Therese Schroeder-Sheker is a musician, medievalist, teacher, and clinician. She is the founder of the Chalice of Repose Project housed at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana. As a vocalist and harpist, she has recorded several influential works, including "Rosa Mystica" and "In Dulce Jubilo." She is the author of a book on music and dying, "Transitus: A Blessed Death in the Modern World."