top of page

 
 
 
 
                                                   
 
                                    Late have I loved you,
                         O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
                                     late have I loved you!

Frank La Rocca, Composer

Screen Shot 2023-12-29 at 12.00_edited.j
Screen Shot 2024-01-05 at 3.29_edited.jp
F E A T U R E D   R E V I E W S

"Frank La Rocca has composed perhaps the most significant Catholic composition of our lifetime."  (Mass of the Americas)

​Michael Olbash, Music Director at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary

"The best liturgical composition for the Mass since Duruflé", Michael Linton, First Things

 

 

NEWS

NEW CD RECORDING FROM CAPPELLA RECORDS

release date: MARCH 15, 2024

featuring 

REQUIEM FOR THE FORGOTTEN

MESSE DES MALADES

Mass of the Americas - Extraordinary Form

is premiered to great acclaim:

 

New Liturgical Movement

The Catholic Thing

Aleteia

1 Peter 5

 

Full Playlist

 

Aue Maria (stunning video with boy soprano Anselm Decker )

 

Frank La Rocca begins 7th year as COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE at Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Liturgy.

Mass of the Americas CD recorded by multi-Grammy producer Blanton Alspaugh.  Release date September 23 - DEBUTS at #1 on Billboard

Traditional Classical chart.

 

 

  F E A T U R E D   EVENTS

MAY 8, 2024 • 5pm

 

Stanzas for the Chinese Martyrs

world premiere

St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park CA

 

 

 

 

JULY 16, 2024 • 7pm

 

MASS OF THE AMERICAS

Holy Spirit Church

Atlanta, GA

Schola Benedictus XVI

 

 

JULY 14, 27; AUG. 1, 2024

MASS OF THE AMERICAS

St. Francis Cathedral

Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe Desert Chorale

 

 

bottom of page