Friday

    Breakfast

    8 AM Lauds
    8:30 AM Gregorian Chant Workshop
    10:15 AM SATB Choir Workshop
    12 PM Formation talk #3 (Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)

    Lunch

    2 PM Byzantine Chant Workshop
    3:30 PM Music practice for Mass
    5 PM Mass in Polish for the entire EMW community

    Dinner

    8:15 PM Stations of the Cross with Byzantine Music

  • Saturday

    Breakfast

    8 AM Lauds
    Walking pilgrimage (12 km) to the Benedictine Abbey of Tyniec
    via Zwierzyniec (Norbertine Monastery) and Bielany (Camaldolese Monastery)
    ~12 PM Mass in Tyniec
    See our trip on the map →

    1 PM Lunch

    2 PM: SATB Choir Workshop
    4 PM: Formation talk #4 (Fr. Lawrence Lew OP)
    5 PM Vespers with the monks of the Abbey
    Return by bus

    Dinner

    8:15 PM Akathist Hymn of the Resurrection (optional)

  • Sunday

    Breakfast

    8:30 AM Lauds
    9 AM Formation talk #5: Lawrence Lew OP
    9:45 AM SATB Choir Workshop
    11:15 AM Coffee break
    11:30 AM Music practice for Mass

    1 PM Lunch

    2:30 PM Workshop group presentations
    3:30 PM Closing Mass in Polish for the entire EMW community
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Our Faculty

Rev. Lawrence Lew, OP
Retreat Master
Rev. Dr. Robert Mehlhart, OP
Gregorian Chant specialist
Christopher Mueller
Choral composer and conductor
Andrii Shkrabiuk
Greek-Catholic musician
Fr. Lukasz Misko, OP
President of the Foundation
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If you cannot take part in this year’s workshop, but you fell in love with the idea, we ask you to support the organization of the event. Every penny counts!


 

Extraordinary Music Workshop will take place in Dominican Priory
at Stolarska 12 in Krakow, Poland

Contact us:
Dominican Liturgical Center
Stolarska 6/30, 31-043 Kraków, Poland

phone 0048 12 362 69 32 ext. 9
e-mail: emw@warsztaty.mn
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