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Chicago a cappella's Gala 2007
"The Black and Red Ball"

Thursday, May 17, 2007
Union League Club of Chicago

Our thanks to everyone who made this year's Gala our biggest success to date. Over 225 guests joined us for this lovely evening of delicious food, wonderful art, and beautiful music. See photos from the evening below. A highlight of the evening was a special presentation to our guest honoree, Richard Proulx.

Chicago a cappella raised almost $35,000 from the event, exceeding our fundraising goals. Thank you!

Special Guest Honoree: Richard Proulx	Click below to view our video tribute to Richard Proulx.
Richard Proulx has been called “the most significant liturgical composer of the last twenty years” (Modern Liturgy Magazine), and is an acclaimed choral conductor, music editor, and organist. A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, he was Organist / Music Director at the Cathedral of the Holy Name in Chicago from 1980-1994, where he established an extensive and innovative music program and founded The Cathedral Singers, as an independent recording ensemble. The group has sung throughout the Midwest and has produced over twenty recordings of choral music.
Richard Proulx is a widely published composer of more than 300 works, including congregational music in every form, sacred and secular choral works, song cycles, two operas, and instrumental and organ music. He has served as a consultant for such hymnals as The Hymnal 1982, New Yale Hymnal, the Methodist Hymnal, Worship II & III, and has contributions in the Mennonite Hymnal and the Presbyterian Hymnal. We are pleased to honor Richard Proulx's enormous contributions to choral music at “The Black and Red Ball.”

Scroll through photos with arrows and click to enlarge. Photos by Cornelius Marr.