Richard Connolly is an Australian musician, composer and former broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His published and performed works allow him to be counted as among Australia's most prolific composers of Roman Catholic church music particularly with regard to the hymns he composed for the Catholic Church in Australia, and which are now published and used inter-denominationally. He is noted for his collaborations with Australian poet James McAuley. His compositions have been successful internationally, both in the Christian field and in the secular field. His hymns have been composed to accommodate and adorn the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
