Richard Proulx

Richard Proulx was one of the most successful American liturgical composers. His many and varied accomplishments as a composer, conductor, and organist were acknowledged with a number of prestigious awards. These include a commission from the National Endowment for the Arts for a new opera (1989), an honorary doctorate from General Theological Seminary in New York (1994), and the Pax Christi Award from St. John's University College (1998). In 1994, the BENE award from Modern Liturgy magazine singled him out as "the most significant liturgical composer of the last 20 years." Pr...